June 2025
Select Medicare Advantage members will receive Cologuard test kits in July
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network are working with Exact Sciences, a credentialed colorectal cancer screening provider, to distribute in-home Cologuard® test kits in July to select Medicare Plus Blue℠ and BCN Advantage℠ members.
Health care providers with patients who receive an advance notice about the kits should encourage them to take advantage of this convenient, no-cost screening.
Members who have a gap in care for colorectal cancer screening will receive Cologuard screening kits. Members who received kits from a Blue Cross or BCN program in 2023 or 2024, or are due for a colonoscopy in 2025, are excluded. Members will be encouraged to discuss test results with their primary care providers.
Test result notification
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Results |
Positive results |
Blue Cross or BCN Medicare Advantage member |
- Letter including member’s results (negative only)
- Text message and email, if member provides contact information, notifying member results are ready
- Members can contact Exact Sciences Patient Support Line 24/7
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- Certified letter for all members who received positive results
- Up to three phone call attempts to notify member of positive result
- If unable to contact member by phone, results will be mailed a second time by standard mail
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Primary care provider |
- Mailed
- Faxed, if fax number is provided
- Provider offices can also receive results by contacting Exact Sciences at 1-844-870-8870, view on the Epic Care portal or by requesting results at www.cologuardhcp.com/contact-us**
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**Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network don’t own or control this website.
Cologuard® by Exact Sciences is an independent company that provides colorectal testing services to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network members. |