Discounted Healthcare Services
Our Discounted Healthcare Services are offered to help offset the high cost of healthcare. Students can receive 20%-30% discounts on local provider services that may not otherwise be covered under their insurance plan. The effect is to help stretch the student's limited dollars.
This non-insurance portfolio provides discounts for prescription medications, as well as dental, chiropractic, vision and hearing care.
This is NOT insurance. The plan does not make payments directly to the providers of medical services. The plan member is obligated to pay for all healthcare services but will receive a discount from those healthcare providers who have contracted with the discount plan organization.
For a list of providers in your area, simply call 1-866-215-3475 or click here type in your zip code, and select the type of provider you need.
Prescription Drugs
Retail Pharmacies
Through this program students have access to many of the largest pharmacy chains. Through an exclusive agreement with one of the nation's premier drug management organizations, members can obtain discounts of up to 30% on drug prices through a national network of approximately 40,000 pharmacies. The prescription drug program provides savings on generic and many brand name prescription drugs.
How it works¦
Students receive a fulfillment package that includes a benefit card. Students take their membership card with them to a participating pharmacy. The membership card is shown to the pharmacist. The pharmacist enters the information from the membership card into the on-line computer system and indicates eligibility for the special negotiated price. The savings will vary and the actual cost will be the contract price or the pharmacy's usual charge that day, whichever is lower. Because discounts are electronically determined, members are assured of receiving a consistent discount.
Prescription Medicine Mail Order Service
An important component of the prescription program is the mail order service option. The mail order service provides either brand name or generic drugs at significantly discounted prices. A 100-day supply of the prescription drug can be sent by mail order. The mail order pharmacy program is especially convenient for maintenance prescriptions.
How it works¦
Members save time and money as trips to the pharmacy are reduced. Once the initial prescription is filled the member will receive a new order form for subsequent orders and refills. Most regular prescriptions are mailed via first class mail within 24 hours of receipt of your order.
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Vision Care
The Vision program provides members and their families with significant savings on the purchase of corrective eyewear, contact lenses and related eyewear products. Membership entitles eligible participants to valuable savings from the first day of membership, everyday, all year.
Eyewear products are sold to members at savings of 10-60% off the retail price. Members receive discounts on most frames, prescription lenses, tints and coatings. Preferred providers go through a verification process or are otherwise qualified by the states in which they practice. These preferred providers carry up-to-date, top of the line products from leading manufacturers.
How it works¦
The Vision Care network is comprised of preferred provider locations, including many retail chains. Simply select a provider and present your membership card. There are no forms to complete or waiting periods. Students have absolute freedom of choice of providers within the network.
Members are entitled to use the benefit to purchase as many products as they need, as often as they desire. There are no restrictions on the type of frames, lenses and/or options that they may select. For disposable contacts, members can use the convenient mail order service.
Most replacement contact lenses can be ordered through the mail order service at savings of 10-60% off usual prices. Most major brands and types of contact lenses are available through the mail order service. Members can call and receive price quotes for brands and types of lenses over the telephone. The vision plan ensures satisfaction and the lowest price. If a member finds a lower price anywhere else on the exact same pair of prescription eyeglasses purchased at a participating location within 30 days, the difference will be refunded.
Student satisfaction in the vision plan and the mail order service is fully guaranteed. If for any reason the student is not satisfied with a purchase at the retail locations or through the mail, return the merchandise within 30 days for an exchange or full refund.
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Dental Care
The dental program is designed to provide cost savings, not only on routine and preventive care, but also on more extensive treatments such as fillings, crowns, root canals, dentures, bridges, oral surgery and orthodontics. Members receive discounts of 10-50% on preventive and diagnostic services. Savings are based on average dental charges depending on the geographic area. In addition to preventive and diagnostic services, other dental services, including specialty services are discounted at a 15% discount off the dentist's usual and customary fees.
How it works¦
All participating providers are credentialed by an accredited credentialing verification organization. To receive discounts student members simply present their membership card to a participating dentist at time of service. There are no forms to complete. Students have freedom of provider choice within the dental network.
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Chiropractic Program
Millions of Americans rely on chiropractic care to reduce pain and stress and to function more productively. This program reduces members' costs for routine chiropractic care as well as for acute chronic problems. Typical benefits include:
- Free initial consultation
- 20-40% savings on x-rays (if necessary)
- 40% savings on other diagnostic services
- 20% savings on all other services and follow up treatment
How it works¦
There are no forms to complete and no waiting periods. Members may see the chiropractor as often as they need with no limit on the number of visits. Payment at the reduced fees is made to the doctor at the time of services. The chiropractic network is one of the largest chiropractic networks in the United States. Members can utilize these private practice chiropractors knowing that they have met the highest professional standards in the chiropractic profession.
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Hearing Program
The hearing program makes hearing affordable and is provided by one of the largest networks of Audiologists in the U.S.
How it works¦
Services include Comprehensive Audio-metry testing for only $49; ($59 in NY and CA). This includes pure-tone air and bone conduction and word recognition measures. 20% discount from the provider's usual fees on hearing aids (10% off programmable or digital hearing aids), hearing aid repairs as well as related hearing products (excluding batteries). An additional charge may apply to an ear-mold for a Behind-the-Ear (BTE) hearing aid. In addition, there is no charge on Environmental Risk Consultation including discussion of daily noise exposure and recommendations for hearing protection. Benefits also include free annual cleaning and check of hearing aids purchased through the program. During the first year from the date of delivery, the provider will replace any hearing aid with the same model if it has been repaired three times or more through no fault of the member. Members will also receive a free loaner during any repair period if the style permits. An unconditional 45 day refund policy on hearing aids will be provided to the program member. However, the provider shall be entitled to retain a fee of $35 per returned hearing aid plus a custom ear-mold charge, if required. Return policies vary from state to state. State law supersedes NECP policy. Each participating audiologist is required to demonstrate evidence of appropriate licensing and verification of malpractice insurance.
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This plan is administered by Best Benefits, Inc., (a discount medical plan organization) at 8420 W. Bryn Mawr, Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60631, 1-866-215-3475.