Health Care and Wellness Benefits :
| Anthem | Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield administers the medical benefits for Commonwealth of Virginia members under the COVA Care plan. Included are coverage for hospital and physician services, and for routine services such as laboratory tests, x-rays and preventive screenings. Find a participating provider or an in-network hospital, pharmacy or other facility. |
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| Member Handbook | |
| Enrolling or Making Changes | |
| Enrollment Form | |
| Anthem Member Self-Service | Gives you instant access to check claims status; view authorizations/referrals; update your address or phone number; change your PCP and more. |
| Future Moms | A free program for eligible employees and their spouse and dependents who are covered by a State benefit health plan. Designed to promote a healthy pregnancy and prevent premature birth. For more information, visit the Future Moms web site or call (800) 828-5891. |
| CommonHealth | All full-time permanent and part-time permanent employees are eligible to access the programs and services offered under the State's CommonHealth benefit, whether or not they are enrolled in one of the State's health plans. Other programs, like smoking cessation, discount fitness center memberships, health check screenings and other wellness programs are offered through CommonHealth. For additional information, visit the CommonHealth web site. |
| Delta Dental | Commonwealth of Virginia members have access to Delta Dental's largest network, Delta Premier, which includes almost 80% of all dentists in Virginia. Dentist who have agreed to participate in the Delta Dental network will file your claims for you, will accept Delta's allowances for services (in addition to any required co-insurance), and will abide by Delta's guidelines for dental treatment. Locate a participating Delta Dental provider. |
| Extended Coverage (COBRA) | Extended Coverage (COBRA) can become available to you when you would otherwise lose your group health coverage. For an explaination of when Extended Coverage (COBRA) may become available to you and your family, and what you need to do to protect the right to receive it, click the link at the left. |
| Medco Health | All COVA Care health plans provide a drug benefit that divides prescriptions into three categories (tiers) based primarily on the cost of the medication. The first tier is typically generic drugs; the second tier generally includes low cost to medium cost brand name drugs; and the third tier consists of higher-cost brand name drugs. To find out more about covered medications, the tiers in which they fall and co-payments by tier, visit the Medco Health web site. Once you register, you will have access to all your prescription drug coverage, tier and co-payment information. |
| MyHealth@Anthem | MyHealth@Anthem features thousands of health and wellness articles, newsletters, tools and databases to help you achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. |
| Value Options | For services such as mental health, alcohol or drug abuse assessment, child or elder care, grief counseling and legal or financial services, confidential assistance can be accessed at no cost by all full-time permanent and part-time permanent employees and their dependents, whether or not they are covered under one of the State's health plans, through ValueOptions. In general, care must be authorized in advance. Contact ValueOptions customer service center for additional information on this benefit (866) 725-0602. |