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A Brief Guide to Understanding Your Travel (Health) Insurance in the U.S.
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Page 1: Travel Health Insurance Slides

A Brief Guide to Understanding

Your Travel (Health) Insurance

in the U.S.

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What You Will Learn from This Brief Presentation

How to download your health insurance app to your phone

3 health insurance words you need to understand

Where to go when you don’t feel well

Where to go in an emergency

What to do when prescribed a medication by your physician

How to submit a claim for reimbursement

Where to get dental care

Places to get eyeglasses or contact lenses replaced

How to contact our office

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There is NO National Health Insurance

in the United States. However…

You have a travel health insurance policy through Secutive….

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Download the esecutive app!

• With the new MyInsurance Mobile App you can access all of your insurance information and view your Identification (ID) Card right from your phone

• The app is available for iPhones, iPod Touch and Androids and our mobile site, http://mobile.esecutive.com, can be viewed on any smartphone browser!

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• Your travel insurance policy is for accidents, emergencies and major illnesses

• Using it without understanding how it works can be expensive

• A visit to the ER that is not an emergency willcost = $350.00

• Name brand prescription drugs

• A visit to an Urgent Care Clinic costs = $50.00

• Generic prescription drugs

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3 Words You Need to UnderstandCo-payment

Pre-certificationClaim Form

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1. What is a Copay (Copayment)?

• A copay is a flat rate you’ll pay for a specific service.

• Once you pay the copay, your insurance will pay the rest of the cost.

A doctor’s visit costs $175.00

and your copayment is

$50.00.

You will pay the doctor $50.00 at the time of your

office visit.

Your insurance company will then pay the

remaining $125.00

Here is an example:

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2. What is a Pre-existing Condition?

• Pre-existing conditions are excluded from coverage under this policy

• They are known medical or psychological conditions that you have had and received treatment for during the 6 month period prior to your insurance coverage.

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What is a Claim Form?

• A claim form is a printed document that is used to request reimbursement (money back) from your insurance company.

• This form can be found on Secutive’s website

• If you have questions about how to fill a claim form out, please call us at 404-843-0688, Mon-Fri, 8 to 5 Eastern Standard Time

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How to Submit a Claim for Reimbursement

Download a claim form from the Secutive

website and fill it out completely

Take a photo of your receipts to keep and

send the receipts stapled to the claim

form to:

Payer ID#87726 United

Healthcare

P.O. Box 740372

Atlanta, GA 30374-0372

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Not Feeling Well?

Go to Urgent Care or Walk-in Clinic (not the Hospital)

• Physicians and nurses are there to help you

• You will pay a $50.00 co-pay

• Open 7 days a week and typically in the evenings.

Illnesses such as…

Sore throats, minor cuts, cold/flu, sprains and strains, urinary tract infections, earaches, simple fractures or minor burns can be treated there.

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If you have a Medical Emergency… Call 911 or go to the nearest Emergency Room (ER)

Chest Pain

Loss of Consciousness

Life threatening situations

Difficulty breathing

Seizures

You will be charged $350.00 if you use an ER for a condition

that is not considered life threatening

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If the Doctor Gives You a Prescription…

Ask for the generic version

of the medication.

Visit Goodrx.com to

compare prescription

prices in your area.

Have your prescription filled at the

pharmacy and pay for the medication.

Submit a claim form along with 1. your receipt

for the Doctor’s visit AND 2. the receipt for the

cost of the medication to your insurance

company…

Wait to receive your 100%

reimbursement (money back)

from the insurance company.

Save the receipts for your medications! You will need to send:1. a copy of the prescription receipt 2. the bill from the Doctor’s visit AND3. the claim form to the insurance company to be reimbursed.

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Do Not Use the Phrase “Office Visit” in Your Claim Form!

Office Visits to a private Doctor’s office WILL NOT be

paid for (covered) by your insurance.

Seeing a Doctor at an Urgent Care Center WILL be paid for (covered) by your insurance

Seeing a Doctor at the Emergency Room in a

Hospital WILL be paid for (covered) by your insurance

if it is a life-threatening emergency.

When you submit a claim form to your insurance

company, do not use the phrase Office Visit

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Dental Care in the U.S.

Dentists in the U.S.

• Typically have private practices and are expensive

• Don’t accept your insurance

Dental Clinics in the U.S.

• Are usually part of a large university with a medical school

• Offer much less expensive dental care

• Are staffed by Dental Interns

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Examples of Universities with Dental Clinics

Call us and we can assist you with finding a clinic close to where you are.

Or, enter in your internet search box…College of Dentistry and the name of your city (or closest large city) and search for an on-campus dental clinic.

• University of Illinois - Chicago

• Ohio State University - Columbus

• Louisiana State University – New Orleans

• University of Maryland -Baltimore

• University of California – San Francisco

• New York University College of Dentistry Clinic – New York City

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Vision Care – Replacing Glasses and Contact Lenses

• Glasses- Generally, the

frames in the U.S. cost

between $60 to $400,

without insurance

• With a prescription…could

be an overall cost of $600 -

$800 for a pair of glasses.

• Walmart and Target offer

better prices…

• Contact Lenses

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If you have questions, please contact us at …

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2. What is ?

• Pre-certification is the process of obtaining permission (authorization) from the insurance company for you to have a medical procedure done.

Please call the 24 hour United Healthcare Service Hotline for pre-certification at:

1-800-251-1712 or

send an email to [email protected]

If you are hospitalized, please call the 24 hour United Healthcare within 48 hours at 1-800-251-1712 or send an email to:

[email protected]

If you become ill and are told by the Physician that you need to have a surgical procedure, the first step for you is to call United Health Care to get permission (authorization) to have the surgical procedure.

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