• Your 2010-2011 Health Service System plan options
  If you are an active employee, click here to see what your plan options are.
  If you are a retiree, click here to see what your plan options are.
  
  
• Addendum to the Blue Shield 65 Plus Provider Directory
  for Northern California (San Mateo County)
  Click here for San Mateo County provider listing.
  
  
• Access the local doctors and hospitals you trust.
  Blue Shield Access+ HMO and Blue Shield Access+ HMO (Medicare Coordinated) plans - Brown & Toland Medical Group, Chinese Community Health Care Association, UCSF Hill Physicians Medical Group, and Mills Peninsula Medical Group, California Pacific Medical Center, UCSF Medical Center and more.
  
  Blue Shield 65 Plus – Brown & Toland Medical Group, UCSF Hill Physicians Medical Group, John Muir Physicians Network, Direct Network, California Pacific Medical Center, UCSF Medical Center, John Muir Medical Center, Seton Medical Center and more.1
   
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1 Other Blue Shield 65 Plus network providers are available.

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Blue Shield 65 Plus (HMO) is a Medicare-approved HMO with a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug Plan contract. Blue Shield 65 Plus offers individual and employer group retiree plans to Medicare beneficiaries who are entitled to Part A and Part B. Individual plans are open to all Medicare beneficiaries who reside within a plan’s specific service area. Employer group retiree plans are open only to Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible group retirees and who reside within a plan’s specific service area. Blue Shield 65 Plus individual and employer group retiree plans have different service areas, benefits and provider networks. Minimal copayments, restrictions and limitations apply to some services. You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium if not otherwise paid for under Medicaid or by another third party. You must receive all routine care from plan providers. If you receive routine care from an out-of-plan provider, neither Medicare nor Blue Shield will be responsible for the costs. Blue Shield of California has a contract with the federal government that is renewed annually and the availability of coverage beyond the end of the current contract year is not guaranteed.