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TULSA, Okla. — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma is now offering an alternative health plan that streamlines the member experience and encourages people to choose providers who have demonstrated high-quality, cost-effective health outcomes.

Under the model, members select a provider and are informed upfront what out-of-pocket costs to expect. They pay the lowest amount for selecting providers with the highest rankings based on BCBSOK’s key care metrics that assess quality of care, medical appropriateness, and cost efficiency.

At the time of service, the member pays nothing. Instead, they receive one bill at the end of each month.

“As we continue to reimagine the health care experience, we are now able to offer customers a plan design that rethinks the member experience and leverages our exclusive data to help encourage high-quality outcomes,” said Todd Hoffman, M.D., chief medical officer for BCBSOK. “By adding an alternative health plan to our portfolio, we continue to meet the diverse and evolving needs of our customers.”

Employers can select a 0% financing option, which can help their employees spread out their health care costs over time.

The alternative health plan is now an option available to BCBSOK’s large, self-funded group customers, with member access beginning Dec. 1, 2024.

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About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma
For 84 years, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma has been committed to meeting the health care financing needs of Oklahomans. As the state's oldest and largest private health insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma provides health care benefit plans for more than 800,000 Oklahomans. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma is a division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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