Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Many NeLO Subscribers
To Blue Cross Hospital
Plan
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cules Powder Company, Group
Hospital Service, Inc, Beadenkopf
Leather Company, John Gilbert
Craig Adv, Inc, Garrett Miller
Company, Equitable Security Trust
Company, wilmington Institute
Free Library, L. D. Caulk Com
pany, Alfred I. DUPONT Institute,
Y.M.C.A., Continental American
Life Insurance Company, Whining
ton Trust Company, Pepsi-Cola
Company, Lebro Lincoln Mercury
Company, Al Nero and Sons, Town
sends Incorporated. Mumfor
Sheet Metal Works, Nemours Cor
poration. Tower Hill School, ]. T.
and L. E. Eliason, Inc, Emily P.
Bissell SanatOrium.
The extended health benefits pro-
gram is designed to help meet the
costs of long term illnesses like
cancer and heart disease, major
accidents, and operations with long
recovery periods.
The new plan extends many
benefits of the standard Blue Cross
Blue Shield hospital, SURGICAL and
medical coverage and adds many
new benefits for services in the
hospital, for services following
nospitalization and for diagnostic
| services.
The new plan provides T20 Bene-
1 q e..
ailment or condition for each mem
ber. A Benefit Day. is calendar
day during which any service pro-
vided under either the standard
Blue Cross-Blue Shield contract or
under Extended Benefits is re-
ceived.
The plan provides these new
benefits to bed patients in plan
hospitals in non-maternity cases:
payment of 80 per cent of all
charges over SO a month for ra-
diation therapy and physical thera-
py; 80 per cent of the charges for
up to 240 hours of private duty
nursing service after the first "a
hours of nursing service; 80 per
cent of the charges over $40 for
rental OF purchase of certain ne
cessary appliances.
The plan also extends, during
the benefit period of 730 days, the
Blue Shield benefits on doctors
visits in the hospital and adds doc
tors post-hospital visits at home
or at the doctors office up to one
visit a day and five week.
Following Decentralization. these
new home benefits are provided:
visiting nurse service, medical care
at $4 per visit at home or office;
80 per cent of the charges, over
SO, for drugs and medicines pre-
scribed by the physician.
Other added benefits include GER
tain payments for insulin therapy
and electric shock therapy for in
patients in general or mental hos
pitfalls. Other new diagnostic SER
vices provided are: radiation thera-
py, physical therapy and labora-
tory examinations which are COW
cred at 500 of all charges over $40
a month.
The object of the new extended
benefits plan. as in the Blue Cross
and Blue Shield Plans, is TO pro-
vide the greatest coverage at the
! lowest cost
Group Hospital Service is ready
to extend the program to some ad-
| ditional groups who meet the ne
cessary enrolment requirements.
Groups interested in learning about
the new extended benefits program
are invited to contact Mr.. r. G.
Denzler. Assistant Managing Dire"-
tor. or Mr.. Edward -Dugan. Enroll
ment Supervisor at Olympia A.
9991. Kent and Sussex County
groups who are interested in hav-
ing a representative explain the
extended benefits program more
fully are invited to call Miss Nav
me Richardson. Seaford 1865: Mr..
IT. Clayton Cleaves. Dover 9011
or Mr. e. Y. Prettyman, Milford
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