Effective June 1, 2008, Boulder Valley Individual Practice Association (BVIPA) and the Longmont Clinic will no longer participate in the Kaiser Permanente Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS) provider network. PHCS is the provider network available to Kaiser Permanente Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) and Point of Service (POS) members in Colorado. Kaiser says there have been recent changes to the PHCS network in Colorado, so they are re-evaluating their relationship with PHCS and working on ways to expand their provider relationships in the north metro Denver area. This network change only affects Boulder Valley Individual Practice Association and the Longmont Clinic. It does not affect any other participating providers in the Colorado Kaiser Permanente PHCS network.
To help Kaiser members transition, Kaiser Permanente will treat Boulder Valley Individual Practice Association and the Longmont Clinic as participating providers through a transition period, providing the same level of benefits they have today. This period will extend through August 7, 2008 and applies to all treatments and services received from BVIPA and the Longmont Clinic providers.
Once the transition period ends, any non-emergent care will be covered at the out-of-network benefit level. To be covered at the higher (in-network) benefit level, Kaiser Permanente members should begin making arrangements to change over to “in-network” providers.
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