How does the Triple Choice plan work if I live outside Maryland?
A. Retirees who live outside Maryland have covered services reimbursed at Level 2 if using a Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Provider, or Level 3 if the Provider is not in the BCBS Preferred Provider network. Primary Care Providers (PCPs) are not available outside Maryland and portions of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. You will still enroll in the Triple Choice plan but will not be able to choose a PCP if you are outside those areas. If you spend anytime at all in Maryland during the year, you should elect a Primary Care Provider (PCP) so that you can be covered at Level 1 for those times when you may need care in Maryland. Level 2 coverage in Triple Choice most closely resembles the current Health Care Preferred plan. Office visits to Preferred providers for primary care (internal medicine, family practitioners or general practitioners for adults, pediatricians for children) will be $15. Office visits to Preferred specialists will be $25. All other care will be s
