Emergency Services are available from Participating Hospital emergency departments 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Contact Member Services or see our Medical Facility Directory for locations of these emergency departments. Post-Stabilization Care Post-Stabilization Services relate to medical, mental health or Substance Use Disorder treatment necessary in the short term to avoid placing the health of the individual, or with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman or her unborn child, in serious jeopardy, serious impairment to bodily functions, or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part. We cover Post-Stabilization Care if one of the following is true: A Participating Provider or Participating Facility provides the Services. We authorize the Services from the Non-Participating Provider or Non-Participating Facility. Services are provided after you are Stabilized and as part of outpatient observation or an inpatient or outpatient stay with respect to the visit during which screening and Stabilization Services have been furnished. Coverage for Post-Stabilization Care from a Non-Participating Provider or Non-Participating Facility, is limited to the Allowed Amount. In addition to the applicable Cost Share, you are responsible for paying any amount over the Allowed Amount, and any such payments do not count toward the Deductible or the Out- of-Pocket Maximum. You are not responsible for paying any amount over the Allowed Amount for Post- Stabilization Care from a Non-Participating Provider at a Participating Facility. To request prior authorization for your receiving Post-Stabilization Care from a Non-Participating Provider or Non-Participating Facility, you or someone on your behalf must call us at 503-735-2596, or toll free at 1-877-813-5993, before you receive the Services if it is reasonably possible to do so, but no later than 24 hours after any admission. We understand that extraordinary circumstances can delay your ability to call us, for example if you are unconscious or if there is no parent or guardian with a young child. In these cases, you or someone on your behalf must call us as soon as reasonably possible. If you (or someone on your behalf) do not call us by the applicable deadline, we will not cover Post-Stabilization Care that you receive from a Non-Participating Provider or Non-Participating Facility. After we are notified, we will discuss your condition with the Non-Participating Provider. If we decide that the Post-Stabilization Care is Medically Necessary and would be covered if you received it from a Participating Provider or Participating Facility, we will either authorize the Services from the Non-Participating Provider or Non-Participating Facility, or arrange to have a Participating Provider or Participating Facility provide the Services. If we decide to arrange to have a Participating Provider or Participating Facility (or other designated provider or facility) provide the Services to you, we may authorize special transportation Services that are medically required to get you to the provider or facility. This may include transportation that is otherwise not covered. When you receive Emergency Services from Non-Participating Providers, Post Stabilization Care may qualify as Emergency Services pursuant to federal law. We will not require prior authorization for such Post- Stabilization Care when your attending Non-Participating Provider determines that, after you are Stabilized, and taking into account your medical or behavioral health condition, you are not able to travel to an available Participating Provider located within a reasonable travel distance, using non-medical transportation or non- emergency transportation. EWCLGHDHP1983ACT0124 37 WAPEBB-CD-ACT
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