As a reminder, effective July 1, 2014, IBC has selected Laboratory
Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp) as our exclusive
nationally based provider of outpatient laboratory services. Also effective
July 1, 2014, IBC?s contract with Quest Diagnostics®
laboratories will end, and Quest Diagnostics will be an out-of-network
provider. This change applies to all Blue-branded product lines and members
(i.e., Personal Choice®, Keystone Health Plan East, and
Independence Administrators), including individual, group commercial, and
Medicare Advantage members, for services rendered in the Philadelphia
five-county region and contiguous counties (i.e., the counties that surround
the five-county IBC service area).
As a reminder, your Professional Provider Agreement with IBC requires you to
direct members and/or their lab specimens to a participating outpatient
laboratory provider, except in an Emergency, as otherwise described in the
applicable Benefit Program Requirements, or as otherwise required by law.
Establish your electronic interfaces with LabCorp
LabCorp offers a variety of test ordering and result delivery solutions that
provide the flexibility to meet your needs, including several electronic
options, like LabCorp Beacon®. If you haven?t already, we
strongly suggest that you contact LabCorp at 1-888-295-5915 as
soon as possible to establish your preferred electronic interfaces.
For more information
We encourage you to review the information posted on the LabCorp-dedicated
section of our Provider News Center at www.ibx.com/pnc/lab, including frequently asked questions, a list of
LabCorp?s new patient service centers in the five-county IBC service area, a
list of other currently contracted laboratories that will remain in our network
in addition to LabCorp, and an archive of communications related to this
change.
If you have any questions about this change, please email us.