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Basic Plan SPD >> Claims and Appeals Procedures


See attached Section II for a detailed description of the procedures for filing claims for Plan benefits. It also describes the procedure for you to follow if your claim is denied, in whole or in part, and you wish to appeal that decision. The Table below shows where to send claims for each of your benefits.

Claims Reviewers

Benefit Filing Address
Medical/Hospital
No claims forms are necessary
UnitedHealthCare Claims
Pharmacy (non-participating providers only; no claim forms are necessary for participating providers) Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
P.O. Box 14711
Lexington, KY 40512-4711
Dental (no claim forms are necessary) N/A
Vision (non-participating providers only; no claim forms are necessary for participating providers) Building Service 32BJ Health Fund
Health Benefits Processing Group
101 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-1991
Life insurance
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Group Life Claims P.O. Box 6100
Scranton, PA 18505-6100
   

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Appeals Reviewers

Benefit Write to:   Or Call:
Medical and Hospital UnitedHealthCare
P.O. Box 30432
Salt Lake City, Utah 84130-0432
  1-800-245-6057
Pharmacy Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
Attention: Coverage Appeals
8111 Royal Ridge Parkway
Irving, TX 75063-2820
  1-800-318-7451
Dental Building Service 32BJ Health Fund*
Board of Trustees Appeals Committee
101 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-1991
  Appeals are only
accepted in writing**
Vision Building Service 32BJ Health Fund*
Board of Trustees Appeals Committee
101 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-1991
  Appeals are only
accepted in writing
Life insurance
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Group Life Claims
P.O. Box 6100
Scranton, PA 18505-6100
  Appeals are only
accepted in writing
   

Subrogation Vendor

Ingenix Subrogation Services-ISS
UnitedHelathCare Group Company
MN 002-0220
12125 Technology Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344

* You may appear in person at the Appeals Committee meeting with the Fund, but you do not have to be there. If you do not attend, the Appeals Committee will decide your appeal based on all of the materials you have submitted.

** An appeal of an urgent care dental claim may be filed orally by calling 1-212-388-2099.

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