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Revised 6/13/2005

Please Note: If card lists a ""PCP"",
it usually means patient needs a referral.

  • Accountable Health Plan: All physicians participating
  • Aetna TRS: All physicians participating
  • Aetna PPO & HMO: All physicians participating

    Aetna Plans that DO NOT require a referral:

  • Aetna HealthFund Plan
  • Aetna QPOS requires PCP selection but does not require a referral
  • Aetna Open Access - HMO Plan
  • Aetna Open Access - Elect Choice (EPO) Plan
  • Aetna Managed Choice POS Plan - Requires PCP but does not require a referral
  • Aetna USAccess
  • Aetna Choice POS and Aetna Choice POS II
  • Aetna Open access Managed Choice (POS) Plan
  • Aetna Open Choice (PPO) Plan
  • Aetna Traditional Choice Indemnity Plan

Aetna Plans that Require a Referral:

  • Aetna HMO - Requires Referral from PCP
  • Aetna Elect Choice (EPO) - Requires referral from PCP
  • Aetna Medicare: Not participating
  • Affiliated PPO: All physicians participating
  • AmCare: Not participating
  • AMIL: No Longer in Texas
  • ARIA/Mediview: ARIA Employees (Covenant) must have numeric referral
  • Assured: All physicians participating
  • Beechstreet: All physicians participating
  • Benefit Planners: All physicians participating
  • BlueChoice Solutions: Not Participating-Patient will be billed as out-of-network
  • BCBS: All physicians participating
  • Blue Choice: All physicians participating
  • BCBS Par Plan: All physicians participating
  • BCBS POS: All physicians participating - Requires referral
  • BCBS TRS: All physicians participating
  • Blue Cross PPO: All physicians participating
  • CCN: All physicians participating
  • Champus: See Humana Military
  • CHIPS: Panel closed to new patients
  • Cigna PPO & HMO: All physicians participating
  • Cigna EPO: All physicians participating
  • Cigna POS Open Access & Plus or POS-OA, EPO: All physicians participating
  • Cigna HMO,Cigna Flexcare/-HMO: All physicians participating -  requires referral
  • Cigna POS: All physicians partiipating-"PCP" listed on card requires referral
  • Cigna Healthcare of TX, Cigna elect: All physicians participating-some require referrals
  • Cigna Indemnity: All physicians participating
  • COBRA: Physician must be paricipating. Benefits must be verified as current.
  • Covenant Mgt Sys: All physicias participating - Requires referral
  • Episcopal Church: Not participating
  • First Health: Not participating
  • Fortis PPO (PHCS),PHCS PPOOnly: Not PHCS Open Access or POS
  • Guardian: All physicians participating
  • GEHA: All physicians participating
  • Golden Rule: All physicians participating
  • Great West: Not participating
  • Health Select: All physicians prticipating-Requires Dr specific referral
  • HealthSelect Traditional: All physicians participating
  • HealthSmart PPO: All physicians participating
  • HMO Blue:
  • Dr. Bushore acceptng new patients - Requires Dr specific referral
  • Dr. Kaiser & Dr. Jackson are not participating
  • Dr. Farady not participating as of 10/01/2005
  • Humana Military HMO: Must hae Out-of-Network referral - physician specific
  • Humana Military PPO: Out-of-Ntwork. Patient will pay greater portion of cost share.
  • Humana Medicare Advantage: All physicians participating
  • Humana ChoiceCare: All physicians participating
  • Humana Emphesys: All physicians participating
  • Humana PPO, Humana ASO, umana Open Access: All physicians participating
  • Humana Freedom: All physicians participating
  • Humana HMO: All physicians participating
  • John Alden PPO (PHCS): All pysicians participating with PPO only-Not Open Access/POS
  • Mailhandlers: Not participating
  • Medcorp: All physicians participating
  • Medicaid: Panel closed to new patients
  • Doctors Jackson, Kaiser or Bushore not participating
  • Medicaid Star Plans: Not particpating - We are not contracted with Superior
  • Medicare: All physicians particiating-Check for participation with secondary insurance
  • Medicare-Humana Advantage: All physicians participating
  • Medicare-Railroad: All physicians participating
  • Medical Control: All physicians participating
  • Mega Life PPO: (Students have to pay in full)
  • National Healthcare Alliance: All physicians participating
  • NALC-National Association of Letter Carriers (First Health): - Not participating
  • NHIC (Medicaid): Dr. Jackson, R. Kaiser, and Dr. Bushore not participating Panel closed to new patients.
  • NHIC-(Superior): Not participating
  • One Health Plan: Not participating
  • PacifiCare HMO: All physicians participating
  • PHCS POS/Open Access: Not participating
  • PHCS-PPO: All physicians partcipating-Not Scott & White PHCS
  • Preferred Network PPO: All physicians participating
  • Pronet: All physicians participating
  • Railroad Medicare: All physicians participating
  • Scott & White Plan: Not Participating, not even if PHCS
  • SPHN: All physicians participating
  • Seton Health Plan(HMO: All physicians participating
  • SHP - Diocese: All physicians participating
  • Seton Chips: Panel closed to new patients
  • Sterling (Medicare): All physicians participating
  • Superior Medicaid: Not participating
  • TML PPO: All physicians participating
  • Tx True Choice PPO: All physicians participating
  • TriCare Standard, Prime or Exta: Is Now HUMANA MILITARY- See HUMANA MILITARY
  • TRS Care: All physicians participating
  • Unicare: Not Participating
  • United HealthCare: All physicians participating
  • USA Managed Care: All physicians participating
  • UT Select-BCBS: All physicians participating
  • UT-HMO Blue: See ""HMO Blue"
  • Zenith: All physicians participating