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Our guides provide you with the skills, checklists and tips for caring for your loved one. Our content is authored by highly qualified registered nurses with a combined total of 60 years of expertise in various healthcare settings such as acute, community and home care.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Plus (HMO): Acupuncture

    Acupuncture may help relieve chronic pain intensity. Even those with a fear of needles are able to embrace this ancient procedure.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Obesity Screening and Therapy to Promote Sustained Weight Loss

    Intensive counseling for weight loss. Obesity is a disease that increases health risks, worsens existing conditions, and requires treatment.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Outpatient Diagnostic Tests and Therapeutic Services and Supplies

    Includes therapeutic radiology services, diagnostic radiology services, diagnostic procedures and tests, surgical and splinting supplies, and lab services.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Outpatient Hospital Observation

    Observation is typically 23 hours and initiated to determine whether the patient needs admitted to the hospital (inpatient) or can be discharged.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Outpatient Hospital Services

    Many services and procedures today are provided as outpatient in ambulatory service areas of the hospital or at freestanding health services centers.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Outpatient Rehabilitation Services

    Outpatient visits are most common for occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and/or speech language therapy (ST) services.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Outpatient Surgery

    Many surgeries today are performed in ambulatory surgical centers or outpatient hospital facilities and do not require a hospital stay.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Podiatry Services

    Podiatry is an essential service for those with vulnerable or problematic lower legs, ankles, and feet.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Prostate Cancer Screening Exams (PSA Test)

    Annual blood test and digital exam for abnormalities of the prostate in all men 50 and older.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Prosthetic Devices and Related Supplies

    Prosthetics replace or restore lost functionality and include everything from orthotic shoes to implants to artificial limbs.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services (Pulmonary Rehab)

    Pulmonary rehab services help people with lung disease live and breathe better, as well as improve chest strength and physical endurance.

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  • AZ Blue Best Life Classic (HMO): Screening for Lung Cancer with Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT)

    Screening for qualified members. The effects of smoking or exposure to environmental pollutants or workplace toxins may show up many years later.

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Helpful is an app to make caregiving easier. We integrate your loved one’s insurance benefits, medical records and caregiving guides into an immediate, accessible and user-friendly experience. Helpful supports your care needs by eliminating administrative tasks and providing technology to support your caregiving experience.

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