Monday, July 25, 2011

Read An Anthem Blue Cross Billing Statement

Store Anthem Blue Cross statements in a file folder.


Making timely Anthem Blue Cross insurance payments is vital to maintaining medical coverage. Payments are due on the first of each month. If an Anthem Blue Cross payment is late by a period exceeding five days, the policyholder will incur penalties. Read your statement carefully and understand your Anthem Blue Cross bill to keep payments current.


Instructions


1. Examine Area One. Area One includes all numerical information relating to the bill. Priority information is listed in the follow order: Prior Bill Amount, Amount Paid and Prior Balance Due. Read amounts at the bottom of Area One to examine eligibility and manual adjustments made to the bill. Area One also includes the bill subtotal and grand total.


2. Look over Area Two. Area Two describes the billing group name and contact information. Notice the figures listed to the right side of area two. The figures are stacked -- from top to bottom -- in the following order: Invoice Number, Billing Period Date, Date Billed and Total Due.


3. Follow statement instructions. Write the amount paid in the specified text box in Area Two. Submit the bill by the first of the month to the following address: Anthem Blue Cross, Department 4492, Los Angeles, CA 91050.







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