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If you live outside the United States, your GEHA coverage travels
with you. For your convenience, providers outside the United States
are paid at the GEHA rate for medically necessary covered services. If
you have Medicare Part A and Part B primary, GEHA waives the calendar-year
deductible and coinsurance with both Standard Option and High Option plans
when you receive medically necessary covered services, even when those services are received overseas.
Contact GEHA
Our customer service center is open from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central
time, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. GEHA members outside
the United States can call us using a dedicated phone number. In addition, GEHA
will accept collect calls from our members overseas.
When calling from outside the United States:
- Call the AT&T USADirect® access number for the country from which you're calling.
- Then, enter our GEHA toll-free number: (800) 527-1202. Do not dial a "1" before the 800.
Because time zone differences may make it difficult to reach us, you can
access GEHA through this website. We have an email address for the use of our
members outside the United States. Send a secure email to GEHA via secured email
form by clicking overseas@geha.com.
Provider Network
Providers outside the United States are paid at the GEHA rate for medically
necessary covered services. See your
Plan Brochure for more information. For a quick view of benefits, click
Standard Option,
Health Savings AdvantageSM option or
High Option.
GEHA Connection Dental FederalSM
As part of the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP), GEHA
offers this comprehensive dental plan for federal employees around the world. Active
employees may use pre-tax payroll deductions to pay for this dental plan. Retirees
may use post-tax annuity deductions to pay premiums. For more information, click
GEHA Connection Dental Federal.
CONNECTION Dental Plus®
GEHA's supplemental dental benefit plan, CONNECTION Dental Plus, is available to
all federal employees around the world. Providers outside the United States are paid at
the CONNECTION Dental Plus out-of-network rate. To learn about the benefits, click
CONNECTION Dental Plus.
Submitting Claims
The following tips and forms will assist GEHA with prompt reimbursement of your claims.
- International Claim Form - for institutional and professional service claims.
- Prescription Drug Statement - for processing foreign prescription drugs.
- Get an itemized bill or receipt.
- Translate the information to English.
- List the name of the patient.
- Include the date(s) of care.
- Get the name and complete address of the treating facility or provider.
- Write down accident details (time, date, place and circumstances of the accident).
- Write down the diagnosis or reason for care.
- If possible, write down the services received (Example: office visit, X-ray of arm, blood draw and white blood count).
- Write down the current monetary exchange rate for the date of care.
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