Network Participation

The BlueCard Program enables members of one Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) Plan to obtain health care services while traveling or living in another BCBS Plan's service area. The program links participating health care providers with independent BCBS Plans nationwide, and in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, via an extensive electronic network for claims processing and reimbursement. Learn more about BlueCard products and refer to our Claims and Eligibility page for tips on processing BlueCard claims.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma appreciates your interest in becoming a contracting provider with our health care organization. We contract with physicians, facilities, and other health care professionals to ensure that our members receive accessible, cost effective and quality health care services. Learn More

The Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Plan offers all of the coverage of Original Medicare — plus benefits not covered by Medicare or most Medicare Supplement insurance plans, including built-in prescription drug coverage. Learn More

Acquisition of Cigna Healthcare Medicare Business in 2025. Learn More

BCBSOK administers the health benefit plan for eligible federal employees and retirees in the area. This contractual arrangement with the Federal Government is known as the Federal Employee Program (FEP).

On behalf of the many independent BCBS Plans, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) contracts with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to provide health benefits to eligible federal employees and retirees as authorized by the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) law. The BCBSA is the carrier, and health benefits are administered by independent participating BCBS Plans. The independent Plans are subject to strict federal regulation. The health benefit plan is known as the BCBS Service Benefit Plan. Learn More

Our provider network representatives serve as the liaison between BCBSOK and our independently contracted provider community, developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with our physicians and other health care providers throughout Oklahoma. Learn More

Our members rely on the accuracy of the provider information in our online Provider Finder^®. This is why it's very important that you inform BCBSOK whenever any of your practice information changes. Visit our Information Change Request page to update your provider information.

To update providers’ demographic information, medical groups contracted as Type 2 (Organizational National Provider Identifier with group contracts) can follow these steps:

• Email us a request for your current group roster, with required tax identification number. We’ll reply with a copy of your roster and instructions on updating.
• Update current provider information and add new providers to the roster as needed.
• Return the updated roster to us by email.

To verify provider information: Federal law requires that provider directory information be verified every 90 days. Groups that update their information by roster can verify all their providers’ information every 90 days with their roster. When a group submits a roster, all providers affiliated with this group and not listed with an update are verified as correct with no changes.

Groups also can verify individual providers through Availity^® Essentials Provider Data Management or our Demographic Change Form. Learn more.

If you have questions, contact your Provider Relations Representative at 800-722-3730, option 2, or email us.