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Thinking about a healthier lifestyle?
Get personalized support from Wellvolution®
This digital platform includes programs designed to help you reach your health goals:
- Lose weight
- Treat diabetes
- Quit smoking
- Support your mental health
- And more
Have a complex health coverage question?
Schedule a one-on-one consultation with a Shield Concierge representative when it's convenient for you.
Your health plan options
Find the right health plan in 5 minutes or less
Our interactive video will help you to:
- Compare Blue Shield plans quickly
- Find network doctors
- Explore wellness programs and more
Access+ HMO plan
With our Access+ HMO® plan, you:
When you enroll in the Access+ HMO plan for the first time, you must choose a PCP for yourself and your covered dependents. Each member of your family can choose a different physician and medical group/IPA.
- Only pay a fixed copayment for most covered services such as doctor visits, urgent care, and emergency care
- Have access to one of the largest provider networks in California, with more than 13,000 primary care physicians (PCPs), 50,000 specialists, and 360 hospitals
- Choose a PCP who will coordinate your care and refer you to specialists and hospitals within their medical group/Independent Practice Association (IPA)
When you enroll in the Access+ HMO plan for the first time, you must choose a PCP for yourself and your covered dependents. Each member of your family can choose a different physician and medical group/IPA.
Shield Spectrum PPO plan
The Shield Spectrum PPO plan allows you to:
- See any doctor you choose for most covered services, although you will usually pay less for services provided by PPO Network providers
- Self-refer to specialists
- Pay a copayment or coinsurance for most covered services after you have met the plan’s deductible
Find a provider
Our virtual assistant is available to help you find a provider.
Do you need your primary care physician's (PCP's) ID number? Once you find your PCP, select the More info button.
- Advanced provider search: Search for providers in California by multiple criteria such as gender, language, etc.
- To find your PCP’s ID number, click on the doctor’s name and select View details under "Primary Care Physician ID."
- Select your plan's link below to begin your search.
- Access+ HMO Find a Doctor
- PPO Find a Doctor
- Find a Doctor TutorialsWatch our tutorials on how to use the Find a Doctor tool.
Traveling outside of California?
Programs and services in the spotlight
Save yourself a trip to the doctor's office
Talk to a board-certified Teladoc® medical doctor or a licensed mental health professional by phone or video for a $0 copay.
Choose from two popular mental health apps
You have a choice between Headspace and Headspace Care (formerly Ginger) through Wellvolution®
- Headspace® offers guided meditations on topics like stress and resilience, sleepcasts, yoga workouts, and other features.
- Headspace CareTM offers on-demand, confidential mental health support day or night through coaching, self-guided activities, and more.
Check out CredibleMind
CredibleMind offers many different mental health resources, all in one place. You can navigate by topic, including everything from stress and anxiety to happiness and resilience.
All programs and services
- Away From Home Care® program – available only to HMO plan membersStay covered when you're away from home for extended periods.
- Care Management ProgramGet support managing conditions such as diabetes and depression.
- CredibleMind mental health resource hubFind resources on everything from stress and anxiety to happiness and resilience
- CVS MinuteClinic® – available only to PPO plan membersGet walk-in non-emergency care at CVS MinuteClinics across California.
- Fitness Your Way™Access network fitness centers on a budget you can live with.
- Identity theft protectionProtecting your financial well-being is as important as protecting your health.
- LifeReferrals 24/7SMExperienced professionals are ready to help you with personal, family, and work issues at any time.
- Maternity ProgramGet digital and virtual support for your pregnancy and postpartum needs.
- NurseHelp 24/7SMRegistered nurses are available to answer your health questions at any time, every day.
- Preventive careLearn how your preventive care benefits can help keep you healthy.
- Shield ConciergeGet answers to your questions about your health plan benefits and much more.
- Target Clinics – available only to PPO plan membersGet walk-in non-emergency care at Target Clinics across California.
- Teladoc® virtual medical and mental health servicesTalk to a board-certified Teladoc medical doctor or a licensed mental health professional by phone or video for a $0 copay.
- Treatment Cost EstimatorCompare costs for more than 1,600 procedures and treatments between different hospitals and surgical centers.
- Wellness discount programs*Get help living healthier with a wide range of discount programs.
- Wellvolution®Get lifestyle-based tools and support to lose weight, treat diabetes, support mental health, and more.
* The wellness discount program services are not a covered benefit of your Blue Shield of California health plan, and none of the terms or conditions of the Blue Shield health plan apply. The networks of practitioners and facilities in the discount programs are managed by external program administrators, including any screening and credentialing of providers. Blue Shield does not review the services provided by discount program providers for medical necessity or efficacy, nor does Blue Shield make any recommendations, representations, claims, or guarantees regarding the practitioners, their availability, fees, services, or products. Some services offered through the discount program may already be included as part of the Blue Shield plan covered benefits. Members should access those covered services prior to using the discount program. Members who are not satisfied with products or services received from the discount program may use the grievance process described in their Evidence of Coverage, Disclosure Form, Evidence of Coverage and Disclosure Form, or Benefit Booklet. Blue Shield reserves the right to terminate this program at any time without notice.
Wellvolution is a registered trademark of Blue Shield of California. Wellvolution and all associated digital and in-person health programs, services, and offerings are managed by Solera, Inc., a health company committed to changing lives by guiding people to better health in their communities.
NurseHelp 24/7 and LifeReferrals 24/7 are service marks of Blue Shield of California.