Boeing Company Medical Travel Assistance Program
To provide consistent access to medical or behavioral health services for employees regardless of their home locations, Boeing has expanded its travel policy. Boeing, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, will pay for reasonable travel-related costs if any covered employee, spouse or domestic partner or dependent needs a covered medical service that is unavailable within 100 miles of the patient’s address.
Travel Benefit
- Eligible expenses for one companion or, if the patient is under 18, up to two companions are also covered under the $4,000 maximum per year per eligible patient.
- Lodging: Up to $150 per person per day
- Meals: Up to $65 per person per day
- Airfare Coach/Economy class ticket (patient and one caregiver)
- Ground Transportation
- Rental Car: At the rate of $65/day for a maximum total of no more than 14 consecutive days (1 day prior to departure allowed and 1 day after return allowed for rental car pickup and return) or
- Use of Personal Car: Members have the option of utilizing their personal vehicle and will be reimbursed at the IRS standard mileage rate for medical purposes (in effect at time of surgery).
- Benefit only applies to covered medical or behavioral health service rendered by an in-network provider, if there is no in-network provider able to perform that covered medical or behavioral health service located within 100 miles of the covered person’s home address
- Employee pays upfront for the travel costs and then is reimbursed once a signed claim form and receipts are submitted and processed
Eligibility
All active U.S.-based Boeing employees (union and non-union) and their covered spouse, domestic partner, and dependent enrolled in a Boeing-sponsored Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois health care plan are eligible. Retirees are not eligible for this benefit.
Claim Form and Filing Instructions
You can submit a claim online or by paper submission.
Online Submission
- Log in to Blue Access for MemberSM
- Go to Messages
- Select New Messages
- In the To field type Claims Submission Attachment
- In the Plan field select the plan for which you’re submitting a claim
- In the Subject field type New Claim Submission
- In the Message field put any other information you want to include about your claim
- Attach the claim form and electronic copies of your receipts and send
Paper Submission
Submit your completed claim form with itemized bills and receipts to:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
P.O. Box 660603
Dallas, TX 75266-0603