No. However, please keep in mind that you receive better coverage if you use an Encore provider. If the physician or hospital is not in the Encore network, your benefits will be lower, meaning you will have to pay a larger portion of the cost of the medical services you receive. Your health plan or insurance company can assist you with this process and should be consulted for benefits and eligibility information regarding the use of non-participating providers.

Your plan administrator or human resources department can provide a printed Encore Health Network Provider Directory for your assistance. In some cases (per your request), Encore can mail you a complete Provider Directly free of charge. Or you may conveniently access Encore’s online Provider Directory at encoreconnect.com.

You can see any licensed provider in the U.S. who can be paid by Medicare and who is wiling to accept the plan's terms and conditions of payment. You will not be locked into a network of providers. However, a provider may at any time decide that he or she does not want to accept the Today's Options plan. If this happens, you will need to find another provider who will accept your plan.

NAMCS participation is important because without one physician's participation, neither that physician nor others similar to that physician are represented in the national description of office-based patient care. Physicians are randomly chosen to represent not only themselves, but thousands of other physicians in the same geographic region and medical specialty. The same justification applies to the hospitals that participate in the NHAMCS.

Encore Health Network helps hold down the cost of your medical plan by contracting with physicians and hospitals and other providers for a discount on the services they render. Encore provides access to more than 31,000 physicians and 170 hospitals and ancillary medical facilities to our members through self-insured companies, health and welfare trusts, and third-party administrators. Encore is not an insurance company. Encore does not pay any medical claims or bills.

Hospitals must contact the NCDR™ directly and begin the application process no later than January 1, 2006 in order to ensure that they can complete the enrollment period before April 1, 2006. Additional information about participation is available on the NCDR™ web site at http://www.accncdr.com/webncdr/ICD or by telephone (800) 253-4636, ext. 451.

Encore Series can directly connect to, or be easily adapted for use with virtually any network that supports the TCP/IP Internet protocol. The RJ-45 connector allows for direct connection to most networks in use today. If you have another type of network such as Fiber, coaxial (10Base2) or other, inexpensive off the shelf adapters should be available to connect to such networks.

Westchester Medical Center and The Marie Fareri Children's Hospital (Valhalla, NY), Sound Shore Medical Center, (New Rochelle, NY), Greenwich Hospital (Greenwich,CT).

http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Medicine/Hospitals/ Search for a hospital using Google Directory Use the Worldwide Directory of Oncologists / Hematologists at http://www.worldoncology.net/Patient_Resources.htm to find a hospital or physician worldwide.

Your health insurance company should be identified on your Encore member ID card. Please feel free to call us at the Encore phone numbers listed above for any clarification you might need.

Our physicians are affiliated with KSF Orthopaedic Surgery Center, Houston Northwest Medical Center, TOPS Surgical Specialty Hospital and Willowbrook Methodist Hospital..

Most Managed Care Plans are accepted along with NY Worker's Compensation, New York No-Fault and Medicare.

Simple. Just check out Encore's Provider Search. If you have any questions, please contact Encore Customer Service toll free at (888) 574-8180. In Indianapolis, dial (317) 705-3280. It depends on what states you are traveling through and your vacation destination. Encore has a small number of in-network providers in Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. We advise you to contact your health insurance company directly to see how out-of-state coverage is handled according to your plan.

The physicians of Kernodle Clinic participate in most major insurance networks. You can see list of insurance plans that include Kernodle Clinic physicians in their network on this website.

Please call Customer Service at 1-800-454-1755 and provide your county or city and state, and we can refer you to participating facilities in your area. Caution: It is strongly recommended that members contact Customer Service. As with our web site provider search tool, there may be facilities listed that are no longer participating and newly added facilities that are not delivered with a search.

Dr. Beutel is on staff at Presbyterian Huntersville and Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. He also performs procedures at the Northcross Outpatient Facility. He occasionally performs procedures at Presbyterian main, Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, Lincoln Medical Center, and Gaston Memorial Hospital.

Unless your plan requires you use a PPO provider, you can use any licensed physician or hospital. (See reference to PPO plans above)

YES! You can still participate and set aside money (on a pre-tax basis) to budget and pay for your family's qualified expenses. However, a qualified expense paid from this plan is not eligible for reimbursement from another plan.

For the typical application, PC based Encore Series Software can support up to 50 or more instruments. The actual number of instruments depends on the amount of data each instrument is trending and recording which is what determines the 'load' on the software. We recommend that you contact the factory for support should your application require a large amount of instruments. We will help determine if one Encore station is sufficient for your system or you will need multiple stations.

Under your group health plan, you are free to decide whether to use a First Health provider, but there are many advantages to doing so: Their services will most likely cost you less because of our contract rates with them, and in some cases, because your health plan pays higher benefits for using network providers.

Anthem offers access to both the University Hospitals Health System and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in northeast Ohio, as well as 6,100 hospitals nationally.

No, you are not restricted to a network of doctors. However, if you need assistance with finding a doctor or hospital outside the U.S., you can call InterMedical's 24-hour Assistance Service hotline. You will receive information about the Assistance Service after you enroll. No.

Yes. Our physicians have staff privileges at all three Valley hospitals: Eisenhower Medical Center, Desert Regional Medical Center and John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital

You will be receiving quality healthcare from some of the area's most respected private practice physicians and hospitals. Your health insurance will offer the highest level of benefits when you use PPO physicians and hospitals. You will save money through lower out-of-pocket expenses. Remember, participating preferred providers (physicians and hospitals) agree to accept preferred rates for services provided to ODS members like you.

Generally speaking, if this is an emergency, you should go directly to the nearest emergency room for assistance. Routine prescription refills are not completed after hours and requests for controlled substances will absolutely not be filled after hours/weekends or holidays. We have two separate on-call groups serving our practice.

You are entitled to be treated in any hospital of your choice – though please ensure that you have your treatment pre-authorised beforehand.

Encore is a gentle exercise programme conducted by women for women to inspire and assist those who have had breast cancer. The Encore programme provides a supportive environment where women can share their emotional experiences and participate in physical activities specifically designed for women who have undergone mastectomy, lumpectomy and/or breast reconstruction.