When you apply fo VGLI, you can name any person, firm, corporation or legal entity as the beneficiary of your VGLI. To change a beneficiary, complete, sign and submit to OSGLI: form SGLV 8721, Beneficiary Designation - Veterans' Group Life Insurance.

Under the statute, a qualified beneficiary is someone who "is a beneficiary under the plan" (i.e., is covered under the plan) immediately prior to the qualifying event and who is: A covered employee (but only if the qualifying event is a termination or reduction in hours of the covered employee's employment.

Providers who bill electronically and have access to our mainframe are asked to utilize the Health Insurance Query Part A (HIQA) screen, before calling provider relations. This screen is used to verify the eligibility of a person with Medicare, and to verify if other primary insurance, an HMO or Hospice entitlement exists. It is the responsibility of all facilities to provide their billing staff with all information needed to bill claims properly.

Research Identifiable Files (RIFs) and 5% Beneficiary Encrypted Files (BEFs), can be linked by the Health Insurance Claim (HIC) number, the unique identifier CMS assigns to a beneficiary. The HIC is encrypted in the BEF, but it is a systematic encryption, allowing for linking of claims to one beneficiary. However, HICs can change, and BEFs have not been cross-referenced (see "What is cross-referencing?".). For both the 5% and 100% BEFs, the HIC is systematically encrypted.

The contingent or secondary beneficiary is the person or persons designated to receive the death benefit from your life insurance policy in the event that your primary beneficiary should die at the same time, like in a common accident, or before you do.