ALVMA offers four Health Plans. The Platinum Plan, Gold Plan, Silver Plan and the Bronze Plan. All plans are administered by BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) and provide the maximum benefits when a BCBS provider is used for services. The ALVMA Platinum Plan and Silver Plan includes both primary and secondary insurance. The secondary insurance is offered through MedPlus and creates maximum savings for the plan’s participants.
What is secondary insurance?
Secondary insurance helps pay remaining medical costs after your primary insurance has paid its share.
For the ALVMA Health Plan:
Be sure to show both your primary (BCBS) and secondary (MedPlus) ID cards at each visit so your providers bill correctly.
ALVMA members who are directly involved in a veterinary medicine practice are eligible for the ALVMA Health Plan. Members must have at least one common law employee to be eligible for the ALVMA Health Plan. Sole proprietors without at least one common law employee are not eligible to participate in the plan. Please contact Southview Benefits for more information at patrick@southviewbenefits.com.
You may transfer to the ALVMA at your current plans renewal or at ALVMAs open enrollment period. To begin this process please reach out to Southview Benefits at patrick@southviewbenefits.com. Please note that you must notify all impacted employees of this change and allow them the option to opt out. Employees who wish to change their benefit elections must do so through the Optix portal.
Yes. Both Dental and Medical can be elected separate of each other, or together if preferred.
Vision can only be elected if Medical and/or Dental is elected. It cannot be elected by itself.
The ALVMA Health Plan renews January 1, and our Open Enrollment is held in November each year. Open Enrollment is the one time per year we are allowed to onboard new members to the plan. If your company is an existing plan member and has a new hire, you have the ability to enroll them in the Optix portal at patrick@southviewbenefits.com.
Members will be responsible for submitting adds, terminations, and changes for their employees in the Optix portal.
Questions about the ALVMA Health Plan and its benefits can be directed to your Southview Benefits Consultant:
Patrick Pittman: (205) 215-8152 | patrick@southviewbenefits.com
BCBS Customer Support: (800) 292-8868 | www.bcbsal.org
MedPlus Secondary: (205) 388-5732 | www.medplusplan.com
Principal: (800) 986-3343 | www.principal.com
VSP Vision: (800) 877-7195 | www.vsp.com
