Yes, you can go to any hospital with Kaiser insurance. As you know, Kaiser Permanente provides both health insurance and health services. To learn more, read below.
- If you have Kaiser insurance, you can go to any hospital. You can easily get the claim if you go to Kaiser-authorized hospitals. If you go to a non-authorized Kaiser hospital, there is no guarantee of insurance coverage. But if you have any emergency condition or urgent care, then you can go to any hospital in the world and get insurance coverage more easily. Kaiser Permanente insurance typically provides coverage to Kaiser-authorized hospitals, and they also provide coverage if you go to a non-Kaiser hospital for emergency conditions or urgent care.
- It is advised to go to your own Kaiser hospital, which is allotted for you, for better coverage.
- If you are away from home or from your allotted Kaiser, before getting care in another Kaiser Permanente area, It’s essential to obtain a medical record number (MRN) or health record number (HRN) for the other Kaiser Permanente region you’re visiting. You can get an MRN by going here: kp.org/travel or by calling the Away from Home Travel Line – 951-268-3900 (TTY 711).
- If you paid money for emergency or urgent care while you were outside your usual residence, you can file a claim for reimbursement after your trip. Search this keyword on Google: “kaiserpermanente consumer sign on ”. Open the first link to sign in to kp.org. If you don’t have a kp.org account or need help, call the Away from Home Travel Line at – 951-268-3900 (TTY 711).
- These things is required in order to get coverage:
- Itemized bills (require date of service, services you opted, and cost of each item)
- Medical records (Medical documents, admission notes, emergency room records, consultation reports, etc.)
- Proof of payment: Transaction receipt and transaction proof, etc.
- If you received emergency care or urgent care outside the US, you may additionally need to provide:
- Proof of travel (copy of itinerary and/or airline tickets or any other proof of travel)
- These things is required in order to get coverage:
- If you don’t have Kaiser insurance, or if you have no insurance, you can go to any hospital, either Kaiser or non-Kaiser hospitals, but it can be expensive for you. If you have an emergency situation, you can go to Kaiser hospitals without any insurance or ability to pay money. But later, after the treatment, you have to pay money from your own pocket. So, before taking any treatment in non-emergency or non-urgent care, you can ask the price so you can decide what you have to do.
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Conclusion:
For any kind of help, the best way is to talk with your insurance provider. You can go to any hospital with Kaiser insurance, but going to Kaiser-authorized hospitals is better because Kaiser typically provides coverage to Kaiser members. There is no guarantee of insurance coverage when you go to any non-authorized Kaiser hospitals (other than Kaiser hospitals), except – going to a non-Kaiser hospital in an emergency or for urgent care.)