June 8, 2023
Premera Blue Cross members can access urgent and acute care from the comfort of their own home with DispatchHealth—a contracted provider with Premera.
DispatchHealth sends a care team to a member’s home to provide treatment for common injuries or health conditions that often send members to urgent care or the emergency room. With DispatchHealth members receive high quality care from a dedicated care team that include a nurse practitioner or physician assistant and a medical technician, and avoid lengthy wait times in urgent care and emergency room facilities.
DispatchHealth can treat nearly everything an emergency room can aside from life-threatening medical issues. Services and treatments provided by DispatchHealth include but are not limited to:
- 12-lead electrocardiogram
- Advanced blood tests
- COVID-19
- Infections
- IV placement
- IV fluids
- Lacerations
- Migraines
- Diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting
- Urinary infections
Advantages to DispatchHealth
- Care is coordinated with the member’s primary care physician (PCP)
- Care team can share insight into social determinants of health
- Convenient and affordable alternative to emergency room visits
DispatchHealth has 44 service areas across the continental U.S. Members can initiate a visit by calling toll-free at 855-354-8961 or requesting an appointment online. Visit Dispatchhealth.com/locations to see all available locations.
Contact your Premera account representative for more information.