Physician
Visit Benefit – Sickness Policy
Your Sickness policy pays a set
number of Physician Office Visit Benefits in a calendar year. These benefits are paid each calendar for any
covered family member who has an office visit.
Benefits continue to be paid until your maximum number of visits for the
year is reached. You are eligible for this benefit
every calendar year of your policy beginning on the first day the policy
was issued. For example, if your
policy was effective June 1st, you would be eligible for the full
number of visits from June 1st through December 31st. Every year thereafter your eligibility would
be from Jan 1st to Dec 31st.
How do I claim this benefit?
When your policy is first received a claim form for that year will
be included.
AFLAC will automatically include
a bar-coded Physician Office Visit Benefit Claim Form when your policy is first
issued. This form will be included with
your policy documents. When you receive
this bar-coded claim form just wait until after your first office visit, then
complete the required information and MAIL it directly to the
address on the form. No physician
signature or any other documentation is required. Be
sure to MAIL this form since faxing
the bar-coded forms to our office will DELAY payment of your Office Visit
Benefit. AFLAC will then
mail your benefit and include a new claim form for your next visit. They will continue to follow this procedure
until you reach your maximum number of benefits for the year. The following January you will be mailed a
new form for the new year. Please
note that only one visit can be claimed with each form. Please
do not photocopy these forms since the bar-code makes it unique to the
year and the visit for which you are using it.
AFLAC will automatically mail you
a new bar-coded Physician Office Visit Benefit Claim Form every January. This new form will clearly indicate the year
for which it is to be used. Since
the bar-code makes it unique to the year and the visit for which you are using
it, please do not use this new form for any unclaimed visits for the previous
year. When you receive this bar-coded claim form just follow the
same procedure as outlined in the paragraph above. Again,
be sure to MAIL this form since faxing
the bar-coded forms to our office will DELAY payment of your Office Visit
Benefit. Please
remember that only one visit can be claimed with each form and they should
not be photocopied because of the bar-coding system.
If you have misplaced this form or feel
that you did not receive it you can of course still claim your benefit. Just call AFLAC Claims Department at
800-992-3522. When you call you should
verify that AFLAC have your correct address on file. Also, please have a list of the visits that
you have had during the year. The
customer service representative will take note of these and mail a form to you
for your signature.