Welcome CareFirst®' BlueCross® BlueShield® Members

American Medical ID is pleased to announce our partnership with CareFirst®' BlueCross® BlueShield®. Together we aim to increase awareness of the importance of medical IDs and promote their use for those living with chronic or rare medical conditions or allergies.

Exclusively for CareFirst®' members, American Medical ID is giving a 22 percent discount on all medical ID orders.  To take advantage of this offer, click the link below to place your order ensuring code BCCF appears in the Promotional Code area at the end of your checkout.  Please note that your 22 percent discount will not appear until the final Checkout page.  Or you can call us toll free at 800.363.5985 -- just make sure you mention code BCCF.

Medical IDs are the first line of defense in an emergency. More than 95 percent of emergency responders look for a medical ID upon assessing a patient.

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Medical IDs also provide more appropriate and cost effective care.  We recently conducted an online survey of nearly 9,000 of our customers and discovered:

• 15 percent experienced a medical emergency in the workplace as a result of their condition
• Of those, more than 60 percent had to be taken to the emergency room
• Those not wearing a medical ID were 44 percent more likely to require a trip to the emergency room
• The average hospital bill for those wearing a medical ID was $3,753
• The average hospital bill for those not wearing a medical ID was $26, 395

Medical IDs ensure prompt medical care and can ultimately save lives!

Persons living with any of the following conditions or taking any of the below medications are urged to wear a personalized medical ID:

Diabetes

Heart disease

Blood thinners/anticoagulants/even aspirin

Allergies including food, medicine and insect

Alzheimer's/Dementia/Memory impairment

Clinical trial patients

Cystic Fibrosis

Epilepsy, seizures

Hearing, sight or mentally impaired

Multiple medications

Rare diseases

Special needs children

Surgery, transplant or cancer patients

And caregivers for people who live with many of these conditions.

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American Medical ID also provides a free personal health record, the Online Medical Registry, with purchase of a medical ID. With the Online Medical Registry, participants can maintain an online personal health record of their medical conditions, emergency contact information, prescriptions, over-the-counter medications and personal and medical files such as living wills, donor cards, EKGs and CTs. This file can be accessed anytime through a secure online connection or a 24-hour emergency telephone line.

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Serving Maryland, the District of Columbia and portions of Virginia. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is the shared business name of CareFirst of Maryland, Inc. and Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.  CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc., an affiliate company, also offers health benefit products and services on this site.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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