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Centers of Excellence
Specialized care for complex situations
Walmart’s Centers of Excellence (COE) program, available under most medical plans, gives you access to specialists at some of the best facilities in the country. For many complex conditions like cancer, heart surgery, organ or tissue transplants, weight loss surgery, ESRD, fertility care, and certain rare conditions, eligible services , travel, and lodging are 100% covered under the COE Program when services are performed at a COE provider.1

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Specialized care when you need it the most

100% covered with most medical plans

 

Eligible services provided through the COE provider are covered for most eligible conditions, including travel and lodging for you and an adult caregiver.

Medical records review for virtually all cancers

 

Access to a medical record review of your diagnosis and treatment plan by Mayo Clinic, plus on-site evaluation and treatment when recommended by Mayo Clinic.

Options for growing your family

 

With most Walmart medical plans, fertility treatments like IUI and IVF are covered through the COE program.

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Eligibility: These COE program benefits are available if you’re enrolled in the Premier PPO, Saver HSA, Contribution HRA, or Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan.

 

Coverage: A medical record review for most cancer diagnoses is covered at 100% under the Premier PPO and Contribution HRA Plans. If you’re in the Saver HSA Plan, you have to meet your deductible first. If you’re in the Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan, eligible services are covered with no copay. If recommended, on-site evaluation and treatment are also covered under the COE program. Localized skin cancers are not covered under the COE program. Travel and lodging for you and an adult caregiver are also covered if travel is recommended for eligible services at the COE facility.

Provider: The COE provider for the cancer medical record review program is Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Florida, and Arizona.

If you have questions about the cancer medical records review COE program, contact the plan’s COE administrator for this benefit, Consociate Health at 1-800-804-1289.  

Eligibility: These COE benefits are available if you’re enrolled in the Premier PPO, Saver HSA, Contribution HRA, or Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan.

 

Eligible full-time associates also have access to benefits for surrogacy and adoption, which do not require medical plan enrollment.

 

Coverage: With most plans, fertility treatments and services are covered at 75% after you meet your plan’s deductible. With the Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan, you pay the applicable copays for the services you receive. Covered services include, but are not limited to, in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intrauterine insemination (IUI). These services are subject to your out-of-pocket maximum. Fertility treatments and services, including IVF and IUI, are also subject to a $20,000 lifetime maximum benefit per person. 

 

Coverage for these services is only available at a COE provider under the COE program, which means your plan won’t cover fertility care you receive anywhere else unless those services are covered under other medical plan terms and conditions. Travel and lodging for you and an adult caregiver are covered if travel is recommended by the COE provider.

Provider: The COE provider for fertility treatment is Kindbody, with locations nationwide.

Administrator: If you have questions about treatment, contact Kindbody: 1-855-454-7663

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Eligibility: These COE benefits are available if you’re enrolled in the Premier PPO, Saver HSA, Contribution HRA, or Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan.

 

Coverage: The COE program covers certain heart surgeries and cardiac ablation procedures. If you’re being recommended for non-emergency heart surgery, you are eligible for a cardiac medical record review by Cleveland Clinic to make sure the treatment is appropriate. If Cleveland Clinic recommends heart surgery or a cardiac ablation procedure, you’ll be eligible to have it performed at Cleveland Clinic at no cost to you with most medical plans.

 

Eligible services are covered at 100% before you meet your deductible under the Premier PPO and Contribution HRA Plans.  If you’re in the Saver HSA Plan, you have to meet your deductible first. If you’re in the Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan, eligible services are covered with no copay. Travel and lodging for you and an adult caregiver are also covered if travel is recommended for eligible services at the COE facility.

 

Provider: The COE provider for heart surgery and cardiac ablation procedures is Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.

Administrator: If you have questions about your travel benefits, contact the plan’s COE administrator for travel benefits, Consociate Health, at 1-800-804-1289.

Eligibility: These COE benefits are available if you’re enrolled in the Premier PPO, Saver HSA, Contribution HRA, or Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan. 

 

Coverage: Eligible hip and knee joint replacement services are covered at 100% under the COE program before you meet your deductible under the Premier PPO and Contribution HRA Plans. If you’re in the Saver HSA Plan, you have to meet your deductible first. If you’re in the Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan, eligible services are covered with no copay.

 

If you choose to receive hip or knee joint replacement services outside of the COE program without a network exception , the level of coverage depends on your plan:

Premier PPO, Saver HSA, and Contribution HRA Plans: Benefits are reduced to 50% after out-of-network deductible. Coinsurance will not apply to your out-of-pocket maximum. Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan: Coverage is only available under the COE program, which means your plan won’t cover services you receive outside of the COE program  without a network exception. Travel and lodging for you and an adult caregiver are also covered. 

 

Providers: The COE providers for hip and knee replacements include:

  • Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Hospital for Specialty Surgery in New York, NY
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Minnesota, and Florida
  • Mercy Springfield in Springfield, Missouri
  • Northeast Baptist in San Antonio, Texas
  • Ochsner in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Scripps Mercy in San Diego, California
  • Stanford Medical Center in Stanford, California
  • University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington

Administrator: If you have questions about hip or knee replacements or how to request a network exception, contact the COE administrator for this benefit, Carrum Health,  at 1-888-890-7359.

Eligibility: These COE benefits are available if you’re enrolled in the Premier PPO, Saver HSA, Contribution HRA, or Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan. 

 

Coverage: Most organ and tissue transplants are covered at 100% under the COE program before you meet your deductible under the Premier PPO and Contribution HRA Plans. If you’re in the Saver HSA Plan, you have to meet your deductible first. If you’re in the Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan, eligible services are covered with no copay.

 

Eligible transplant services include:

  • Liver
  • Kidney
  • Heart (including durable ventricular assist devices [VADs] and total artificial hearts)
  • Lung (including lung volume reduction surgery [LVRS])
  • Pancreas
  • Simultaneous kidney/pancreas transplants
  • Multiple organ transplants
  • Bone marrow/stem cell transplants (including CAR T-cell treatment).


Coverage is only available under the Centers of Excellence program, which means your plan won’t cover services you receive anywhere else unless you apply for and receive a network exception. Travel and lodging for you and an adult caregiver are also covered.

Provider: The COE provider for transplants is Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Florida, and Arizona.

Administrator: If you have questions about your transplant benefits, including how to apply for a network exception, treatment contact the COE administrator for this benefit, Consociate Health, at 1-479-621-2830

Eligibility: These COE benefits are available if you’re enrolled in the Premier PPO, Saver HSA, Contribution HRA, or Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan. 

 

Coverage: Surgery for certain spine conditions is covered at 100% under the COE program before you meet your deductible under the Premier PPO and Contribution HRA Plans. If you’re in the Saver HSA Plan, you have to meet your deductible first. If you’re in the Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan, eligible services are covered with no copay. The COE program does not include some conditions like scoliosis.

 

Coverage is only available under the Centers of Excellence program, which means your plan won’t cover services you receive anywhere else unless you apply for and receive a network exception.

 

Virtual physical therapy is also covered if recommended by a COE provider. Contact the program administrator for this benefit, Carrum Health, for more details. Travel and lodging for you and an adult caregiver are also covered.

 

Providers: The COE providers for spine surgery include:

  • Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates/Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Emory in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Hospital for Specialty Surgery in New York, NY
  • Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Florida, and Arizona.
  • Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas
  • Mercy Springfield in Springfield, Missouri
  • Ochsner in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Stanford Medical Center in Stanford, California

Administrator: If you have questions about your spine surgery benefits, including how to request a network exception, contact the COE administrator for this benefit, Carrum Health, at 1-888-890-7359

Eligibility: These COE benefits are available if you’re enrolled in the Premier PPO, Saver HSA, Contribution HRA, or Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan. 

 

Weight loss surgery also has a 12-month waiting period from the date your medical coverage becomes effective before this benefit is available. 

 

Coverage: Weight loss surgery performed through the COE program is covered at the regular benefit level of 75% of eligible in-network costs after you meet your plan’s annual deductible under the Premier PPO, Contribution HRA and Saver HSA Plans. With the Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan, you pay the applicable copays for the services you receive.

 

Coverage is only available under the Centers of Excellence program, which means your plan won’t cover services outside of the COE program.

Providers: The COE providers for weight loss surgery include:  

  • Emory in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania
  • Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City, Utah 
  • KC Bariatric in Lenexa, Kansas
  • Northeast Baptist in San Antonio, Texas
  • Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Arkansas
  • Ochsner in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio

Administrator: If you have questions about your weight loss surgery benefits contact the plan’s COE administrator for this benefit, Carrum Health, at  1-888-890-7359

​​​​Eligibility: ​These COE program benefits are available if you’re enrolled in the Premier PPO, Saver HSA, Contribution HRA, or Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan. 

 

Coverage: Onsite evaluations through the COE program to establish diagnosis and treatment plan options for certain rare conditions arecovered at 100% under the Premier PPO and Contribution HRA Plans before you meet your deductible. If you’re in the Saver HSA Plan, you have to meet your deductible first. If you’re in the Personalized Wellbeing Copay Plan, eligible services are covered with no copay. IRare Conditions covered under the COE program include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Parkinson’s disease

Travel and lodging for you and an adult caregiver are also covered if travel is recommended for eligible services at a COE facility.

Providers: The COE providers for rare conditions include:

Administrator: If you have questions about this benefit for rare conditions contact the COE administrator for this benefit, Consociate Health, at 1-800-804-1289. 

​​​For information about eligibility for COE programs, call your health care advisor at the number on the back of your plan ID card.​

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