Privacy Policy
By using our Blue Medicare Advantage (BMA) website and its affiliated companies’ provider websites you agree to abide by the following Terms of Use, which are any general requirements listed on this website or any website operated for or on behalf of our Medicare program:
Electronic Communications
When you visit BMA (and any other of our registered domains) or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Use of Material
The contents of this website contain Personal Health Information as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and any applicable amendments. By accessing this information, the user agrees to abide by the applicable state and federal laws and regulations as well as any health plan policies and procedures governing privacy.
Copyright
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, and data compilations, is property of ours or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is our exclusive property and protected by all applicable U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is our property or software suppliers hired by us and protected by United States and international copyright laws as applicable.
License and Site Access
We grant you a limited license to access and make use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except by our express written consent. This license does not include any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any purposes other than those intended between the provider and applicable Medicare entity without express written consent. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose our trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) or our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing our name or trademarks without our express written consent. We are granting access to this site to you, it shall not be construed as granting to you any license under any trademark, copyright, or invention controlled by us. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license we have granted. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of our site so long as the link does not portray us, our affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.
Your Account
If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove, or edit content, in our sole discretion.
Content of Materials
The materials included within this website, with the exception of information already located within the public domain, include copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information. In the event that certain information contained within the website is provided by third parties. For such third party information, we cannot represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the information.
Liability
We cannot warrant that the website will operate error free. There is no representation by us that this website and underlying server are free of computer viruses and other harmful goods. We do not warrant that this site will always be available, accessible, uninterrupted, timely, secure, accurate, complete, or error-free, nor warrant any connection to or transmission from the internet.
Other Businesses
Outside parties may provide services. In addition, we may provide links to the sites of affiliated companies and certain other businesses. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating, and we do not warrant the offerings of, any of these businesses or individuals or the content of their websites. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, product, and content of all these and any other third parties. You should carefully review their privacy statements and other conditions of use.
Fraud and Abuse
All authorized users agree that the website and information will not be used in violation of any laws including without limitation, those laws or regulations relating to fraud and abuse, anti-kickback provisions of Medicare laws.
Indemnity
User agrees to indemnify and hold us and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, and employees harmless from any claim or demand (including attorneys' fees) made or incurred by any third party due to or arising out of your use of this website or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party relating to your use of the website.
Disputes
Any dispute among the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to conflict of laws principles. Each party hereby irrevocably consents, in any dispute, action, litigation, or other proceeding to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts wherein lies venue for the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action, or proceeding in such court and further waives the right to object, with respect to such suit, action, or proceeding, that such court does not have jurisdiction over such party or that venue is improper.