Who Can Use UHS?

Updated 5/13/22

UHS provides services to the groups listed below and  
UHS is contracted with these health insurance plans (other plans are out-of-network):  

  • Blue Care Network (BCN) U-M domestic and international student health insurance plans
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS), BCN, and Premier Care/GradCare if your primary care physician (PCP) is at UHS
  • Michigan Care (MiCare) administered by Physicians Health Plan
  • Medicare
  • For U-M students and their spouse/Other Qualified Adult/dependents ONLY: Blue Cross Complete Healthy Michigan Medicaid if your primary care physician (PCP) is at UHS. Note: UHS Pharmacy does not participate, and routine eye care is not covered at UHS. 

The following groups are eligible to use UHS. Select your group to learn how you can use UHS, the limitations to use, and payment.

 

  • Currently enrolled U-M students:
    • You are eligible to use UHS
    • Your spouse/Other Qualified Adult and dependents (see Age Limit) are also eligible to use UHS, however, they are not eligible for :
    • Payment:
      • See Costs for Students. Most currently enrolled students on the Ann Arbor campus pay the health service fee as part of tuition, which helps to fund clinical and wellness services at UHS and to create a health-promoting campus culture.
      • Flint and Dearborn students would pay fee-for-service or use contracted insurance. 
      • Use a contracted insurance. Note: if you have BCN, Premier Care, Michigan Care, or Blue Cross Complete Healthy Michigan Medicaid, your primary care physician must be at UHS.  Exception: PhD students with GradCare insurance are encouraged to have their primary care physician at UHS, and you will not pay visit copays at UHS.
      • You may also pay fee-for-service.
  • Prior U-M students from any U-M campus who were enrolled for classes in the past 12 months:
    • You are eligible to use UHS
    • Payment - you may:
      • Purchase the UHS Pre-Paid Plan
      • Use a contracted insurance (note: if you have BCN, Premier Care, Michigan Care, or Blue Cross Complete Healthy Michigan Medicaid, your primary care physician must be at UHS, at 207 Fletcher St in Ann Arbor)
      • Pay-fee-for-service
  • The following groups are eligible to use UHS:
    • Current or former U-M faculty and staff from all U-M campuses
    • Visiting Scholars
    • Graduates
    • Retirees
    • Spouses/Other Qualified Adult and dependents (see Age Limit) of the above
  • Service limitations: You and your spouse/Other Qualified Adult and dependents are not eligible for :
  • Payment: 
    • A contracted insurance is required and policyholder must be a current UHS patient (see list at top of this page)
    • If you have U-M PremierCare or Michigan Care, all policy members must have their primary care physician at UHS, at 207 Fletcher St in Ann Arbor, but this requirement is waived for:
      • Women's health annual exam and women's health problems
      • Routine vision exam
      • Sports Medicine
  • The following groups are eligible to use UHS:
    • Incoming U-M students before the health service grace period of the first academic term
    • Academic affiliates besides Visiting Scholars
    • Summer program participants  ≥ 10 years old
    • Spouses/Other Qualified Adult and dependents (see Age Limit) of the above
  • Service limitations:  You are not eligible for:
  • Payment: Pay fee-for-service or bill to insurance; contracted insurances are listed above, and patients are responsible for paying for any services that insurance does not cover.

 

Age limit:

To use UHS, patients must be ≥ 10 years old, except for Eye Care Clinic, where patients must be ≥ 3 years old.

For more information:

faculty in front of UHS Building