For those enrolled in MIT’s other health insurance offerings (Access Blue New England, Blue Care Elect, and Tufts Health Plan EPO), the Jan. 1 expansion of services will offer a convenient way to get some tests and other health services on campus instead of at their regular doctor’s office.
The services now open to non-MIT Health Plan employees are:
- Urgent Care, including related lab and X-ray services
- General X-ray services
- Laboratory services
- Mammograms
- Bone density tests
"MIT Medical is here to serve the whole community, not just students
or MIT Health Plan members,” said William M. Kettyle, M.D., medical
director at MIT Medical. “Our wellness programs, like getfit@mit, have
already given us ways to serve the larger Institute community, and
we're very happy to be able to start offering some clinical services to
a larger population as well."
You must be preregistered to
receive care at MIT Medical. Even if you’ve received services at MIT
Medical in the past, you must update your patient registration so we
can bill your health insurance. Visit Patient Registration In E23-308
or call 617-253-6286.
Patients must make advance appointments for mammograms and bone density tests; Urgent Care, general X-ray and the Laboratory can be used on a walk-in basis if you are preregistered. For Radiology and Laboratory services that were not ordered by Urgent Care, you’ll need to have a written order from your own provider with details of the X-rays or tests to be performed, the reasons for the tests, and contact information for sending results.
The fine print:
- All services are subject to the benefit limits, copayments and coverage guidelines under the patient’s insurance plan. For example, if your insurance plan requires a copayment for office visits or limits you to one mammogram per year, the same conditions will apply for visits to MIT Medical.
- These services do not replace the MIT’s Primary Care Benefit, or services from primary care providers outside MIT Medical.
- Due to limited resources, MIT Medical is not expanding access to these services at MIT Medical/Lexington.
