Member ID card
Lost your CareFirst member ID card?
You can always view or print it at carefirst.com/myaccount
If you have selected a CareFirst plan through the DC Health Link, your coverage becomes effective January 1 even if you have not yet received your ID card. If you have not received your member ID card, physicians and other providers will be able to verify your coverage beginning January 1 through CareFirst’s online systems.
- Member ID cards will be mailed just before the end of the year based on information received from DC Health Link. You will most likely receive your card the first week of January.
- If you do not receive your member ID card in the mail within 30 days, please contact your Health Benefits Officer (HBO).
If you have not received your ID card in the mail, you can visit our secure member website or download the CareFirst mobile app to print your paper ID card.
If you believe you enrolled in a CareFirst covered plan and have not received your ID card and cannot view or print your ID card, it may mean CareFirst did not receive your enrollment information from the DC Health Link or it is incomplete or incorrect. To determine if this is the case, please contact your HBO.
If you were unable to enroll or did not enroll during the open season enrollment period, please contact your HBO to determine if you are eligible to complete your enrollment for January.
Abbreviations and Other Terms
- C—Clinic
- CC—Convenience Care
- D—Dental
- DP—Dental Preferred
- DT—Dental Traditional
- DE—Dental EPR, PPT
- ER—Emergency Room
- FAM—Family or Parent & Child
- IND—Individual
- Open Access—No referrals are needed
- P—Primary Care
- PD—Pediatric Dental
- PV—Pediatric Vision
- P&C—Parent & Child
- RX—Pharmacy
- RxBIN, RxPCN, RxGrp—Codes pharmacies use to route claims for payment
- S or SPEC—Specialist
- S&S—Subscriber & Spouse
- UR—Urgent Care
- V or VC—Vision
- AV—Adult Vision
- VU—BlueVision Plus