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How to choose a primary care provider (PCP) at MIT Medical

How to choose your Primary Care Provider
I am:

A student enrolled in the MIT Student Health Insurance Plan (MIT SHIP)

Submit the MIT SHIP PCP selection form.

You are not required to choose a PCP, but an MIT Medical PCP can help to coordinate the care you receive at MIT Medical and elsewhere.

A student on a different insurance plan

Call MIT Medical at 617-258-9355, press 4 to reach Primary Care, and tell us the name of the PCP you want to select. 

Even if you already have a PCP outside of MIT, we encourage you to select a campus care provider. Your campus care provider can communicate with your off-campus PCP to coordinate your care.

Affiliated with MIT (postdoc, fellow, visiting faculty, etc.)

  • If you’re covered by a different insurance plan
    Call MIT Medical at 617-258-9355, press 4 to reach Primary Care, and tell us the name of the PCP you want to select.

    Even if you already have a PCP outside of MIT, we encourage you to select a campus care provider. Your campus care provider can communicate with your off-campus PCP to coordinate your care.

An MIT employee or family member covered by the MIT Traditional Health Plan

Email Patient Billing Services at billing@med.mit.edu or call 617-253-5979, and tell us the name of the PCP you want to select.

An MIT employee or family member covered by the MIT Choice Plan

Contact Blue Cross Blue Shield at 1-800-821-1388 with the PCP information or log in to the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts website or your MyBlue app and enter the provider number of the PCP you want to select. 

An employee or covered family member on the MIT High Deductible Health Plan

Call MIT Medical at 617-258-9355, press 4 to reach Primary Care, and tell us the name of the PCP you want to select.

You are not required to choose a PCP, but an MIT Medical PCP can help to coordinate the care you receive at MIT Medical and elsewhere.

An MIT retiree or Medicare recipient

Contact your primary care provider’s office to update your PCP information.