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emergency services will be governed by applicable federal and state law. b. Exceptions In some exception cases, at Employer's direction, Florida Blue may pay claims from nonparticipating healthcare providers outside of Florida Blue's service area based on the provider's billed charge. This may occur in situations where a member did not have reasonable access to a participating provider, as determined by Florida Blue (in Florida Blue's sole and absolute discretion) or by applicable state law. In other exception cases, (at Employer's direction) Florida Blue may pay such claims based on the payment Florida Blue would make if Florida Blue were paying a nonparticipating provider inside of Florida Blue's service area, as described elsewhere in this Agreement. This may occur where the Host Blue's corresponding payment would be more than Florida Blue's in-service area nonparticipati ng provider payment. Florida Blue may choose to negotiate a pay ment with such a provider on an exception basis. Unless otherwise stated, in any of these exception situations, the member may be responsible for the difference between the amount that the nonparticipating healthcare provider bills and the payment Florida Blue will make for the covered services as set forth in this paragraph. 2. Fees and Compensation Employer understands and agrees to reim burse Florida Blue for certain fees and compensation which we are obligated under applicabl a Inter -Plan Arrangement requirements to pay to the Host Blues, to the Association and/or to vendors of Inter -Plan Arrangement -related services. The specific fees and compensation that are charged to Employer are set forth in Exhibit B, if applicable. Fees and compensation under applicable Inter -Plan Arrangements may be revised from time to time. G. BlueCard Worldwide(D Program 1. General Information If members are outside the United States, (the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) (hereinafter: "BlueCard service area"), they may be able to take advantage of the BlueCard Worldwide Program when accessing covered healthcare services. The BlueCard Worldwide Program is unlike the BlueCard Program available in the BlueCard service area in certain ways. For instance, although the BlueCard Worldwide Program assists members with accessing a network of inpatient, outpatient and professional providers, the network is not served by a Host Blue. As such, when members receive care from providers outside the BlueCard service area, the members will typically have to pay the providers and subm it the claims themselves to obtain reimbursement for these services. • Inpatient Services In most cases, if members contact the BlueCard Worldwide Service Center for assistance, hospitals will not require members to pay for covered inpatient services, except for their cost -share amounts. In such cases, the hospital will submit member claims to the BlueCard Worldwide Service Center to initiate claims processing. 20160629 7