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The Empire Plan is a unique health insurance plan designed especially for public employees in New York State. Empire Plan benefits include inpatient and outpatient hospital coverage, medical/surgical coverage, Centers of Excellence for transplants, infertility and cancer, home care services, equipment and supplies, mental health and substance abuse coverage and prescription drug coverage.

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Date: February 16, 2011
Subject: New Reporting On Prescription Drugs (January 2011)
To: Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators
From: Employee Benefits Division
Date: December 29, 2010
Subject: 2011 Empire Plan At A Glance with 2011 Flexible Formulary
To: Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies with The Empire Plan
From: Employee Benefits Division
Date: December 2, 2010
Subject: Plan Year 2011 NYSHIP Rates
To: Participating Agency Chief Executive Officers and Health Benefits Administrators
From: Employee Benefits Division
Date: November 30, 2010
Subject: Action/Reason Codes for Dependent Adds/Deletes and Changes in Coverage
To: Health Benefits Administrators
From: Employee Benefits Division
Date: November 1, 2010
Subject: Creditable Coverage Letter and CHIP Notice
To: Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies
From: Employee Benefits Division
Date: October 22, 2010
Subject: Upgrade/Implementation of HBA Help Line
To: Health Benefit Administrators
From: Employee Benefits Division
Date: October 22, 2010
Subject: 2010 Participating Provider Directories
To: New York State Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators with The Empire Plan or The Excelsior Plan; Participating Employer Health Benefits Administrators; NYS Agency Health Benefit Administrators Student Employee
From: Employee Benefits Division
Date: October 19, 2010
Subject: New NYSHIP Special Report: Covering Your Young Adult Children
To: Participating Agency Health Benefit Administrators
From: Employee Benefits Division
Date: October 19, 2010
Subject: Federal Health Care Reform and NYSHIP Coverage of Children to Age 26
To: Participating Agency Health Benefit Administrators (HBAs)
From: Employee Benefits Division (EBD)
Date: September 24, 2010
Subject: Empire Plan Quarterly Experience Report
To: Participating Agency Health Benefit Administrators
From: Robert W. DuBois, Director of the Employee Benefits Division
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