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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Search Memos
| Date: | February 16, 2011 |
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| Subject: | New Reporting On Prescription Drugs (January 2011) |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | December 29, 2010 |
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| 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 |
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| Subject: | Plan Year 2011 NYSHIP Rates |
| To: | Participating Agency Chief Executive Officers and Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | November 30, 2010 |
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| Subject: | Action/Reason Codes for Dependent Adds/Deletes and Changes in Coverage |
| To: | Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | November 1, 2010 |
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| Subject: | Creditable Coverage Letter and CHIP Notice |
| To: | Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | October 22, 2010 |
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| Subject: | Upgrade/Implementation of HBA Help Line |
| To: | Health Benefit Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | October 22, 2010 |
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| 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 |
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| Subject: | New NYSHIP Special Report: Covering Your Young Adult Children |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefit Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | October 19, 2010 |
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| 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 |
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| Subject: | Empire Plan Quarterly Experience Report |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefit Administrators |
| From: | Robert W. DuBois, Director of the Employee Benefits Division |