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: | December 31, 2013 |
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| Subject: | Excelsior Benefit card reissue |
| To: | Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies with The Excelsior Plan |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | December 27, 2013 |
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| Subject: | Empire Plan Mental Health and Substance Abuse Administrator for 2014 |
| To: | Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies with The Empire Plan or the Excelsior Plan; Student Employee Health Plan (SEHP) Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | December 18, 2013 |
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| Subject: | January 2014 At A Glance |
| To: | New York State Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Employer Health Benefits Administrators; Student Employee Health Plan (SEHP) Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators with The Empire Plan; Participati |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | December 3, 2013 |
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| Subject: | Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | November 29, 2013 |
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| Subject: | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program Administrator for 2014 |
| To: | Participating Agency & Participating Employer Chief Executive Officers & Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | November 29, 2013 |
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| Subject: | 2014 New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) Rates |
| To: | Participating Agency Chief Executive Officers and Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | November 26, 2013 |
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| Subject: | New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) Excelsior Plan Benefit Changes for 2014 |
| To: | Chief Operating Officers and Agency Health Benefit Administrators of Agencies Offering the Excelsior Plan |
| From: | Robert W. DuBois, Director of the Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | November 22, 2013 |
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| Subject: | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) 90-Day Waiting Period Limitation |
| To: | Participating Agency & Participating Employer Chief Executive Officers & Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | November 8, 2013 |
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| Subject: | New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) Excelsior Plan Benefit Changes for 2014 |
| To: | Chief Operating Officers and Agency Health Benefit Administrators of Agencies Offering the Excelsior Plan |
| From: | Robert W. DuBois, Director of the Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | November 7, 2013 |
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| Subject: | 2014 Empire Plan Combined Annual Deductible and Coinsurance Maximum Amounts for Non-Network Services |
| To: | New York State Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Employer Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators with The Empire Plan or The Excelsior Plan |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |