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: | April 13, 2012 |
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| Subject: | New Reporting On HCAP |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | April 13, 2012 |
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| Subject: | New Reporting On Smoking Cessation Publication |
| To: | New York State Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Employer Health Benefits Administrators; Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators; Student Employee Health Plan Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | April 13, 2012 |
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| Subject: | Reporting On Centers of Excellence (AL1173) |
| To: | New York State Health Benefits Administrators; Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Employers; Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies with The Empire Plan or The Excelsior Plan |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | February 15, 2012 |
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| Subject: | Medicare & NYSHIP for PA Retirees, January 2012 |
| To: | Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | February 14, 2012 |
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| Subject: | Empire Plan Quarterly Experience Report |
| To: | Participating Agency Chief Executive Officers & Health Benefit Administrators |
| From: | Robert W. DuBois, Director of the Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | February 6, 2012 |
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| Subject: | Updated Participating Provider Directory for Illinois |
| 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 or The Excel |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | January 27, 2012 |
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| Subject: | Mailing of HBA Memos |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | December 27, 2011 |
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| Subject: | 2012 Excelsior Plan At A Glance with 2012 Three-Tiered Preferred Drug list |
| To: | Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies with The Excelsior Plan |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | December 5, 2011 |
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| Subject: | Empire Plan Basic Medical Program, Non-Network Hospital Program and Non-Network Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program Combined Annual Deductible and Coinsurance Maximum Amounts for 2012 |
| To: | Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |
| Date: | December 1, 2011 |
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| Subject: | Plan Year 2012 NYSHIP Rates |
| To: | Participating Agency Chief Executive Officers and Health Benefits Administrators |
| From: | Employee Benefits Division |