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.
ELIOT SPITZER
GOVERNOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
ALBANY, NEW YORK 12239
www.cs.ny.gov
NANCY G. GROENWEGEN
COMMISSIONER
PA07-12
TO: Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators
FROM: Robert W. DuBois, Director of the Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: Manual for Participating Agencies
DATE: June 25, 2007
We are pleased to send you the updated Manual for Participating Agencies.
Completion of the updated manual has been a very time consuming effort on the part of EBD staff but we believe the new Manual provides clear explanations of the rules and regulations in a user-friendly format that will assist you in administering the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP). We plan to keep the Manual updated on an on-going basis, providing you with updated sections when information changes. Updates will be sent to the Health Benefits Administrators at the Agency’s address we have on file.
We would welcome any comments you may have. If you have suggestions, please complete the enclosed questionnaire and fax it to the Public Employer Liaison Unit at (518) 474-3744; or, it is also available on EBD online if you prefer to e-mail your comments.
We look forward to hearing from you.