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.
GOVERNOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
ALBANY, NEW YORK 12239
www.cs.ny.gov
COMMISSIONER
PA10-19
PAEX10-15
TO: Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: New Reporting On Diabetes
DATE: July 30, 2010
We are pleased to announce that the new version of the publication Reporting On Diabetes is at the printer and will be shipped to agencies soon.
The July 2010 version replaces the January 2009 version and includes valuable information about The Empire Plan’s Home Care Advocacy Program (HCAP), diabetes education and self-care and new articles on coping with diabetes and children and diabetes. Please recycle any copies you may have of the January 2009 version.
Distribution
We will send you 5 copies of this publication, but you can order as many as you need on HBA Online. It will not be mailed to enrollees’ homes.
Publications available on our web site https://www.cs.state.ny.us
Please check this web site for new publications. We generally post publications when we sign off for printing. This publication will be available on HBA Online under Publications & Forms and on NYSHIP Online. Choose the group and plan, if prompted, and then click on What’s New? from the lefthand navigation.
Ordering Publications
You may order additional copies [AL0972 RO Diabetes/July 2010] by ordering on HBA Online under Publications & Forms. If you need help accessing HBA Online, please call the Help Desk or your processor. Please wait until you receive your shipment before you place an order.
If you are unsure of how to order publications or have questions about this distribution, please call the Communications Unit at 518-457-7577.