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.
GEORGE E. PATAKI
GOVERNOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
ALBANY, NEW YORK 12239
www.cs.ny.gov
GEORGE C. SINNOTT
COMMISSIONER
DANIEL E. WALL
EXECUTIVE
DEPUTY COMISSIONER
PA98-03
TO: Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: March 1998 Empire Plan Report
DATE: March 18, 1998
We will soon be mailing the March 1998 Empire Plan Report for employees and retirees enrolled through Participating Agencies to enrollee homes by first class mail. All Participating Agency enrollees will receive the same version of this Report.
The four-page Empire Plan Report includes the following:
Empire Plan Information
March 31 deadline for filing 1997 claims and for Medicare's Open Enrollment Period
Mental Health non-network coverage
Mastectomy length of stay and reconstructive surgery
NYSHIP Changes
Medicare ESRD coordination period
Empire Plan Certificate Amendments
Mastectomy length of stay and reconstructive surgery .
Meaning of Experimental/Investigational
Mental Health non-network coverage
You may order additional copies of this Empire Plan Report by using your publication order supply form. Refer to the code on the back page of the Empire Plan Report for ordering.
Distribution of Empire Plan Report
The Report will mail to employee and retiree homes beginning in mid-March. We will send you a supply of the Report equal to 20 percent of your enrollment.
We have attached a Publications Supply Order Form to this memo. The Report is listed, but it will not be available right away. Please wait until you receive your supply before you place an order.
If you are unsure how to order publications or have questions about this distribution, please call the Communications Unit at (518)457-7577. Our FAX number is (518) 457-2494.