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
SEHP09-11
TO: Student Employee Health Plan (SEHP) Agency Health Benefits Administrators
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: March 2009 SEHP Report
DATE: June 19, 2009
We are happy to inform you that the March 2009 SEHP Report is at the printer and will soon be mailed to enrollee homes and shipped to agencies.
SEHP Report includes:
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program: New Insurer and Administrator, Transition Benefits, What’s New, What’s the Same; New SEHP Benefit Card; Online Benefit Access Via MyNYSHIP; Prescription Drug Benefit Maximum Reminder; Annual Notice of Mastectomy and Reconstructive Surgery; NYSHIP Dependent Eligibility Verification Project (for GSEU Only)
Distribution of Reports
These publications will be mailed to enrollee homes in early late June. We will send you a supply of each publication equal to 2 percent of your affected enrollment.
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. That means you can see the publication before enrollees start receiving them.
Ordering Publications
You may order additional copies of the SEHP Report (NY0813) by using the Publications Supply Order Form enclosed with your shipment. Or, instead of faxing the form, you may order on HBA Online. From the Department of Civil Service homepage, https://www.cs.state.ny.us, select the Benefit Programs button from the left hand navigation. Then click on HBA Online. Open Publications & Forms, then open NYSHIP Publication Order Forms. Please wait until you receive your initial shipment before ordering more. If you need help accessing HBA Online, please call the Help Desk or your processor.
If you have any questions regarding this memo, please contact EBD Communications at 518-457-7577. If you have any questions about SEHP benefits, please call your EBD processor.