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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TO: Health Benefits Administrators of New York State, Participating Employers, Participating Agencies with The Empire Plan or Excelsior Plan with the exception of SEHP
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: Reporting On HCAP, August 2015
DATE: August 19, 2015
We are pleased to inform you that the August 2015 Reporting On HCAP is at the printer and will soon be available in inventory. This publication explains The Empire Plan Home Care Advocacy Program and is for enrollees who need home care services, durable medical equipment and certain supplies. Please recycle any copies you have of the February 2014 version (AL1272).
Distribution
We will send a supply of five copies of Reporting On HCAP to each agency. We are not mailing this publication to enrollees at this time.
Publications Available on Our Web Site: https://www.cs.ny.gov
Please check our web site for new publications. We generally post publications when we sign off for printing. Go to the Department of Civil Service web site at https://www.cs.ny.gov and choose Benefit Programs, then NYSHIP Online and select your group and The Empire Plan, if prompted. Publications are available under Using Your Benefits.
Ordering Publications
You may order additional copies of this publication [AL1359, RO HCAP /August 2015] on HBA Online under Publications & Forms. Please wait until you receive your shipment before you place an order.
If you need help accessing HBA Online, email ITS Enterprise Service Desk at its.sm.esd.ags@its.ny.gov.
If you are unsure of how to order publications or have questions about this distribution, please call the EBD Communications Unit at 518-457-7577.