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.
ANDREW M. CUOMO
GOVERNOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
ALBANY, NEW YORK 12239
www.cs.ny.gov
NY12-14
PE12-09
PA12-09
PAEX12-09
TO: New York State Health Benefits Administrators; Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Employers; Health Benefits Administrators of Participating Agencies with The Empire Plan or The Excelsior Plan
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: Reporting On Centers of Excellence (AL1173)
DATE: April 13, 2012
We are happy to send the revised Reporting On Centers of Excellence (COE). This publication replaces the May 2011 version (AL1115). If you still have the old publication on your shelves, please remove and recycle it. Reporting On Centers of Excellence describes the benefits of Centers of Excellence for cancer, transplants and infertility. This publication is popular at health fairs and with new enrollees.
Distribution
Five copies of this publication will be sent to each agency in mid April. We are not mailing this publication to enrollees at this time.
Publications available on our web site: https://www.cs.ny.gov
Please check the 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. Select Using Your Benefits and then Publications.
Ordering Publications
You may order additional copies of this publication [AL1173 RO COE/March 2012] on HBA Online under Publications & Forms. Please wait until you receive your shipments of the new publications before you place an order.
If you need help accessing HBA Online, please call the Civil Service Help Desk at 1-800-422-3671 or 518-457-5406. Call the EBD Help Line at 518-474-2780 with questions about NYSHIP benefits.
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.