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.
KATHY HOCHUL
Governor
TIMOTHY R. HOGUES
Commissioner
PA23-05
PAEX23-05
TO: Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: 2023 Participating Agency HBA Webinar Slides and Benefit Change Video
DATE: April 24, 2023
Thank you to the Health Benefits Administrators (HBAs) who attended the first HBA Webinar Session this past Tuesday, April 18. Slides from the Webinar are being provided for your reference, which contain benefit and rate change information.
If you were unable to attend the first Webinar session, please attend the second session on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. More information can be found in HBA Memos PA23-03/PAEX23-03. The same information will be presented at both sessions. The Employee Benefits Division will follow up with a video of the presentation and a summary of the questions and answers after the second Webinar session.
As an additional resource on the upcoming benefit changes, please refer to the video, Benefit Changes for the Empire Plan Effective July 1, 2023.