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
PA23-06
PAEX23-06
TO: Participating Agency Health Benefits Administrators
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: 2023 Benefit Change Webinars for Participating Agencies Video Recording and Q&A
DATE: May 12, 2023
The Employee Benefits Division (EBD) is pleased to announce the conclusion of the 2023 Benefit Change Webinars for Participating Agencies. Thank you to the Health Benefits Administrators (HBAs) who attended the Participating Agency HBA Webinar Sessions on April 18 and May 2. A video recording of the webinar and a summary of the questions asked of our presenters through the chat during both webinars and their corresponding answers are now available for your reference.
As a reminder, it is mandatory for all HBAs to either view the live webinar or watch a recording of the webinar. For those of you who were able to view the live Webinars, we appreciate your participation and hope you found the content enriching. If you were unable to join us for the live events, we ask that you please view the video recording of the April 18 webinar session at your earliest convenience. The video is available at HBA Online: PA/PE Webinars.
In addition to the video, EBD has published a summary of the questions asked of our presenters through the chat during the Webinars and their corresponding answers. The document and slides from the Webinar are attached below.
As an additional resource on the upcoming benefit changes, please refer to the video, Benefit Changes for the Empire Plan Effective July 1, 2023. A link to this video as well as the PowerPoint slides for the Webinar presentation are also available in HBA Memo PA23-05/PAEX23-05. Please note, the video is only applicable to Empire Plan benefit changes and does not apply to the Excelsior Plan.
If you have questions regarding the information presented in the video, please call the HBA Helpline at (518) 474-2780.