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Tri-State Preferred North Summary Plan Description (SPD) >> Table of Contents

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  • Important Notice
  • Eligibility and Participation
    • When You Are Eligible
    • When You Are No Longer Eligible
    • Special Rules for Seasonal Employees
    • Dependent Eligibility
      • When Your Dependents Are No Longer Eligible
    • How to Enroll
    • Your Notification Responsibility
  • What Benefits Are Provided
  • Hospital and Medical Benefits
    • Overview of Eligible Expenses
    • About the Empire Networks
    • When You Go In-Network
    • When You Go Out-of-Network
    • Coverage When You Are Away from Home
    • Benefit Maximums
    • Conditions for Hospital and Medical Expense Reimbursement
    • Pre-Certification
    • Pre-Certification for Medical/Hospital
    • Covered Services
    • In the Hospital and Outpatient Treatment Centers
      • Skilled Nursing Facility
      • Hospice Care Facility
      • Home Health Care
      • Emergency Care
      • Care in the Doctor’s Office
      • Preventive Medical Care
      • Pregnancy and Maternity Care
      • Physical, Occupational, Speech or Vision Therapy (including rehabilitation)
      • Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies
      • Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act
    • Excluded Hospital And Medical Expenses
  • Prescription Drug Benefits
    • At the Pharmacy
    • Through Mail Order
    • Eligible Drugs
    • Excluded Drugs
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Behavioral and Substance Abuse Treatment
    • Confidentiality
    • Pre-Certifying Behavioral or Substance Abuse Treatment
    • Eligible Providers
    • Conditions for Coverage
    • What Is Not Covered
  • Dental Benefits
    • How the Plan Works
    • Participating Dental Providers
    • Non-Participating Dentists
    • Prior Approval
    • What Dental Services Are Covered
    • Frequency Limitations
    • Schedule of Covered Dental Services
    • Alternate Benefit
    • What Is Not Covered
    • Coordination of Dental Benefits
  • Vision Care Benefits
    • Eligible Expenses
    • Excluded Expenses
  • Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Personal Loss Coverage Benefits
    • Life Insurance
    • Schedule of Life Insurance – Employees
    • Age Reduction Rule
    • Dependents: Schedule
    • Accelerated Death Benefit
    • Accidental Death and Personal Loss Coverage
    • Schedule of Accidental Death and Personal Loss Coverage – Employees
    • Additional Accidental Death Benefit Maximums
    • Age Reduction Rule
  • Statutory Short-Term Disability Benefits
    • Eligibility
    • Participant Only
    • Procedural Conditions
    • Limitations
    • When Benefits Begin and End
    • Amount of Benefits
    • Benefits Exhaustion
    • Tax Issues
  • Retiree Health Benefits
    • Eligibility
    • Benefits
    • Participants and Dependents Under Age 65
    • Participants and Dependents Age 65 and Older
    • How The HRA Works
    • Annual and Lifetime Maximums
    • Administrative Fees
    • Termination
  • Claims and Appeals Procedures
    • Claims for Benefits
      • Filing Hospital and Medical Claims
      • Filing Dental Claims
      • Filing Pharmacy Claims
      • Filing EAP Claims
      • Filing Vision Claims
      • Filing Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Personal Loss Coverage (AD&PLC) Claims
      • Filing Retiree HRA Claims
      • Filing Statutory Short-term Disability Claims
    • Where to Send Claim Forms
    • Approval and Denial of Claims
      • Health Service Claims (hospital/medical, pharmacy, EAP, dental and vision)
      • Short-term Disability Claims
      • Retiree HRA Claims
      • Notice of Decision
    • Appealing Denied Claims
    • Filing an Appeal
    • Where to File an Appeal
      • Time Frames for Decisions on Appeals
      • Expedited Appeals for Urgent Care Claims
      • Pre-Service or Concurrent Medical, Hospital, Pharmacy, Dental or EAP Claim Appeal
      • Tri-State Preferred North Post-Service Medical, Hospital, Pharmacy, Dental or EAP Claim Appeal
      • Voluntary Second Level Appeal of a Medical, Hospital, Pharmacy, Dental or EAP Claim
      • Vision Claim Appeal
      • Life and Accidental Death & Personal Loss Coverage (AD&PLC) Appeal
      • Retiree HRA Claim Appeal
      • STD Claim Appeal
      • Appeal Decision Notice
    • Further Action
  • Incompetence
  • Mailing Address
  • Coordination Of Benefits
  • Your Disclosures To The Fund
  • Subrogation and Reimbursement
  • Fraud
  • Overpayments
  • Continued Group Health Coverage
    • During a Family and Medical Leave
    • During Military Leave
    • Under COBRA
    • COBRA Continuation of Coverage
  • Other Health Plan Information You Should Know
    • Assignment of Plan Benefits
    • No Liability for Practice of Medicine
    • Privacy of Protected Health Information
    • Certificate of Creditable Coverage
    • Converting to Individual Coverage
  • General Information
    • Employer Contributions
    • How Benefits May Be Reduced, Delayed or Lost
    • Compliance with Federal Law
    • Plan Amendment or Termination
    • Plan Administration
    • Statement of Rights under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as Amended
  • Plan Facts
    • Funding of Benefits and Type of Administration
    • Plan Sponsor and Administrator
    • Participating Employers
    • Agent for Service of Legal Process
  • Glossary
  • Footnotes
  • Translation Notice
  • Contact Information