This is a
summary of benefits for your Open Access Plus plan. All deductibles and plan out-of-pocket maximums
accumulate in one direction toward in-network unless otherwise noted. Plan maximums and service-specific maximums
(dollar and occurrence) cross-accumulate between in- and out-of-network unless
otherwise noted.
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CIGNA HealthCare Benefit Summary Open Access Plus Copay Plan Point of Service |
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BENEFIT HIGHLIGHTS |
IN-NETWORK |
OUT-OF-NETWORK |
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Lifetime Maximum |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
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Coinsurance Levels |
100% |
80% of Reasonable &
Customary |
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Calendar Year
Deductible Individual Family Maximum Aggregate |
N/A N/A N/A |
$250 per person $500 per family Yes |
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Out-of-Pocket Maximum |
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Includes
Deductible |
N/A |
Yes |
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Includes
Copays Does not
apply to |
N/A Non-compliance penalties, deductibles, copays or charges
for mental health, alcohol and drug abuse benefits. |
No Non-compliance penalties, copays or charges for mental health, alcohol and drug
abuse benefits or charges in excess of Reasonable and Customary |
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Individual |
N/A |
$1,250 per person |
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Family
Maximum |
N/A |
$2,500 per family |
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Automated Annual
Reinstatement |
Not Applicable |
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Physician's Services |
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Primary Care Physician's Office visit |
No charge after $10 PCP per office visit
copay; No charge after the PCP per office visit copay if only x-ray and/or
lab services performed and billed. |
80% after plan deductible |
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Specialty
Care Physician's Office Visit Office
Visits Consultant
and Referral Physician's Services Note: OB-GYN visits will be subject to the PCP copay. |
No charge after $20 Specialist per
office visit copay; No charge after the Specialist per visit copay if only
x-ray and/or lab services performed and billed. |
80% after plan deductible |
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Surgery
Performed In the Physician's Office |
No charge after PCP or Specialist per
office visit copay |
80% after plan deductible |
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Second Opinion
Consultations (services will be provided on a voluntary basis) |
No
charge after the PCP or Specialist per
office visit copay |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Allergy
Treatment/Injections |
No
charge after either the PCP or Specialist
per office visit copay or the actual charge, whichever is less |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Allergy Serum
(dispensed by the physician in the office) |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Preventive Care Routine
Preventive Care: Well baby; Well Child, Adult & Well Woman |
No charge after PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge after the PCP
or Specialist per visit copay if only
x-ray and/or lab services performed and billed. Note: x-ray and/or lab services performed and billed by an
independent diagnostic facility or outpatient hospital are covered under the
plan’s x-ray/lab benefit. |
80% after plan deductible |
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Immunizations |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Note: OB-GYN visits will be subject to the plan's PCP copay. |
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Mammograms, PSA, Pap
Smear Note: Preventive care related services and diagnostic related
services are paid at the same level of benefits as other x-ray and lab
services, based on place of service. |
No charge |
80% after plan
deductible |
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No charge |
80% after plan deductible Precertification required |
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Semi
Private Room and Board |
Limited to semi-private room negotiated
rate |
Limited to semi-private room rate |
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Private
Room |
Limited to semi-private room negotiated
rate |
Limited to semi-private room rate |
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Special Care Units
(ICU/CCU) |
Limited
to negotiated rate |
Limited
ICU/CCU daily room rate |
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Outpatient Facility
Services Operating Room, Recovery Room, Procedure Room,
Treatment Room and Observation Room Note: Non-surgical treatment procedures are not
subject to the facility copay. |
No charge |
80% after plan
deductible |
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Inpatient Hospital Physician’s Visits/Consultations |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Surgeon Radiologist Pathologist Anesthesiologist |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Multiple
Surgical Reduction |
Multiple
surgeries performed during one operating session result in payment reduction of
50% of charges to the surgery of lesser charge. The most expensive procedure is paid as any
other surgery. |
Multiple
surgeries performed during one operating session result in payment reduction
of 50% of charges to the surgery of lesser charge. The most expensive procedure is paid as any
other surgery. |
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Outpatient
Professional Services Surgeon Radiologist Pathologist Anesthesiologist |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Emergency and Urgent Care Services Physician’s
Office |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge
after the PCP or Specialist per visit
copay if only x-ray and lab services performed |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge
after the PCP or Specialist per visit
copay if only x-ray and lab services performed (except if not a true
emergency, then 80% after plan deductible). |
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Hospital
Emergency Room |
No charge after $50 per visit copay* |
No charge after $50 per visit copay* (except
if not a true emergency, then 80% after plan deductible). |
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Outpatient
Professional services (radiology,
pathology and ER Physician) |
No charge |
No charge (except if not a true
emergency, then 80% after plan deductible). |
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Urgent Care
Facility or Outpatient Facility |
No charge after $25 per visit copay* |
No charge after $25 per visit copay*
(except if not a true emergency, then 80% after plan deductible). |
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Ambulance |
No charge** |
No charge** (except if not a true emergency,
then 80% after plan deductible). |
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*waived
if admitted **If
not a true emergency, services are not covered |
*waived
if admitted **If
not a true emergency, services are not covered |
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Inpatient Services at Other
Health Care Facilities Includes Skilled Nursing Facility, 90 days
combined maximum per calendar year No prior
hospitalization required |
No charge |
80% after plan
deductible |
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Laboratory and Radiology Services (includes pre-admission
testing) Advanced Radiological
Imaging (i.e. MRI’s, CAT Scans and PET Scans) |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Other Laboratory and Radiology Services Physician’s
Office |
No charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Emergency Room/Urgent
Care Facility (billed by the facility as part of the ER/UC visit) |
No
charge |
No
charge (except if not a true emergency, then 80% after plan deductible) |
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Independent X-ray
and/or Lab facility |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Independent X-ray
and/or Lab Facility in conjunction with an ER visit |
No
charge |
No
charge (except if not a true emergency, then 80% after plan deductible) |
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Outpatient Short-Term Rehabilitative Therapy and
Chiropractic Services 60
days combined maximum per calendar year Includes: Cardiac Rehab Physical Therapy Speech Therapy Occupational Therapy Chiropractic Therapy (includes Chiropractors) Pulmonary
Rehab Cognitive Therapy |
No charge after PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge
after the PCP or Specialist per visit copay
if only x-ray and/or lab services are performed and billed. Note: Outpatient Short
Term Rehab copay applies, regardless of place of service, including the home. Note: Therapy days, provided
as part of an approved Home Health Care plan, accumulate to the Outpatient
Short Term Rehab Therapy maximum. If
multiple outpatient services are provided on the same day, they constitute
one day, but separate copay will apply to the services provided by each
Participating provider. |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Home Health Care Unlimited days maximum
per calendar year (includes outpatient private duty nursing when approved as
medically necessary) Note:
The maximum number of hours per day is limited to 16 hours. Multiple visits can
occur in one day; with a visit defined as a period of 2 hours or less (e.g.
maximum of 8 visits per day). |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Hospice Inpatient Services |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Outpatient
Services |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Bereavement
Counseling |
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Services provided as part of Hospice Care Inpatient (same coinsurance level as
Inpatient Hospice Facility) Outpatient (same coinsurance level as
Outpatient Hospice) |
No
charge No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible 80%
after plan deductible |
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Services provided by Mental Health Professional |
Covered
under Mental Health benefit |
In-Network
coverage only |
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Maternity Care Services Initial
Visit to Confirm Pregnancy Note: OB-GYN visits will be subject to the PCP copay. |
No charge after PCP or Specialist per office visit copay;
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per
visit copay if only x-ray and/or lab services are performed |
80% after plan deductible |
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All
Subsequent Prenatal Visits, Postnatal Visits, and Physician’s Delivery
Charges (i.e. global maternity fee) |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Office Visits in
addition to the global maternity fee when performed by an |
No
charge after the PCP or Specialist per
office visit copay; No charge after the PCP or Specialist
per visit copay if only x-ray and/or lab services are performed |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Delivery – Facility ( |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Abortion Includes elective and non‑elective procedures |
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Inpatient
Facility |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Outpatient Surgical Facility |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Physician’s Office |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge
after the PCP or Specialist per visit copay if only x-ray and/or lab
services are performed and billed. |
80% after plan deductible |
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Outpatient Professional
Services |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Inpatient
Professional Services |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Family Planning Services Office
Visits, Lab and Radiology Tests and Counseling Note: The standard benefit
will include coverage for contraceptive devices (e.g. Depo-Provera, Norplant
and Intrauterine Devices (IUDs).
Diaphragms will also be covered when services are provided in the
physician's office. |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge
after the PCP or Specialist per visit
copay if only x-ray and/or lab services are performed and billed. Note: Charges billed by an independent x-ray/lab
facility or outpatient hospital will be covered under the plan’s x-ray/lab
benefit. |
80% after plan deductible |
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Surgical
Sterilization Procedure for Vasectomy/Tubal Ligation (excludes
reversals) Inpatient
Facility |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Outpatient
Facility |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Inpatient
Physician's Services |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Outpatient
Physician's Services |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Physician’s Office |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge
after the PCP or Specialist per visit
copay if only x-ray and/or lab services performed and billed. |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Infertility
Treatment Coverage will be provided for the following services: ·
Testing and treatment services
performed in connection with an underlying medical condition. ·
Testing performed specifically
to determine the cause of infertility. ·
Treatment and/or procedures
performed specifically to restore fertility (e.g. procedures to correct an
infertility condition). Artificial Insemination, In-vitro, GIFT, ZIFT, etc). |
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80% after plan deductible |
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Office
Visit (Lab and Radiology Test, Counseling) |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge after
the PCP or Specialist per visit copay
if only x-ray and/or lab services performed and billed. |
80% after plan deductible |
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Inpatient
Facility |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Outpatient
Facility |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Physician
Services |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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$15,000
lifetime maximum per member Includes
all related services billed with an infertility diagnosis (i.e. x-ray or lab services
billed by an independent facility). |
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Organ
Transplant Includes all medically appropriate, non‑experimental
transplants Office visit |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay |
In-network coverage only |
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Inpatient
Facility |
No
charge |
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Physician’s
Services |
No charge |
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Travel Services
Maximum- only available for Lifesource facilities |
$10,000 |
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Durable Medical Equipment
$3,500 maximum per calendar year |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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External Prosthetic Appliances
$1,500 maximum per calendar year |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Dental Care Limited to
charges made for a continuous course of dental treatment started within six months
of an injury to sound, natural teeth. |
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Doctor’s
Office |
No
charge after the PCP or Specialist per
office visit copay; No charge after the PCP or Specialist
per visit copay if only x-ray and/or lab services are performed and
billed. |
80% after plan deductible |
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Inpatient
Facility |
No
charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Outpatient
Surgical Facility |
No
charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Physician’s Services |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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TMJ - Non-surgical Provided
on a limited, case by case basis. Always exclude appliances and orthodontic
treatment. Subject to medical necessity. |
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Doctor’s
Office |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge after
the PCP or Specialist per visit copay
if only x-ray and/or lab services are performed and billed. |
80% after plan deductible |
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Inpatient
Facility |
No
charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Outpatient
Surgical Facility |
No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Physician's
Services |
No
charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Bariatric Surgery |
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Treatment
of clinically severe obesity, as defined by the body mass index (BMI) is covered
only at approved centers. The
following are specifically excluded with this buy-up: ·
Medical
and surgical services to alter appearances or physical changes that are the
result of any surgery performed for the management of obesity or clinically severe
(morbid) obesity. ·
Weight
loss programs or treatments, whether prescribed or recommended by a physician
or under medical supervision. |
Note: Covered only at approved
centers through the pre-certification process. |
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Doctor’s
Office |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay; No charge
after the PCP or Specialist per visit
copay if only x-ray and/or lab services are performed and billed. Note: Charges billed by an independent
x-ray/lab facility or outpatient hospital will be covered under the plan’s
x-ray/lab benefit. |
80%
after plan deductible 80%
after plan deductible |
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Inpatient
Facility |
No charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Outpatient
Surgical Facility |
No charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Physician
Services |
No charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Routine Foot Disorders |
Not covered, except for services associated with foot
care for diabetes and peripheral vascular disease, when medically necessary. |
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Vision Care Eye exam -one per calendar
year Hardware – per calendar year |
No charge Reimbursement
Allowances: Eyeglasses (including
lenses and frames) $75 Contact Lenses
$75 |
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Hearing Aid
Maximum: $1,000 per 24 months
limited to children age 12 and younger |
No charge |
80%
after plan deductible |
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Naturopath Services Office Visit $500 Calendar Year Maximum |
90% no deductible |
90%
no deductible |
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Prescription Drugs |
Carved out to
MedImpact |
Carved
out to MedImpact |
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Mental Health/Substance Abuse |
Please note the following regarding Mental Health
(MH) and Substance Abuse (SA) benefit administration: · Substance Abuse includes Alcohol and Drug Abuse
services. · All plans include Detox as any other illness;
Substance Abuse coverage includes Inpatient rehab (except detox only). Inpatient rehab requires 24 hour
nursing. Residential Substance Abuse
is included; no Mental Health Residential is included. |
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Mental Health and Substance Abuse (Combined) |
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Inpatient
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No charge |
80% after plan deductible |
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Outpatient |
No charge after the PCP or Specialist per office visit copay |
80% after plan deductible |
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Outpatient
Group Therapy Mental Health and Substance (One group therapy session equals
one individual therapy session) |
No charge after $10 per visit copay |
80% after plan deductible |
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MH/SA Utilization Review & Case Management |
CIGNA
Behavorial Health provides utilization review and case management for
Inpatient Services |
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Pre-Admission Certification - Continued Stay
Review |
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Inpatient
Pre-Admission Certification - Continued Stay Review (required for all
inpatient admissions) |
Coordinated by Provider/PCP |
Mandatory: Employee is responsible for contacting
CIGNA Healthcare. Penalties for
non-compliance: ·
50% penalty applied to hospital inpatient charges for
failure to contact CIGNA Healthcare to precertify admission. ·
Benefits are
denied for any admission reviewed by CIGNA Healthcare and not certified.
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Case Management |
Coordinated
by CIGNA Healthcare. This is a service
designated to provide assistance to a patient who is at risk of developing
medical complexities or for whom a health incident has precipitated a need
for rehabilitation or additional health care support. The program strives to attain a balance
between quality and cost‑effective care while maximizing the patient’s
quality of life. |
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Medical Benefit Exclusions (by way of example but not limited to):
Your plan provides coverage
for medically necessary services. Your plan does not provide coverage for the
following except as required by law:
1.
Care for health
conditions that are required by state or local law to be treated in a public
facility.
2.
Care required by
state or federal law to be supplied by a public school system or school
district.
3.
Care for military
service disabilities treatable through governmental services if you are legally
entitled to such treatment and facilities are reasonably available.
4.
Treatment of an
illness or injury which is due to war, declared or undeclared.
5.
Charges for which
you are not obligated to pay or for which you are not billed or would not have
been billed except that you were covered under this Agreement.
6.
Assistance in the
activities of daily living, including but not limited to eating, bathing,
dressing or other Custodial Services or self-care activities, homemaker
services and services primarily for rest, domiciliary or convalescent care.
7.
Any services and
supplies for or in connection with experimental, investigational or unproven
services. Experimental, investigational
and unproven services are medical, surgical, diagnostic, psychiatric, substance
abuse or other health care technologies, supplies, treatments, procedures, drug
therapies or devices that are determined by the Healthplan Medical Director to
be: Not demonstrated, through existing peer-reviewed, evidence-based scientific
literature to be safe and effective for treating or diagnosing the condition or
illness for which its use is proposed; or Not approved by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) or other appropriate regulatory agency to be lawfully
marketed for the proposed use; or The subject of review or approval by an
Institutional Review Board for the proposed use, except as provided in the
“Clinical Trials” section of “Section IV. Covered Services and Supplies;” or
the subject of an ongoing phase I, II or III clinical trial, except as provided
in the “Clinical Trials” section of “Section IV. Covered Services and Supplies.”
8.
Cosmetic Surgery
and Therapies. Cosmetic surgery or
therapy is defined as surgery or therapy performed to improve or alter
appearance or self-esteem or to treat psychological symptomatology or
psychosocial complaints related to one’s appearance.
9.
The following
services are excluded from coverage regardless of clinical indications:
Macromastia or Gynecomastia Surgeries; Surgical treatment of varicose veins;
Abdominoplasty; Panniculectomy; Rhinoplasty; Blepharoplasty; Orthognathic
Surgeries; Redundant skin surgery; Removal of skin tags; Acupressure;
Craniosacral/cranial therapy; Dance therapy, movement therapy; Applied
kinesiology; Rolfing; Prolotherapy; and Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
(ESWL) for musculoskeletal and orthopedic conditions.
10.
Surgical Treatment
of TMJ disorder.
11.
Dental treatment
of the teeth, gums or structures directly supporting the teeth, including
dental x-rays, examinations, repairs, orthodontics, periodontics, casts,
splints and services for dental malocclusion, for any condition. However,
charges made for services or supplies provided for or in connection with an
accidental injury to sound natural teeth are covered provided a continuous
course of dental treatment is started within 6 months of the accident. Sound natural teeth are defined as natural
teeth that are free of active clinical decay, have at least 50% bony support
and are functional in the arch.
12.
Medical and
Surgical services to alter appearances or physical changes that are the result
of any surgery performed for the management of obesity or clinically severe
(morbid) obesity; and weight loss programs or treatments, weather prescribed or
recommended by a physician or under medical supervision.
13.
Unless otherwise
covered as a basic benefit, reports, evaluations, physical examinations, or
hospitalization not required for health reasons, including but not limited to
employment, insurance or government licenses, and court ordered, forensic, or
custodial evaluations.
14.
Court ordered
treatment or hospitalization, unless such treatment is being sought by a
Participating Physician or otherwise covered under "Section IV. Covered
Services and Supplies."
15.
Infertility
services: costs associated with the collection, washing, preparation or storage
of sperm for artificial insemination (including donor fees). Cryopreservation of donor sperm and eggs are
also excluded from coverage.
16.
Reversal of male
and female voluntary sterilization procedures.
17.
Transsexual
surgery, including medical or psychological counseling and hormonal therapy in
preparation for, or subsequent to, any such surgery.
18.
Any services,
supplies, medications or drugs for the treatment of male or female sexual
dysfunction such as, but not limited to, treatment of erectile dysfunction
(including penile implants), anorgasmia, and premature ejaculation.
19.
Medical and
hospital care and costs for the infant child of a Dependent, unless this infant
child is otherwise eligible under the Agreement.
20.
Non-medical
counseling or ancillary services, including, but not limited to Custodial Services,
education, training, vocational rehabilitation, behavioral training,
biofeedback, neurofeedback, hypnosis, sleep therapy, employment counseling,
back school, return-to-work services, work hardening programs, driving safety,
and services, training, educational therapy or other non-medical ancillary
services for learning disabilities, developmental delays, autism or mental
retardation.
21.
Therapy or
treatment intended primarily to improve or maintain general physical condition
or for the purpose of enhancing job, school, athletic or recreational
performance, including, but not limited to routine, long-term or maintenance
care which is provided after the resolution of the acute medical problem and
when significant therapeutic improvement is not expected.
22.
Consumable medical
supplies other than ostomy supplies and urinary catheters. Excluded supplies include, but are not
limited to bandages and other disposable medical supplies, skin preparations
and test strips, except as specified in the "Inpatient Hospital
Services," "Outpatient Facility Services," "Home Health
Services" or “Breast Reconstruction and Breast Prostheses” sections of
"Section IV. Covered Services and Supplies."
23. Private hospital rooms and/or private duty nursing
except as provided in the Home Health Services section of “Section IV. Covered
Services and Supplies”.
24. Personal or comfort items such as personal care kits
provided on admission to a hospital, television, telephone, newborn infant
photographs, complimentary meals, birth announcements, and other articles which
are not for the specific treatment of illness or injury.
25. Artificial aids, including but not limited to
corrective orthopedic shoes, arch supports, elastic stockings, garter belts,
corsets, dentures and wigs.
26.
Hearing aids for
members age 13 and over, including, but not limited to semi-implantable hearing
devices, audiant bone conductors and Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHAs). A hearing aid is any device that amplifies
sound.
27.
Aids or devices
that assist with non-verbal communications, including, but not limited to
communication boards, pre-recorded speech devices, laptop computers, desktop
computers, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Braille typewriters, visual
alert systems for the deaf and memory books.
28.
Eye exercise and
surgical treatment for the correction of a refractive error, including radial
keratotomy.
29.
Treatment by
acupuncture.
30. All non-injectable prescription drugs, injectable
prescription drugs that do not require physician supervision and are typically
considered self-administered drugs, non-prescription drugs, and investigational
and experimental drugs, except as provided in "Section IV. Covered
Services and Supplies.”
31.
Routine foot care,
including the paring and removing of corns and calluses or trimming of nails.
However, services associated with foot care for diabetes and peripheral
vascular disease are covered when Medically Necessary.
32.
Membership costs
or fees associated with health clubs, weight loss programs and smoking
cessation programs.
33.
Genetic screening
or pre-implantation genetic screening.
General population-based genetic screening is a testing method performed
in the absence of any symptoms or any significant, proven risk factors for
genetically-linked inheritable disease.
34.
Dental implants
for any condition.
35.
Fees associated
with the collection or donation of blood or blood products, except for
autologous donation in anticipation of scheduled services where in the
Healthplan Medical Director’s opinion the likelihood of excess blood loss is
such that transfusion is an expected adjunct to surgery.
36.
Blood
administration for the purpose of general improvement in physical condition.
37.
Cost of
biologicals that are immunizations or medications for the purpose of travel, or
to protect against occupational hazards and risks.
38.
Cosmetics, dietary
supplements and health and beauty aids.
39.
All nutritional
supplements and formulae are excluded, except for infant formula needed for the
treatment of inborn errors of metabolism.
40.
Expenses incurred for
medical treatment when payment is denied by the Primary Plan because treatment
was not received from a Participating Provider of the Primary Plan.
41.
Services for or in
connection with an injury or illness arising out of, or in the course of, any
employment for wage or profit.
42.
Telephone, e-mail
& Internet consultations and telemedicine.
43.
Massage Therapy
This Benefit Summary highlights some of the benefits
available under your plan. A complete
description regarding the terms of coverage, exclusions and limitations,
including legislated benefits, will be provided in your Group Service Agreement
or Certificate.
Benefits are insured
and/or administered by Connecticut General Life Insurance Company.
“CIGNA HealthCare” refers to
various operating subsidiaries of CIGNA Corporation. Products and services are provided by these
subsidiaries and not by CIGNA Corporation.
These subsidiaries include Connecticut General Life Insurance Company,
CIGNA Vision Care, Inc., Tel-Drug, Inc. and its affiliates, CIGNA Behavioral
Health, Inc., Intracorp, and HMO or service company subsidiaries of CIGNA
Health Corporation and CIGNA Dental Health, Inc. "CIGNA Tel-Drug"
refers to Tel-Drug, Inc. and Tel-Drug of Pennsylvania, L.L.C., which are also
operating subsidiaries of CIGNA Corporation.