<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-333e2d04-7fff-26da-18f1-d3a7fc1b4018" style=""><font face="georgia, serif" style=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Each year the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act sets new amounts limiting total network out-of-pocket costs. To comply with federal law, Empire Plan health insurance cards are being reissued beginning in mid-November for the 2023 plan year. You may begin using the new cards as soon as you receive them and no action is needed to activate them. Please be sure to securely destroy your old card(s). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your benefits are not changing; the cards include required information about annual deductible and out-of-pocket maximum information based on the enrollee’s Benefit Program for 2023. To accommodate differences in these amounts, there will be two versions of the cards (Individual and Family). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">HMO Benefit Cards</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All NYSHIP Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) will also reissue benefit cards annually for the upcoming plan year. HMO enrollees should contact their HMO with any additional questions. </span></p><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact </span><a href="mailto:hrs@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">hrs@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> if you have any questions.</span></font></span><br clear="all"></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><strong><font face="arial, sans-serif">HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES</font></strong></p><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, sans-serif">912 Kehoe Building</font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin:0px;line-height:normal"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:small" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif">101 Broad Street</font></a></p></span><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><font size="2"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=101+Broad+Street+Plattsburgh,+NY+12901&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</a></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.8px"><font size="2" face="arial, sans-serif">(o) <a href="tel:(518)%20564-5062" value="+15185645062" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc">518-564-5062</font></a></font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.8px"><font size="2" face="arial, sans-serif">(f) <a href="tel:(518)%20564-5060" value="+15185645060" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc">518-564-5060</font></a></font></p><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></div></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>