<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px">Effective January 1, 2024, Empire BlueCross, the administrator for the Empire Plan Hospital Program, will change its name to Anthem Blue Cross. </span><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px">There will be no changes to coverage or the level of support due to the name change. For additional information, please visit</span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.empireblue.com%2Fpress%2Fnewyork%2Fempire-to-become-anthem%2F&data=05%7C01%7CAlea.Fraczek%40cs.ny.gov%7C8c454cd74ee94e62886b08db742d6316%7Cf46cb8ea79004d108ceb80e8c1c81ee7%7C0%7C0%7C638231510499900633%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=J56sKjy9xkNKmkRBvVg0rna18skNdvXodUSzqbZgZ94%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;background:url("") 0% 50% no-repeat;box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;padding-left:20px">https://www.empireblue.com/press/newyork/empire-to-become-anthem/</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px">.</span><div><font color="#333333" face="proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px"><br clear="all"></span></font><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES</b></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">912 Kehoe Building</font><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><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">101 Broad Street</a></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><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="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">(o) 518-564-5062</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">(f) 518-564-5060</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://plattsburgh.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu</a></font></b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><br></b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><img src="https://web.plattsburgh.edu/files/914/images/SUNY-Plattsburgh-Email-Logo-2018.jpg"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><br></p><div><br></div><div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><font size="2"><a href="http://plattsburgh.edu/hr" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Human Resource Services webpage - plattsburgh.edu/hr</a></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>