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Benefit Schedule

Medical Insurance 2012-2013

Benefits

Schedule of Benefits 


 

The Company will pay for the expenses listed below, up to the following limits:

Maximum Aggregate Benefit: $250,000 maximum aggregate benefit per Injury or Sickness, including Repatriation and Medical Evacuation Deductible: $100 Deductible per policy year. The Deductible is waived for the Covered Student if the Covered Student first utilizes and/or is referred by the approved Student Health Services or if Student Health Services is closed.

The Covered Person is responsible for paying the Deductible amount listed before the Company will begin paying benefits.

Coinsurance: the Company will pay 100% of Allowable Charges if a PPO is utilized or 70% of R&C if a non-PPO is utilized, except as specified herein. When a Covered Person has incurred $5,000 of out-of-pocket Eligible Expenses per policy year, the Company payment will increase to 100% of R&C.

Eligible Expenses are limited to the following Reasonable and Customary charges (R&C):

Diagnosis and treatment by a legally qualified Doctor

All Doctor visits are subject to a $25 Copay

After a $25 Copay per visit, 100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or

70% of R&C for non-PPO

Physiotherapy—includes chiropractic treatment

All Doctor visits are subject to a $25 Copay

100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or 70% of R&C for non-PPO; up to a maximum of $500 per Sickness or Injury

Acupuncture

All Doctor visits are subject to a $25 Copay

100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or 70% of R&C for non-PPO; up to a maximum of $500 per Sickness or Injury

Diagnosis and treatment by a legally qualified surgeon, registered nurse, professional anesthetist, radiologist

100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or 70% of R&C for non-PPO

Hospital room and board, up to average semi-private room rate

100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or 70% of R&C for non-PPO

Laboratory, diagnostic and x-ray examinations

100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or 70% of R&C for non-PPO

Prescription drugs and medicines administered as an inpatient

100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or 70% of R&C for non-PPO

Payment for outpatient prescription drugs (including prescription contraceptives)

50% of actual charge

The Covered Person must pay for prescription drugs at the time of pick up, then

submit a claim for reimbursement for the amount the Company is responsible for paying.

Treatment of an Emergency Medical Condition in an emergency care facility, including all licensed Doctors, laboratory and radiology treatments

100% of R&C

Outpatient treatment of Mental or Nervous Disorders*, including alcohol and substance abuse treatment

After a $25 Copay (waived if referred by SMC Psychological Ser- vices), 50% of Eligible Expenses incurred, to a maximum of 20 visits per policy year for outpatient treatment

Inpatient treatment of Mental or Nervous Disorders*, including alcohol and substance abuse treatment

100% of expenses incurred up to 10 continuous days; 50% thereafter, to a maximum of 35 additional days (100% if certified by the Utilization Review Organization--see page 5)

Pregnancy and Maternity

Paid as any other Sickness; up to 48 hours after birth (96 hours for cesarean delivery)

Complications of Pregnancy

Paid as any other Sickness

Expenses and supplies normally provided for an elective termination of pregnancy

Up to a maximum of $500

Rental charge for durable medical equipment, or the purchase of this equipment, whichever is less

100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or 70% of R&C for non-PPO

Professional ambulance service to the nearest Hospital

100% of R&C

Repair of Injury to sound natural teeth

Up to maximum of $100 per tooth, $500 per Injury

Repair of eye glasses, contact lens or hearing aids when required as a direct result of an Injury

100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or 70% of R&C for non-PPO

Rehabilitative services Medically Necessary to restore bodily function lost due to Sickness or Injury. These services are subject to review and approval by the Plan Administrator and Utilization Review Organization (see page 5).

100% of Allowable Charges for PPO or 70% of R&C for non-PPO

Specific Disease Waiver: The following Pre-Existing Conditions and diseases, and only these conditions and diseases, will be considered a Sickness under the plan even though manifested before coverage began.

Up to a maximum of $500 per year

Includes: malaria, dysentery, tuberculosis, cholera, shigellosis, typhoid fever, typhus, diphtheria, yellow fever schistosomiasis, and mosquito borne viral encephalitis.

* Treatment of Severe Mental Illness is paid the same as any other condition. Please see the definition on page 18.

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