Empire Now Offers Two Additional Medicare Supplemental Plans
New York, NY (November 1, 2005) — Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield announced today that it has begun offering Medicare Supplemental Plans C and F to eligible Medicare beneficiaries in its service area.
Benefits available under both Plan C and Plan F include coverage of the Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B deductibles, $0 coinsurance for days 1-150 of inpatient hospital care, $0 coinsurance for days 1-100 in a skilled nursing facility and $0 coinsurance for a doctor’s office visit. In addition, Plan F covers the difference between a doctor or other healthcare provider’s actual charge (which may be limited) and the Medicare-approved payment amount.
In addition, all of Empire’s Medicare Supplemental Plans now offer, as an optional rider at no additional cost to Medicare beneficiaries, the Silver Sneakers® Fitness Program. Under the Silver Sneakers® program, Medicare beneficiaries receive a basic fitness membership at one of Silver Sneakers® fitness facilities, as well as the option to participate in specialized classes.
Medicare beneficiaries interested in more information about these plans, and Empire’s continued offering of Medicare Supplemental Plans A, B and H, should contact Empire by calling 1-800-809-7328.
Empire is the largest health insurer in New York State, based on PPO and HMO membership. Empire HealthChoice Assurance, Inc., d/b/a/ Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Empire HealthChoice HMO, Inc., d/b/a Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO, are licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, and have the exclusive right to use the Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and marks throughout 10 downstate New York counties and one or both of these names and marks in select upstate counties. For more information visit www.empireblue.com