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MEDICAL EXPENSE BENEFITS
 
 


If a Covered Person incurs expenses while insured under the Policy due to an Injury or a Sickness, the Insurer will pay the Reasonable Expenses for the Covered Medical Expenses listed below. All Covered Medical Expenses incurred as a result of the same or related cause, including any Complications, shall be considered as resulting from on Sickness or Injury. The amount payable for any one Injury or Sickness will not exceed the Maximum Benefits of $1,000,000 per Lifetime, $250,000 per Policy Year, $250,000 per Injury or Sickness for the Eligible Participant and the Eligible Dependent. Benefits are subject to the Deductible Amount, Coinsurance and Maximum Benefits stated in the Schedule of Benefits, specified benefits and limitations set forth under Covered Medical Expenses, the General Policy Exclusions, the Pre Existing Condition Limitation, the Recognized Student Health Center Provision and to all other limitations and provisions of the Policy.

When using non-PPO health care providers, insured persons are responsible for any difference between the covered expenses and actual charges, as well as any percentage co-payment.

  MEDICAL BENEFITS                       LIMITS - COVERED MEMBER
  PPO Plan In PPO Limit PPO Plan Outside PPO Limits
Physician Office Visits 1 100% of Negotiated Rates
after $20 Copayment per visit
75% of Reasonable Expenses
Inpatient Hospital Services 2 100% of Negotiated Rates
after $50 Copayment per visit
75% of Reasonable Expenses
Hospital and Physician
Outpatient Services 2
100% of Negotiated Rates
after $50 Copayment per visit
75% of Reasonable Expenses

1 All Physician Visit Copayments for an Injury or Sickness are waived if treatment is received at Recognized Student Health Center or if the initial treatment for an Injury or Sickness is received at Recognized Student Health Center. If there is a charge for visits to, or medical services, treatments and supplies received from, a Recognized Student Health Center for an Injury or a Sickness, benefits for those visits, medical services, treatments and supplies will be paid at 100% of Reasonable Expenses with no Copayment or Deductible. If the Recognized Student Health Center is not able to treat the Covered Person, it will refer the Covered Person to a Preferred Provider. If the Covered Person uses the Preferred Provider, medical benefits are paid according to the “Inside PPO” schedule. If the Covered Person chooses not to use the Preferred Provider, medical benefits are paid according to the “Outside PPO” schedule.

2 Inpatient Hospital Services and Hospital and Physician Outpatient Services consist of the following: Hospital room and board, including general nursing services; medical and surgical treatment; medical services and supplies; Outpatient nursing services provided by an RN, LPN or LVN; local professional ground ambulance services to and from a local Hospital for Emergency Hospitalization and Emergency Medical Care, X-rays; laboratory tests, prescription medicines; artificial limbs or prosthetic appliances, including those which are functionally necessary; the rental or purchase, at the Insurer’s option, of durable medical equipment for therapeutic use, including repairs and necessary maintenance of purchased equipment not provided for under a manufacturer’s warranty or purchase agreement. The Insurer will not pay for Hospital room and board charges in excess of the prevailing semi private room rate unless the requirements of Medically Necessary treatment dictate accommodations other than a semi private room.

  Benefits listed below are subject to Lifetime Maximum,
  Annual Maximum, Maximums per Injury and Sickness, Co-Insurance,
  and the above listed PPO Plan type limits.
Maternity Care for a Covered Pregnancy 3
Reasonable Expenses
Inpatient treatment of mental and nervous
disorders including drug or alcohol abuse
Reasonable Expenses up a maximum period of 30 days per lifetime
Outpatient treatment of mental and nervous
disorders including drug or alcohol abuse
Reasonable Expenses up to $1,000 Maximum per lifetime
Outpatient back and spine treatment
(including modalities)
Reasonable Expenses up to $1,000 Maximum per Policy Year with a $20 per visit Maximum and a Maximum of 3 visits per week
Treatment of Specified therapies, including
acupuncture and Physiotherapy
Reasonable Expenses up to $1,000 Maximum per Policy Year on an Inpatient basis. Reasonable Expenses up to $50 Maximum per visit subject to a Maximum of 20 visits on an Outpatient basis. This benefit is per Policy Year. PPO Limits will apply
Therapeutic or Elective termination of
pregnancy
Reasonable Expenses up to $500 In PPO Maximum per Policy Year or up to $500 Outside PPO Maximum per Policy Year
Routine nursery care of a newborn child of a covered pregnancy
Reasonable Expenses up to $1,000 Maximum per Policy Year
Annual cervical cytology screening for women 18 and older
Reasonable Expenses
Low dose mammography screening, one
baseline mammogram and one
mammogram per year
Reasonable Expenses
Medical treatment arising from participation in intercollegiate, interscholastic or club sports
Reasonable Expenses up to $10,000 Maximum per Policy Year. Injuries from participation in intramural sports are covered as any other Injury
Repairs to sound, natural teeth required due to an Injury
100% of Reasonable Expenses up to $1,000 per Policy Year maximum, Maximum $200 per tooth
Outpatient prescription drugs
Prescription Drug Program with the Copayment stated below. Limited to a 31 day supply for initial fill or refill
Generic Drugs
All except a $10 Copayment per prescription
Brand Name Drugs
All except a $25 Copayment per prescription

3 The Insurer will pay the actual expenses incurred as a result of pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriage, or any Complications resulting from any of these, except to the extent shown in the Schedule of Benefits. Conception must have occurred while the Covered Person was insured under the Policy.

 
 
 

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