DESCRIPTION OF BENEFIT
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The program will
reimburse you $75.00 per Doctor's Office visit.
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The reimbursement will be
paid for up to 10 visits per benefit year for sickness
visits.
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The program will
reimburse you no matter what doctor you choose, even out of
network doctors. However, when you call Member Services
before setting your appointment and choose to select a
Participating Provider, you will also have access to the
doctor's contracted reduced rates -- this will help you get
the best value for your health care dollar.
Outpatient Physician
Benefit: Pays $75 for treatment of a covered sickness or
injury by a physician in the physician's office, clinic,
urgent care facility or emergency room. The maximum number of
visits is 10 per calendar year per family, 5 per calendar
year for all covered dependent children combined and 5 per
calendar year per covered adult except for dependent
children. This benefit is not payable for routine health
examinations or immunizations for covered persons aged 6 and
older, for visits for mental or nervous disorders or for
visits by a surgeon while confined to a hospital.
Eligibility and Effective
Dates: This insured benefit is effective on the first day
of the month following the date your completed application
for Membership is received and processed. Coverage for Legal
Dependents you acquire after your coverage is effective will
be effective on the date that your application for the
additional dependent is approved except that coverage for
adopted children, newborn children, foster children and
children in your custody by a court order is effective for 31
days from the date of birth, date of adoption or placement.
To continue coverage beyond 31 days for these children, you
must provide notice of such children. For purposes of this
benefit: an otherwise Legal Dependent child must also reside
in your home for more than 6 months a year and chiefly rely
on you for support and maintenance to be covered; and legal
dependent includes a child past the age of 19 (25 if a full
time student) who has a handicapped condition which renders
the child incapable of self-sustaining employment and who is
chiefly dependent on you or other care providers for lifetime
care and supervision because of a handicapped condition that
occurred before such age.
Exclusions and
Limitations: Benefits will not be paid for charges or
loss caused by, or resulting from, any of the following:
suicide or any intentionally self-inflicted injury; any drug,
narcotic, gas or fumes, or chemical substance voluntarily
taken, administered, absorbed or inhaled unless prescribed
by, and taken according to the directions of, a doctor
(accidental ingestion of a poisonous substance is not
excluded.); commission, or attempt to commit, a felony;
participation in a riot or insurrection; driving under the
influence of a controlled substance, unless administered on
the advice of a doctor; driving while intoxicated as
determined by the laws in the jurisdiction of the
geographical area where the loss occurs; declared or
undeclared war or act of war; nuclear reaction or the release
of nuclear energy. However, this exclusion will not apply if
the loss is sustained within 180 days of the initial incident
and: the loss was caused by fire, heat, explosion or other
physical trauma which was a result of the release of nuclear
energy; and the covered person was within a 25-mile radius of
the site of the release either: at the time of the release;
or within 24-hours of the start of the release; or occurs
while he is in the state where this plan was issued; or
treatment of mental or nervous disorders, or alcohol or
substance abuse.