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EmblemHealth Affinity Medicare Passport Essentials NYC (HMO)

This plan does not require referrals. You will pay $0 each month for the plan — a $0 premium. With this plan, you will pay $10 to see your primary care doctor and $40 to see specialists in-network. 

You will also get benefits Original Medicare does not cover, like preventive dental, hearing aids allowance, vision, a SilverSneakers® membership, and acupuncture.

 

Available in the following counties: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond

 

Your level of extra help Premium
0% (Full Premium) $0.00
25% $0.00
50% $0.00
75% $0.00
100% $0.00

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2019 EmblemHealth Affinity Medicare Passport Essentials NYC (HMO) | EmblemHealth

Benefits Summary

Primary care doctor visit:  $10
Specialist doctor visit:  $40
Preventive care (Services that keep you healthy):  $0
Urgently needed services: $30
Emergency room:  $90
Inpatient hospital coverage: $310 per day 1-6. $0 per each additional day
Lab services: $15
Foot care: $40
Dental services (no annual dollar limit):  Preventive
Hearing aid:  $350 allowance every year
Routine eyewear:  $100 allowance every year
SilverSneakers® Yes
Prescription drug:  Yes

* A 20% Co-insurance (the percentage you pay for health services) may apply when services are provided in an Outpatient Hospital.

Medicare Pharmacy

Having the medicines you need is an important part of staying healthy, which is why we take our pharmacy offerings very seriously. We strive to help you make sure you can afford the medicines you take. Our formulary gives you access to thousands of them, and our pharmacy network is large enough to provide the choices you need—close to home.

    

DEDUCTIBLE

 

You Pay:

INITIAL COVERAGE

$0-$3,820

You Pay:

COVERAGE GAP 

Over $3,820

You Pay:

CATASTROPHIC 

Over $5,100

You Pay:
Tier 1 Preferred Generic Drugs No Deductible $1 37% of the total cost The greater of 5% or $3.40
Tier 2 Generic Drugs No Deductible $12 37% of the total cost The greater of 5% or $3.40
Tier 3 Preferred Brand Drugs $295 deductible applies $47 25% of the total cost The greater of 5% or $8.50
Tier 4 Non-Preferred Drugs $295 deductible applies $100 37%/25% of the total cost

The greater of 5% or $3.40 for generic or $8.50 for brand

 
Tier 5 Specialty Drugs $295 deductible applies 27% of the total cost 37%/25% of the total cost

The greater of 5% or $3.40 for generic or $8.50 for brand

 

Some of our network pharmacies have preferred cost-sharing.  You may pay less if you use these preferred pharmacies.

Four Stages of Drug Coverage

DEDUCTIBLE

The deductible is the amount you pay before your plan starts to pay. This deductible is for retail and home delivery.

  • There is no deductible for Tier 1 (preferred generic) and Tier 2 (generic) drugs.
  • There is a $295 deductible for Tier 3 (preferred brand), Tier 4 (non-preferred drug) and Tier 5 (specialty tier) drugs.

INITIAL COVERAGE STAGE

After you’ve reached the deductible, you’ll enter the initial coverage phase. 

In this phase, you and the plan share the costs of some of the covered drugs until your total drug costs, including deductible, reach $3,820. The total drug costs paid by both you and our Part D plan will help you reach the coverage gap.

COVERAGE GAP STAGE

The coverage gap (also called the “donut hole”) starts after the total yearly drug cost (along with what our plan has paid and what you have paid) reaches $3,820.

While in the coverage gap in 2019, you’ll pay 25% of the plan’s cost for brand-name drugs and 37% of the plan’s cost for generic drugs. You enter the catastrophic coverage phase once your yearly true out-of-pocket cost (Troop) reaches $5,100. The costs paid by you, and the manufacturer discount payment for brand-name drugs count toward your true out-of-pocket costs and help you get out of the coverage gap. Not everyone will reach the coverage gap.

CATASTROPHIC STAGE

After your yearly out-of-pocket drug costs reach $5,100, you pay the greater of: 5% of the cost or you pay $3.40 for generic (including brand-drugs treated as generic). You pay $8.50 for all other drugs.

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HIP Health Plan of New York (HIP) is an HMO plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in HIP depends on contract renewal. HIP is an EmblemHealth company. This information is not a complete description of benefits. Call 877-344-7364/TTY: 711 for more information. Out-of-network/non-contracted providers are under no obligation to treat EmblemHealth members, except in emergency situations. Please call our customer service number or see your Evidence of Coverage for more information, including the cost-sharing that applies to out-of-network services.

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Last Updated 09/24/19

Y0026_127476 Accepted 10/1/18

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