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Regulatory Updates and Other Model Notices
Employers are required to provide certain notices to employees to inform them of their rights to certain benefits and provisions. Since Farm Credit Foundations and its affiliated employers are Government Sponsored Entities (GSE), many of the required notices do not apply to Farm Credit. Therefore, these notices are being distributed voluntarily.
Notice of Continuation Coverage
The employers participating in the Farm Credit Foundations Benefit Plans voluntarily offer employees and their
families extended medical, dental and vision coverage (called “Continuation Coverage”) at group rates in
certain instances where coverage under the group plans would otherwise end. This notice is intended to
summarize the continuation coverage provisions. Learn more ...
Notice of Privacy Practices
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Learn more ...
Grandfathered Plan Notice
Although the Farm Credit Foundations Medical Plan (the “Plan”) is a governmental plan that is maintained by employers that are federally chartered instrumentalities of the United States and, as such, is not subject to many of the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), the Plan believes that it satisfies the requirements for a “grandfathered plan” within the meaning of Section 1251 of PPACA. Grandfathered plans are subject to a delayed effective date for certain changes that will be required by PPACA and, in some cases, are fully exempt from those requirements for as long as the plan’s grandfathered status is retained.
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program Offer Free Or Low-Cost Health Coverage To Children (CHIRPA)
If you are eligible for health coverage under the Farm Credit Foundations Medical Plan (the “Plan”) but are unable to afford the premiums, some states have premium assistance programs that can help you pay for coverage. These states use funds from their Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) programs to help people who are eligible for employer-sponsored health coverage but need assistance in paying their health premiums. Learn More ...
Womens Health and Cancer Rights Act
If you have had or are going to have a mastectomy, you may be entitled to certain benefits under your health care plan as a result of the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 (“WHCRA”). For individuals receiving mastectomy-related benefits, coverage will be provided under the plan, in a manner determined in consultation with your attending physician, for each of the following:
- All stages of reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy was performed.
- Surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical appearance.
- Post-mastectomy care for (i) inpatient treatment for the period of time determined by your attending Physician to be medically necessary and in accordance with protocols and guidelines based on sound scientific evidence and patient evaluation, and (ii) a follow–up Physician office visit or in–home nurse visit within forty-eight (48) hours after discharge.
- Treatment of physical complications of the mastectomy including, but not limited to, lymphedemas.
- Prostheses
These benefits will be provided subject to the same deductibles and co-insurance applicable to other medical and surgical benefits provided under the plan.