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LiveHealth Online provides
telemedicine to Empire Plan
enrollees
Maintaining our mental and physical health is of great importance. The additional stress that many people have experienced in recent years has amplified the need for increased access to mental health services.
LiveHealth Online’s Telemedicine Program for the Empire Plan enrollees and dependents is an enhanced telemedicine program as it covers medical and mental health visits. The telemedicine program is very convenient for common health concerns like colds, flu, fevers, rashes, infections and allergies.
CSEA’s Executive Branch Negotiating Team worked with New York State to continue offering the LiveHealth Online Telemedicine Program in the current state contract. Our union’s team was successful, and the LiveHealth
Online program will continue to be offered with covered-in-full visits for Empire Plan enrollees and dependents.
Members and dependents covered by the Empire Plan continue to
have access to covered-in-full telemedicine services from board- certified doctors and licensed mental health specialists. You can virtually visit a LiveHealth Online provider
for medical and mental health
by using a smartphone, tablet or personal computer. Spanish-speaking providers are also available.
Telemedicine allows individuals to see and talk to the LiveHealth Online doctor through your electronic device, while you remain in the comfort of your home or college dorm, for dependents away at college. You will have no need to travel to the doctor’s office or sit in
the waiting room.
To get started, visit
www.empireblue.com/nys and select the link to LiveHealth Online to begin the registration process. When registering, or logging in if already registered, be sure to enter your Empire Plan identification number and name exactly as they appear on your identification card;
this will help ensure treatment is received without charge to the enrollee.
If you need assistance with
the registration process or have questions, call LiveHealth Online at 1-888-548-3432. LiveHealth Online has representatives available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to assist you.
EBF welcomes new local government participants
In 2022, 27 CSEA local government bargaining units added new
CSEA Employee Benefit Fund (EBF) benefits, upgraded EBF benefits or negotiated for the first EBF benefits into their contracts.
The EBF
marketing team
worked with
negotiating
teams, members
and region staff
by conducting
meetings,
conference calls
and enrollment days to get the job done. These units leave a legacy of
a strong contract with great benefits for their members for years to come.
For more than 40 years, EBF has been providing local government CSEA members with dental, vision and reimbursement benefits designed to keep members healthy and save them money. More than 600 local government units
participate in EBF.
The EBF welcomed the following
groups that are new to the EBF (in bold), added new EBF benefits or upgraded their EBF benefits in 2022.
Long Island Region:
Village of Greenport – Upgraded to Gold 12 Vision
Village of Bayville – Member Plus
Amityville Central School District (CSD) – Added Member Plus Vision Village of Farmingdale – Added an Occupational Vision Rider
Franklin Square CSD Custodial Unit – Member Plus Dental and Vision Wantagh CSD Custodial Unit – Added Member Plus Vision (payroll deduction)
Longwood Public Library Part Time – Member Plus Dental and Vision Hicksville Library – Added Gold 12 Vision (pending)
Merrick CSD Custodial – Added Gold 12 Vision (pending)
Village of Amityville DPW – Added an Occupational Vision Rider
Southern Region:
New Rochelle Public Library – Added Horizon Dental
Yonkers CSD – Upgraded to Gold 12 Vision
Rondout Valley CSD Custodial – Added Member Plus Dental and Vision (payroll deduction) Rondout Valley CSD Café – Added Member Plus Dental and Vision (payroll deduction)
Town of Mount Pleasant White Collar – Upgraded to Equinox
Capital Region:
Warren County – Member Plus Dental and Vision
Town of Moores – Member Plus Dental and Vision
Bethlehem Public Library Full Time – Member Plus Dental and Vision Troy Enlarged City SD – Member Plus Vision
Mechanicville City SD – Added Gold 12 Vision
Schodack CSD – Added Gold 12 Vision
Central Region:
Port of Oswego – Added Sunrise Dental
Potsdam CSD – Added Gold 12 Vision Stamford CSD – Silver 12 Vision Village of Endicott Light Department – Dutchess Dental and Gold 12 Vision
Western Region:
Cattaraugus County – Added Gold 12 Vision
Village of Depew White Collar – Added Sunrise Dental
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Dental and Vision