COVERAGE
Medical
Benefit Plan
Coverage is in effect 24 hours a
day. For students enrolled during the Fall Semester, coverage will be in effect
from either August 15, 2007 or the date of Premium Payment, whichever is later,
until August 15, 2008. For students enrolled during the Spring Semester,
coverage will be in effect from either January 15, 2008, or the date of Premium
Payment, whichever is later, until August 15, 2008. The plan covers Injuries
sustained and Sickness contracted and causing loss commencing during the
coverage period. The Policy expires August 15, 2008. (Please note that the
Policy cannot establish physician’s fees, and therefore, cannot guarantee that
payments made by Monumental Life Insurance Company, hereafter referred to as the
Company, will cover all physician and surgeon charges in full.)
Injury
Medical Expense Benefits
Benefits are provided up to
$3,000 for each injury for which medical treatment by a physician,
surgeon, dentist, registered nurse, hospital services, ambulance services, or
x-rays are rendered. The initial treatment must be rendered within 90 days of
the Injury and benefits are limited to treatment rendered within 52 weeks of the
date of Injury. There is a $50 deductible per Injury which is waived for
treatment rendered at the Student Health Service. The deductible is also waived
for treatment which is referred by the Student Health Service. The Student
Health Service will be closed from June 30, 2007 until July 31, 2007.
Deductibles are not waived during this period of time. Specific benefit levels
are as shown below:
Hospital Room and Board: The expense actually incurred is
allowed not to exceed the semi-private rate per day.
Hospital Inpatient
Miscellaneous Expense: The expenses actually incurred are allowed not to
exceed $3,000 as the result of any one Injury.
Surgical Expense: The
expense actually incurred is allowed not
to exceed the Usual and Customary Charge, or $3,000 in total for all surgical
operation(s) performed for any one Injury.
Ambulance Expense: The
expense actually incurred is allowed not to exceed $3,000 for any one Injury.
Physician’s Expense: The
Usual and Customary Charge is allowed not to exceed $3,000 for any one Injury.
Registered Graduate Nurse
Expense: The expense actually
incurred is allowed subject to a maximum benefit of the Usual and
Customary Charge per 24-hour period.
Outpatient Miscellaneous
Expense: The expense actually incurred is allowed subject to a maximum
$3,000 as the result of any one Injury.
Dental Expense: The
Company will pay up to the Usual and Customary Charge per tooth with a maximum
of $3,000 per Injury for treatment to sound and natural teeth injured in a
covered accident.
Physiotherapy Benefit: Up
to the Usual and Customary Charge per visit is allowed subject to a maximum of
$3,000 for any one Injury.
Prescription Drug Expense: The expense actually incurred is allowed up to a maximum of $3,000 per covered
Injury.
Anesthesia Expense: The
expense actually incurred is allowed up
to 30% of the surgeon’s allowance under the Policy subject to a maximum of $500
for any one Injury.
Consultant’s Expense: The
expense actually incurred is allowed up to $3,000 per covered Injury.
Accidental
Death
$1,000 payable when Injury
results in the loss of life.
Accidental
Dismemberment
$1,000 payable per the schedule
as shown in the Master Policy.
Sickness
Medical Expense Benefits
Sickness benefits will be paid up
to $3,000 for each sickness for medical expenses incurred within 52 weeks of the date of the first
medical treatment. There is a $50 deductible per sickness which is waived for
treatment received at the Student Health Service. The deductible is also waived
for treatment referred by the Student Health Service. The Student Health Service
will be closed from June 30, 2008 until July 31, 2008. Deductibles are not
waived during this period of time. Specific benefit levels are as shown below:
Hospital Room and Board: The expense actually incurred is allowed not to exceed the semi-private rate per
day.
Hospital Inpatient
Miscellaneous Expense: The expenses
actually incurred are allowed not to exceed $3,000 as the result of
any one Sickness.
Surgical Expense: The
expense actually incurred is allowed not
to exceed the Usual and Customary Charge, or $3,000 in total for all surgical
operation(s) performed for any one Sickness.
Ambulance Expense: The
expense actually incurred is allowed not to exceed $3,000 for any one Sickness.
Physician’s Expense: The
expense actually incurred is allowed not to exceed $3,000 for any one Sickness.
Registered Graduate Nurse
Expense: The expense actually incurred is allowed subject to a maximum
benefit of the Usual and Customary Charge per 24-hour period or $3,000 as the
result of
any one Sickness.
Outpatient Miscellaneous
Expense: The expense actually incurred is allowed subject to a maximum
$3,000 as the result of any one Sickness.
Prescription Drug Expense: The expense actually incurred is allowed up to a maximum of $3,000 per covered
Sickness.
Anesthesia Expense: The
expense actually incurred is allowed up to 30% of the surgeon’s allowance under
the policy subject to a maximum of $3,000 for any one Sickness.
Consultant’s Expense: The
expense actually incurred is allowed
up to $3,000 per covered Sickness.
Mental or Nervous Disorders
Benefit: The Company will pay for
services rendered by a psychiatric consultant (in or out of the hospital) when
an Insured is referred for counseling. The Company will pay $25.00 a visit up to
a maximum of $250 worth of visits.
Mandated
Benefits
The plan will pay for the
following mandated benefits and any other applicable mandate in accordance with
Pennsylvania insurance laws: Maternity Length of Stay, Mammography Benefits,
Women’s Preventive Health Service Benefit including Gynecological Exam and
Routine Pap Smear, Childhood Immunizations Benefit, Alcoholism and Drug
Treatment Benefit, Mastectomy Reconstruction and Mastectomy Minimum Stays,
Chemotherapy, Diabetes Supplies and Equipment, Emergency Services, Midwife,
Serious Mental Illness, Newborn Length of Stay, and Metabolic Disease Formula.
REPATRIATION (For
International Students Only)
In the event of the death of a covered International Student, the
Company will pay for those expenses as may reasonably be incurred up to the
Maximum Limit of $10,000 in connection with the preparation
and transportation of the body to the person’s place of residence in his home
country. This benefit does not include the transportation
expense of anyone accompanying the body.
MEDICAL EVACUATION (For
International Students Only)
The Company will pay, as a result of a covered Injury or Sickness, and upon the
written certification of the attending Physician, for air evacuation of the
covered International Student, including Physician or nurse accompaniment, the
actual expense incurred, but not to exceed $10,000 in the aggregate. Evacuation
may be to his/her natural country or to a hospital operated pursuant to the law
for the care and treatment of injured or ill persons. Any expenses in respect
to Medical Evacuation requires prior approval of the Company. Call Bollinger
Inc. 1-866-267-0092. Medical Evacuation to home country, will terminate any
further coverage under the Policy.
Major Medical
Expenses
For Both Injury and
Sickness
After the Company pays $3,000 in
Basic Benefits under either the Injury or Sickness provision of the policy for
any one accident or Sickness, the Policy will pay 80% of the expenses incurred
in excess of $3,000 up to but not exceeding $12,000 for Domestic students and
$22,000 for International students for physician’s services, hospital
confinement, nursing services, X-Rays, operating room, emergency room,
anesthesia, laboratory service, dressings, prescription medicines, casts, use of
wheel chair, crutches, or ambulance for any one covered Injury or Sickness.
Expenses must be incurred within two years from the date of Injury or date of
the first treatment in the event of Sickness.
Exclusions
The Policy does not cover:
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Service or treatment rendered as part of the duties of a physician or any other
person employed or retained by the Policyholder;
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Injury sustained or caused by any act of war, riots, civil disorders, or
commotions;
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Eyeglasses, contact lenses, or prescriptions therefor;
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Congenital defect;
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Injuries sustained as a result of practice or participating in intercollegiate
sports in any form;
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Injury or Sickness for which the Insured is entitled to benefits under any
Worker’s Compensation Act or Law or similar legislation, or medical expenses
covered under any Automobile Reparations Reform Act, or Automobile No-Fault Law,
or similar legislation;
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Any loss sustained or contracted in consequence of the Insureds being
intoxicated or under the influence of any narcotic unless administered on the
advice of a physician;
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Air travel except as a fare-paying passenger on a commercial aircraft;
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Expense incurred as a result of mental disorders of any type but only as it
pertains to Major Medical Benefits;
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Health treatment or examinations where no Injury or Sickness is involved;
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Elective abortions or any other voluntary termination of pregnancy;
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Dental treatment except for Injury to sound, natural teeth;
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Treatment in any Veterans Administration or Federal Hospital, except if there is
a legal obligation to pay;
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Elective surgery, or Elective Treatment;
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Services or treatment rendered by a Physician or nurse who is the Insured or a
member of his immediate family;
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Preventative medicines, serums, or vaccines;
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An Insured’s commission of or attempt to commit a felony or to which a
contributing cause was the Insured’s being engaged in an illegal occupation.
Claim
Procedure
In the event of Injury or Sickness, the student should:
If at college, in a
non-emergency situation, report at once to the Health Center;
If away from college, secure treatment at
the nearest hospital or physician, pay the bill, and obtain a copy of the bill. The Health
Center will instruct you in filing for benefits.
Proofs of loss must be submitted
within 90 days following the date of Injury or start of Sickness.
Claim
forms are available at this web site, or from the Health Center.
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Travel Assistance Program
(Provided by On Call International)
Each Insured Student and his/her
enrolled Dependents are eligible for travel assistance services when
traveling 100 miles or more away from their home and campus address. Travel
Services are only available for medical claims that are covered under the
Student Injury and Sickness Insurance Plan. Services provided include:
- Medical Consultation &
Evaluation
- Critical Care Monitoring
- Emergency Message Transmission
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- Hospital Admission Guarantee
- Prescription Medication
Dispatching
- Family/Friend Transportation
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Within North America Call
1-800-407-7307
Outside North America Call 1-603-898-9159
Note: The Travel Assistance
program in not insurance. It is connected with or provided by Monumental
Life Insurance Company. On Call International Benefits are available 24
hours a day, 7 days a weeks, 365 days a year. |
PLAN
ADMINISTERED BY:
Notification of Injury or
Sickness bust be provided to:

101 JFK PARKWAY
SHORT HILLS, NJ 07078
(866) 267-0092 (Claims/Coverage)
(800) 526-1379 (Other Questions)
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PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS PAGE AND KEEP IT AS A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE
INSURANCE BENEFITS
PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS
BROCHURE AND KEEP IT AS A
GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE INSURANCE BENEFITS. The Master Policy on file at the
College contains all of the provisions, limitations, exclusions and
qualifications of your insurance benefits, some of which may not be included on
this brochure. If any discrepancy exists between the brochure and the Master
Policy, the Master Policy will govern and control the payment of benefits.
| Policy Form SH3000GPM.PA (Rev.
12/04 |
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