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Coordination of Benefits Definitions
Following are definitions of some of the terms used throughout Administrative InformationCoordination of Benefits.
  • Plan — Any of the following that provide benefits or services for, or because of, medical, dental, vision or prescription drug care:
    • Group, blanket or franchise health insurance policies issued by insurers including health care service contractors
    • Group prepaid coverage under service plan contracts or under group or individual practice plans
    • Labor management trusteed plans, labor organization plans, employer organization plans or employee benefit organization plans
    • Medical coverage in government programs
    • Other group-type coverage that is not available to the general public and can be obtained and maintained only through membership in, or connection with, a particular organization or group.
Each contract or other arrangement for coverage described above is a separate plan. If an arrangement has two or more parts and coordination of benefits applies only to one part, each part is considered a separate plan.
The term "plan" does not include the following:
    • Individual or family benefits provided through insurance contracts, subscriber contracts, coverage through health maintenance organizations or other prepayment, service, group practice or individual practice plans
    • Group or group-type hospital indemnity benefits of $100 per day or less paid on other than an expense-incurred basis and reimbursement-type benefits where the insured has the right to elect indemnity-type benefits in lieu of reimbursement benefits at the time of the claim. However, the term "plan" does include the amount of benefits exceeding $100 per day
    • School accident-type coverage for elementary school, high school or college students for accidents only, including athletic injuries, either on a 24-hour basis or on a to-and-from-school basis.
  • This plan
    • The Trust Early Retiree Voluntary Dental/Vision Plan.
    • The Early Retiree Trust Plan 1 (Closed) and the Early Retiree Trust Plan 2 (Open).
 
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