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Public
Service Health Care Plan
February 2008
PSHCP Bulletin Number 21 now available online
It provides an update on the pay-direct card that is expected to be in place by mid-2009.
June 2007
PSHCP Bulletin Number 20 now available online
It provides information on changes to the PSHCP governance structure that took effect on June 1, 2007, and what this means to Plan members.
December 12, 2006
Ontario Government cancels plans to make the PSHCP first payer for drug prescriptions
The Ontario Government will not implement a proposal that would have made the Ontario Drug Benefit Plan the second payer for federal pensioners who are members of the PSHCP. In making this announcement on the CTV News at Noon program on CJOH television in Ottawa on December 8, the Ontario Premier referred to FSNA’s National President, Mr. Dennis Jackson, saying: “I had a brief chat with him. He sent me a couple of very compelling letters with very compelling arguments and I had to agree with him. … We’re not going to do it.” . Click here for more details.
October 2006
PSHCP Trust Bulletin Number 19 available online
This bulletin outlines the costs and claims results of the PSHCP for 2005. It also provides clarifications on the new coordination of benefits and catastrophic drug coverage available under the PSHCP since April 1, 2006.
June 2006
PSHCP claims submitted by service providers no longer
accepted
Effective 1 June 2006, all claims submitted directly
to Sun Life, the Plan Administrator, by a provider of
services will be declined and returned to the member
with a request for the member to re-submit the claim
directly to the Plan.
Plan members may wish to discuss payment options with
their service provider. In some cases, plan members
may be able to arrange to have the provider bill them
for the services rendered to give them time to submit
their claim for reimbursement to the PSHPC and avoid
having to pay the provider in full up front.
Note: This does not apply to assignment of benefits
for hospital, out-of-province and drug claims that can
still be submitted by a service provider. For more details,
visit the PSHCP
Trust Web site.
Important
changes to the Plan effective 1 April 2006
A five-year agreement has been signed to
renew the Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) that
provides health care benefits and services to some 520,000
plan members – employees, pensioners, and their
dependents. The new provisions and benefits will be
in effect from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2011.
While not all the improvements sought by FSNA members
were attained, FSNA considers that the new agreement
is the best that could be achieved and is a good
deal for pensioners.
The renewed agreement introduces new benefits, a number
of upgrades, increased flexibility, and new contribution
rates for pensioners. These changes are the result of
a two-year collaborative effort between the Treasury
Board Secretariat, the Bargaining Agents, and the Federal
Superannuates National Association. They are outlined
in the PSHCP
Trust Bulletin 18.
National
Joint Council Communiqué on 2006 PSHCP Renewal
PSHCP
Provisions - 1 April 2006
FSNA
Medoc Emergency Travel Insurance
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