TITLE 50: INSURANCE
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE SUBCHAPTER z: ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE PART 2008 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE SECTION 2008.APPENDIX M PLAN K (FOR PLANS ISSUED PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 2010) Section 2008.APPENDIX M Plan K (for plans issued prior to June 1, 2010)
Companies must add the current fixed dollar amount authorized by Medicare where the brackets appear below. The dollar amount is updated periodically by Medicare and companies must reflect these changes to their outlines of coverage in a timely manner.
* You will pay half the cost-sharing of some covered services until you reach the annual out-of-pocket limit of $[___] each calendar year. The amounts that count toward your annual limit are noted with diamonds (♦) in the chart below. Once you reach the annual limit, the plan pays 100% of your Medicare copayment and coinsurance for the rest of the calendar year. However, this limit does NOT include charges from your provider that exceed Medicare-approved amounts (these are called "Excess Charges") and you will be responsible for paying this difference in the amount charged by your provider and the amount paid by Medicare for the item or service.
MEDICARE (PART A) – HOSPITAL SERVICES-PER BENEFIT PERIOD
** A benefit period begins on the first day you receive service as an inpatient in a hospital and ends after you have been out of the hospital and have not received skilled care in any other facility for 60 days in a row.
*** NOTICE: When your Medicare Part A hospital benefits are exhausted, the insurer stands in the place of Medicare and will pay whatever amount Medicare would have paid for up to an additional 365 days as provided in the policy's "Core Benefits". During this time, the hospital is prohibited from billing you for the balance based on any difference between its billed charges and the amount Medicare would have paid. PLAN K
MEDICARE (PART B) – MEDICAL SERVICES-PER CALENDAR YEAR
**** Once you have been billed $[100] of Medicare-approved amounts for covered services (which are noted with an asterisk), your Part B deductible will have been met for the calendar year.
* This plan limits your annual out-of-pocket payments for Medicare-approved amounts to $[_] per year. However, this limit does NOT include charges from your provider that exceed Medicare-approved amounts (these are called "Excess Charges") and you will be responsible for paying this difference in the amount charged by your provider and the amount paid by Medicare for the item or service.
PLAN K
PARTS A & B
***** Medicare benefits are subject to change. Please consult the latest Guide to Health Insurance for People with Medicare.
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 8904, effective June 10, 2009) |