For all NYSHIP links, you will need to select the Graduate Student option on your first visit for the session.

General benefits information on NYSHIP SEPH (Student Employee Health Plan) http://www.cs.state.ny.us/ebd/ebdonlinecenter/gseu/bensum09.cfm

List of All Providers, Pharmacies, and Services: http://www.cs.state.ny.us/ebd/ebdonlinecenter/epproviders/index7.cfm

PROVIDERS

Hospital Benefits—Empire BlueCross BlueShield

* Benefits Summary: http://www.cs.state.ny.us/ebd/ebdonlinecenter/gseu/bensum09.cfm#5
* Provider Directory: http://www.geoaccess.com/awp/nat/po/refinesearch.asp?gateway=false&brand=stateny&prodid=3428405&mode=national&src=eportal&guid=1A1D13C8-FDC7-4A84-A2FC-2231B5F609F5&vguid=E079A204-5EA5-427A-A71B-BA45ADE1A0EB&directorystate=BLUECARD

Medical/Surgical Benefits—UnitedHealthcare

* Group Code: 030500
* Benefits Summary: http://www.cs.state.ny.us/ebd/ebdonlinecenter/gseu/bensum09.cfm#6
* Provider Directory: http://www.empireplanproviders.com/

Managed Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program—OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions

* Benefits Summary: http://www.cs.state.ny.us/ebd/ebdonlinecenter/gseu/bensum09.cfm#7
* Provider Directory: http://www.empireplanmhsa2009.com/

Dental Care Plan—GHI 1-800-947-0101

* Benefits Summary: http://www.cs.state.ny.us/ebd/ebdonlinecenter/gseu/bensum09.cfm#10
* Provider Directory: http://psearch.ghi.com/providersearch/ (enter the ID number on your GHI card to search)

Vision Care Plan—EyeMed 1-877-226-1412

* Benefits Summary: http://www.cs.state.ny.us/ebd/ebdonlinecenter/gseu/bensum09.cfm#11
* Provider Directory: https://www.eyemedvisioncare.com/stny/

Prescription Drug Plan—UnitedHealthcare and Medco Health Solutions

* Group Code: UH0712959
* PIN: 610014
* Benefits Summary: http://www.cs.state.ny.us/ebd/ebdonlinecenter/gseu/bensum09.cfm#8
* Plan Website: http://www.empireplanrxprogram.com/

6-8PM

WINE & CHEESE

Is there anything in Obama’s plan and existing bills in Congress for social justice advocates to cheer about? What should be our response? How will proposed legislation affect the most vulnerable groups—immigrants, women of color, students, young people,
poor people, unemployed workers? What models exist for truly progressive change in health coverage and provision? And how do we get from here to there?

Speakers:

Special Guest – David Pollack, M.D.: Professor for Public Policy, Departments of Psychiatry and Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University; former Medical Director, Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Oregon Department of Human Services; Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in the office of Senator Edward Kennedy (1998); community mental health advocate in the state
of Oregon for 35 years
Chair – Robert A. Padgug, Ph.D.: Professor Department of Health & Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College; advocate for health reform with West Harlem Health Forum and Physicians for a National Health Plan

Kimberly Libman, MPH: Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Psychology at the Graduate Center, chair of the Doctoral Student Council Health Issues Committee
Lynn Roberts, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Community Health Education in the Urban Public Health Program at Hunter College, CUNY
Leonard Rodberg, Ph.D.: Professor and Chair of Urban Studies, Queens College; co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program; activist in the struggle for health care reform since 1974.
Anahí Viladrich, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Urban Public Health, Hunter College and Graduate Center; Director of the Immigration and Health Initiative

Co-Sponsors: Graduate Center Doctoral Student Council & Programs in Urban Public Health and Political Science; Brooklyn College Dept. of Health & Nutrition Sciences; Hunter College Urban Public Health Program Dept. of Community Health & Social Medicine; CCNY Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education.

Watch Obama’s recent congressional address on health care and come out to discuss it with a panel of experts on October 8th.

The DSC Health Issues Committee is co-sponsoring a forum on the politics of US health care reform.

Save the date: October 8th, 6pm, RM 5414

Program details TBA.  Light refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, September 16, 1:30 – 3:30 P.M.

Thursday, September 17, 1:30 – 3:30 P.M.

Tuesday, September 22, 1:30 – 3:30 P.M

Wednesday, September 23, 9:30 – 11:30 A.M.

Thursday, September 24, 1:30 – 3:30 P.M.

Tuesday, September 29, 1:30 – 3:30 P.M.

Wednesday, September 30, 2:00 – 4:00 P.M.

You may email simple questions about NYSHIP to

HealthInsuranceInfo@gc.cuny.edu

and the staff will try to answer them within 2 to 3 business days.

Post comments here about your experiences signing up for the plan, finding health care prividers, or accessing care, medications, and equpitment.  We hope to gather feedback on NYSHIP from students, through this and other venues, to support our efforts advocating for broader and better health insureance coverage for GC students.