Make sure your NYSHIP status is up to date! Don’t just assume that, because you haven’t heard anything in ages, there’s no problem—double check! Lapsed coverage can be disastrous.

All NYSHIP Participants:

As a new semester begins this is a reminder to please take a moment to make sure that your NYSHIP status is up to date. If there has been a change to your job title or the campus from which you will be paid; you need to submit a transfer form.

If you have graduated, taken a leave of absence or withdrawn from your program, you are no longer eligible to remain in NYSHIP, and must complete a termination form, even if you are an adjunct this semester. One of the requirements for NYSHIP eligibility is that you must be an active matriculating doctoral student. If your NYSHIP is terminating, you will be offered continuation of coverage via COBRA by New York State Civil Service. The coverage and providers remain the same, but you are responsible for paying the entire premium each month. For 2013, the monthly COBRA rate for individual coverage is $225.64 and $755.52 for family coverage. If you are still a student but not in an eligible job title please also complete and return the termination form.

If you are an adjunct at a community college, you must contact me and your community college so that your payroll can be transferred to the Graduate Center. This must be done each semester. To be a participant in NYSHIP you must be a state employee. Community college adjuncts are considered city employees, so their payrolls must be transferred. It is your responsibility to advise us of your status each semester and whether you require a payroll transfer.

If you have changed your residence address, you must notify us directly via the change of address form (attached). Do not assume that because you have notified other departments that your NYSHIP record has also been updated.

Keeping your NYSHIP account current will protect against NYSHIP in Albany terminating your coverage for nonpayment of premium without prior notification. This could result in your being responsible for paying for medical services you thought were covered under the plan. Please periodically check your pay stubs to be sure that the NYSHIP deduction is being taken.

Please send any of the completed forms to: healthinsuranceinfo@gc.cuny.edu

As always if you have any questions concerning your coverage, claims or plan benefits please call the Student Affairs Office, 212-817-7400 or email: healthinsuranceinfo@gc.cuny.edu

Thank you.

Scott Voorhees
Office of Student Affairs, NYSHIP
The Graduate Center
The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 7301.05
New York, NY 10016-4309

Office-212-817-7406
Fax-212-817-1621