Medical Benefits

Medical benefits for retired SBA members are managed by the City of New York. For more information on your respective medical benefits plan, visit the Web site of your health provider. These providers include:

Health Maintenance Organizations
Aetna: http://www.aetna.com
CIGNA Healthcare: http://www.cigna.com/consumer/services/healthcare/index.html
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP): http://www.hipusa.com/
Health Net: http://www.health.net/

Point-of-Service Providers (POS)
Aetna: http://www.aetna.com
Empire BlueChoice: http://www.empirehealthcare.com/index.shtml
Group Health, Inc. – Comprehensive Benefit Program (GHI-CBP): http://www.ghi.com/
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) – Choice Plus: http://www.hipusa.com/

Medicare
Aetna: http://www.aetna.com
AvMed: http://www.avmed.com
BlueChoice Senior Plan: http://www.empirehealthcare.com
CIGNA Healthcare: http://www.cigna.com/healthcare
Group Health Inc./Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield – Senior Care: http://www.ghi.com
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP): http://www.hipusa.com
Oxford Health Plans: http://www.oxhp.com
Health Net: http://www.health.net
United Health Care of Florida: http://www.unitedhealthcare.com

Additionally, a wealth of health plan information – including date on the management benefits plan, deferred compensation plan and flexible spending accounts -- can be found via the City of New York’s Office of Labor Relations. The OLR’s Web site can be found at http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/olr/home.html