The Board of Trustees of the Seafarers Health and Benefits Plan are pleased to announce that they have increased the number of visits the Plan provides for physical, occupational, pulmonary, speech, and cognitive therapies to treat a non-catastrophic medical condition. Effective May 1, 2024, the Plan will increase this benefit from forty (40) to sixty (60) visits per year, for all of these therapies combined.
This benefit applies to mariners and their dependents at the Core-Plus level, and to Pensioners who are not yet eligible for Medicare, but are eligible for health benefits from the Plan. Some examples of non-catastrophic medical conditions that this benefit applies to are autism, delayed development, or therapy needed after a broken bone or sprain.
The Plan also provides a separate benefit for rehabilitation after a catastrophic medical condition, such as a stroke or a serious injury. This benefit is not changing. The Plan provides benefits for a total of forty (40) visits for physical, occupational, pulmonary, speech, and cognitive therapies to treat a catastrophic medical condition. The catastrophic benefit is available to mariners and their dependents at the Core-Plus level, and non-Medicare pensioners and their dependents.
If you have any question about this benefit, please contact the Plan at 800-252-4674.
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