Document Outline

• Introduction
• Plain Language
• Stop Health Care Fraud!
• Section 1. Facts about this HMO plan
  • How we pay providers
  • Your Rights
  • Service Area
• Section 2. How we change for 2003
  • Program-wide changes
  • Changes to this Plan
• Section 3. How you get care
  • Identification cards
  • Where you get covered care
    • Plan providers
    • Plan facilities
  • What you must do to get covered care
    • Primary care
    • Specialty care
    • Hospital care
  • Circumstances beyond our control
  • Services requiring our prior approval
• Section 4. Your costs for covered services
  • Copayments
  • Deductible
  • Coinsurance
  • Fees when you fail to make your copayment or coinsurance
  • Your catastrophic protection out-of-pocket maximum for copayments and coinsurance
• Section 5. Benefits -- Overview
  • (a) Medical services and supplies provided by physicians and other health care professionals
  • (b) Surgical and anesthesia services provided by physicians and other health care professionals
  • (c) Services provided by a hospital or other facility, and ambulance services
  • (d) Emergency services/accidents
  • (e) Mental health and substance abuse benefits
  • (f) Prescription drug benefits
  • (g) Special features
    • Flexible benefit options
    • 24 hour nurse line
    • Services for deaf and hearing impaired
    • Centers of Excellence
    • Travel benefit
    • Services from other Kaiser Permanente plans
  • (h) Dental benefits
  • (i) Non-FEHB benefits available to Plan members
• Section 6. General exclusions -- things we don't cover
• Section 7. Filing a claim for covered services
  • Medical, hospital, and drug benefits
  • Deadline for filing your claim
  • When we need more information
• Section 8. The disputed claims process
• Section 9. Coordinating benefits with other coverage
  • When you have other health coverage
    • What is Medicare?
    • The Original Medicare Plan (Part A or Part B)
    • Medicare managed care plan
    • If you do enroll in Medicare Part B
    • If you do not enroll in Medicare Part A or Part B
  • TRICARE and CHAMPVA
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Medicaid
  • When other Government agencies are responsible for your care
  • When others are responsible for injuries
• Section 10. Definitions of terms we used in this brochure
• Section 11. FEHB facts
  • No pre-existing condition limitation
  • Where you can get information about enrolling in the FEHB Program
  • Types of coverage available for you and your family
  • Children's Equity Act
  • When benefits and premiums start
  • When you retire
  • When you lose benefits
    • When FEHB coverage ends
    • Spouse equite coverage
    • Temporary continuation of coverage (TCC)
    • Getting a Certificate of Group Health Plan Coverage
    • Converting to individual coverage
• Long Term Care Insurance Is Still Available!
• Index
• Summary of Benefits
• Rates

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2003
A Health Maintenance Organization

Serving: Metropolitan Washington, DC Area and Metropolitan Baltimore, Maryland Area
Enrollment in this Plan is limited. You must live or work in our geographic service area to enroll. See page 8 for requirements.

Enrollment codes for this Plan:
E31 Self Only E32 Self and Family

RI 73-047

This Plan has commendable accreditation from the NCQA.
See the 2003 Guide for more
information on accreditation.

For changes in benefits
see page 9 1.
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Dear Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Participant: I am pleased to present this Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program plan brochure for 2003. The brochure explains all the benefits this health plan offers to its enrollees. Since benefits can vary from year to year, you should review your plan's brochure every Open Season. Fundamentally, I believe that FEHB participants are wise enough to determine the care options best suited for themselves and their families. In keeping with the President's health care agenda, we remain committed to providing FEHB members with affordable, quality health care choices. Our strategy to maintain quality and cost this year rested on four initiatives. First, I met with FEHB carriers and challenged them to contain costs, maintain quality, and keep the FEHB Program a model of consumer choice and on the cutting edge of employer-provided health benefits. I asked the plans for their best ideas to help hold down premiums and promote quality. And, I encouraged them to explore all reasonable options to constrain premium increases while maintaining a benefits program that is highly valued by our employees and retirees, as well as attractive to prospective Federal employees. Second, I met with our own FEHB negotiating team here at OPM and I challenged them to conduct tough negotiations on your behalf. Third, OPM initiated a comprehensive outside audit to review the potential costs of federal and state mandates over the past decade, so that this agency is better prepared to tell you, the Congress and others the true cost of mandated services. Fourth, we have maintained a respectful and full engagement with the OPM Inspector General (IG) and have supported all of his efforts to investigate fraud and waste within the FEHB and other programs. Positive relations with the IG are essential and I am proud of our strong relationship. The FEHB Program is market-driven. The health care marketplace has experienced significant increases in health care cost trends in recent years. Despite its size, the FEHB Program is not immune to such market forces. We have worked with this plan and all the other plans in the Program to provide health plan choices that maintain competitive benefit packages and yet keep health care affordable. Now, it is your turn. We believe if you review this health plan brochure and the FEHB Guide you will have what you need to make an informed decision on health care for you and your family. We suggest you also visit our web site at www.opm.gov/insure.
		Sincerely,    Kay Coles James    Director

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Notice of the Office of Personnel Management's
Privacy Practices

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE
REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
By law, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which administers the Federal Employees Health Benefits
(FEHB) Program, is required to protect the privacy of your personal medical information. OPM is also required to give you this notice to tell you how OPM may use and give out (" disclose") your personal medical information held

by OPM.
OPM will use and give out your personal medical information:
To you or someone who has the legal right to act for you (your personal representative),
To the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, if necessary, to make sure your privacy is protected,

To law enforcement officials when investigating and/ or prosecuting alleged or civil or criminal actions, and
Where required by law.

OPM has the right to use and give out your personal medical information to administer the FEHB Program. For example:

To communicate with your FEHB health plan when you or someone you have authorized to act on your
behalf asks for our assistance regarding a benefit or customer service issue.
To review, make a decision, or litigate your disputed claim.
For OPM and the General Accounting Office when conducting audits.

OPM may use or give out your personal medical information for the following purposes under limited circumstances:
For Government healthcare oversight activities (such as fraud and abuse investigations),
For research studies that meet all privacy law requirements (such as for medical research or education), and
To avoid a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.

By law, OPM must have your written permission (an "authorization") to use or give out your personal medical information for any purpose that is not set out in this notice. You may take back (" revoke") your written permission
at any time, except if OPM has already acted based on your permission.
By law, you have the right to:

See and get a copy of your personal medical information held by OPM.
Amend any of your personal medical information created by OPM if you believe that it is wrong or if information is missing, and OPM agrees. If OPM disagrees, you may have a statement of your disagreement

added to your personal medical information.
Get a listing of those getting your personal medical information from OPM in the past 6 years. The listing will not cover your personal medical information that was given to you or your personal representative, any 3.
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information that you authorized OPM to release, or that was given out for law enforcement purposes or to pay for your health care or a disputed claim.
Ask OPM to communicate with you in a different manner or at a different place (for example, by sending materials to a P. O. Box instead of your home address).
Ask OPM to limit how your personal medical information is used or given out. However, OPM may not be able to agree to your request if the information is used to conduct operations in the manner described above.
Get a separate paper copy of this notice.
For more information on exercising your rights set out in this notice, look at www. opm. gov/ insure on the web. You may also call 202/ 606-0191 and ask for OPM's FEHB Program privacy official for this purpose.

If you believe OPM has violated your privacy rights set out in this notice, you may file a complaint with OPM at the following address:
Privacy Complaints Office of Personnel Management
P. O. Box 707 Washington, DC 20004-0707

Filing a complaint will not affect your benefits under the FEHB Program. You also may file a complaint with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
By law, OPM is required to follow the terms in this privacy notice. OPM has the right to change the way your personal medical information is used and given out. If OPM makes any changes, you will get a new notice by mail
within 60 days of the change. The privacy practices listed in this notice will be effective April 14, 2003. 4.
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2003 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. 2 Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Plain Language ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Stop Health Care Fraud!.................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Section 1. Facts about this HMO plan ......................................................................................................................................... 7
How we pay providers ................................................................................................................................................. 7
Your Rights ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Service Area................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Section 2. How we change for 2003............................................................................................................................................. 9
Program-wide changes ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Changes to this Plan..................................................................................................................................................... 9
Section 3. How you get care ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
Identification cards..................................................................................................................................................... 10
Where you get covered care ..................................................................................................................................... 10
Plan providers ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
Plan facilities ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
What you must do to get covered care.................................................................................................................... 10
Primary care.......................................................................................................................................................... 11
Specialty care ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Hospital care ......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Circumstances beyond our control.......................................................................................................................... 12
Services requiring our prior approval...................................................................................................................... 12
Section 4. Your costs for covered services ............................................................................................................................... 14
Copayments.......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Deductible ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Coinsurance.......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Fees when you fail to make your copayment or coinsurance...................................................................... 14
Your catastrophic protection out-of-pocket maximum for copayments and coinsurance............................. 14
Section 5. Benefits ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Overview...................................................................................................................................................................... 15
(a) Medical services and supplies provided by physicians and other health care professionals ............. 16
(b) Surgical and anesthesia services provided by physicians and other health care professionals ......... 28
(c) Services provided by a hospital or other facility, and ambulance services .......................................... 32
(d) Emergency services/ accidents ...................................................................................................................... 36
(e) Mental health and substance abuse benefits .............................................................................................. 38
(f) Prescription drug benefits ............................................................................................................................. 41
(g) Special features ............................................................................................................................................... 45 5.
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Flexible benefits option...................................................................................................................................... 45
24 hour nurse line ................................................................................................................................................ 45
Services for deaf and hearing impaired............................................................................................................ 45
Centers of Excellence.......................................................................................................................................... 45
Travel benefit........................................................................................................................................................ 46
Services from other Kaiser Permanente plans................................................................................................ 47
(h) Dental benefits................................................................................................................................................. 48
(i) Non-FEHB benefits available to Plan members ........................................................................................ 57
Section 6. General exclusions things we don't cover........................................................................................................... 58
Section 7. Filing a claim for covered services .......................................................................................................................... 59
Medical, hospital, and drug benefits........................................................................................................................ 59
Deadline for filing your claim................................................................................................................................... 59
When we need more information............................................................................................................................. 59
Section 8. The disputed claims process..................................................................................................................................... 60
Section 9. Coordinating benefits with other coverage ............................................................................................................ 62
When you have other health coverage.................................................................................................................... 62
What is Medicare?................................................................................................................................................ 62
The Original Medicare Plan (Part A or Part B)................................................................................................ 62
Medicare managed care plan............................................................................................................................... 65
If you do enroll in Medicare Part B................................................................................................................... 66
If you do not enroll in Medicare Part A or Part B ........................................................................................... 66
TRICARE and CHAMPVA ...................................................................................................................................... 66
Workers' Compensation............................................................................................................................................ 67
Medicaid ....................................................................................................................................................................... 67
When other Government agencies are responsible for your care ....................................................................... 67
When others are responsible for injuries ................................................................................................................ 67
Section 10. Definitions of terms we use in this brochure ....................................................................................................... 68
Section 11. FEHB facts ................................................................................................................................................................ 70
No pre-existing condition limitation...................................................................................................................... 70
Where you can get information about enrolling in the FEHB Program.......................................................... 70
Types of coverage available for you and your family ........................................................................................ 70
Children's Equity Act............................................................................................................................................... 71
When benefits and premiums start......................................................................................................................... 71
When you retire ......................................................................................................................................................... 71
When you lose benefits ........................................................................................................................................... 71
When FEHB coverage ends............................................................................................................................... 71
Spouse equity coverage...................................................................................................................................... 72
Temporary continuation of coverage (TCC)................................................................................................... 72 6.
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Converting to individual coverage.................................................................................................................... 72
Getting a Certificate of Group Health Plan Coverage................................................................................... 72
Long term care insurance is still available!................................................................................................................................ 74
Index .................................................................................................................................................................................... 75
Summary of benefits ...................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Rates.. Back cover 7.
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2003 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. 5 Introduction/ Plain Language/ Advisory
Introduction
This brochure describes the benefits of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc., under our
contract (CS 1763) with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), as authorized by the Federal Employees Health Benefits law. The address for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. 's administrative office

is:
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. 2101 East Jefferson Street
Rockville, Maryland 20852
This brochure is the official statement of benefits. No oral statement can modify or otherwise affect the benefits,
limitations, and exclusions of this brochure. It is your responsibility to be informed about your health benefits.

If you are enrolled in this Plan, you are entitled to the benefits described in this brochure. If you are enrolled in self
and family coverage, each eligible family member is also entitled to these benefits. You do not have a right to benefits that were available before January 1, 2003, unless those benefits are also shown in this brochure.

OPM negotiates benefits and rates with each plan annually. Benefit changes are effective January 1, 2003, and changes are summarized on page 9. Rates are shown at the end of this brochure.

Plain Language
All FEHB brochures are written in plain language to make them responsive, accessible, and understandable to the public. For instance,
Except for necessary technical terms, we use common words. For instance, "you" means the enrollee or family
member; "we" or "Plan" means Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.

We limit acronyms to ones you know. FEHB is the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. OPM is the
Office of Personnel Management. If we use others, we tell you what they mean first.

Our brochure and other FEHB plans' brochures have the same format and similar descriptions to help you compare
plans.

If you have comments or suggestions about how to improve this brochure, let us know. Visit OPM's "Rate Us" feedback area at www. opm. gov/ insure or e-mail us at fehbwebcomments@ opm. gov. You may also write to OPM at
the Office of Personnel Management, Office of Insurance Planning and Evaluation, 1900 E Street NW, Washington,
DC 20415.

Stop Health Care Fraud!
Fraud increases the cost of health care for everyone and increases your Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program premium.
OPM's Office of the Inspector General investigates all allegations of fraud, waste and abuse in the FEHB Program regardless of the agency that employs you or from which you retired. 8.
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2003 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. 6 Introduction/ Plain Language/ Advisory
Protect Yourself From Fraud Here are some things you can do to prevent fraud:
Be wary of giving your plan identification (ID) number over the telephone or to people you do not know, except to your doctor, other provider, or authorized plan or OPM representative.

Let only the appropriate medical professionals review your medical record or recommend services.
Avoid using health care providers who say that an item or service is not usually covered, but they know how to bill us to get it paid.

Carefully review explanations of benefits (EOBs) that you receive from us.
Do not ask your doctor to make false entries on certificates, bills or records in order to get us to pay for an item or service.

If you suspect that a provider has charged you for services you did not receive, billed you twice for the same service, or misrepresented any information, do the following:
Call the provider and ask for an explanation. There may be an error.
If the provider does not resolve the matter, call us at 301/ 468-6000 inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area or at 800/ 777-7902 outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and explain the

situation. Our TTY telephone number is 301/ 879-6380.
If we do not resolve the issue:

CALL THE HEALTH CARE FRAUD HOTLINE
202/ 418-3300
OR WRITE TO:
The United States Office of Personnel Management Office of the Inspector General Fraud Hotline

1900 E Street, NW, Room 6400 Washington, DC 20415

Do not maintain as a family member on your policy:
your former spouse after a divorce decree or annulment is final (even if a court order stipulates otherwise); or

your child over age 22 (unless he/ she is disabled and incapable of self support).
If you have any questions about the eligibility of a dependent, check with your personnel office if you are employed or with OPM if you are retired.

You can be prosecuted for fraud and your agency may take action against you if you falsify a claim to obtain FEHB benefits or try to obtain services for someone who is not an eligible family member or who is no longer
enrolled in the Plan. 9.
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2003 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. 7 Section 1
Section 1. Facts about this HMO plan
This Plan is a health maintenance organization (HMO). We require you to see specific physicians, hospitals and other
providers that contract with us. These Plan providers coordinate your health care services. The Plan is solely responsible for the selection of these providers in your area. Contact the Plan for a copy of our most recent provider

directory.
HMOs emphasize preventive care such as routine office visits, physical exams, well-baby care and immunizations, in addition to treatment for illness and injury. Our providers follow generally accepted medical practice when
prescribing any course of treatment.
When you receive services from Plan providers, you will not have to submit claim forms or pay bills. You only pay
the copayments and coinsurance described in this brochure. When you receive emergency services or benefits from non-Plan providers (while you travel) you may have to submit claim forms.

You should join an HMO because you prefer the plan's benefits, not because a particular provider is available. You cannot change plans because a provider leaves our Plan. We cannot guarantee that any one physician,
hospital, or other provider will be available and/ or remain under contract with us.

How we pay providers
We pay the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, P. C., the Affiliated Primary Care Physician's Network (APCPN) located in Baltimore, Maryland, Affiliate Columbia Gateway (AFCG), APS Healthcare, Maryland Eye
Care, Dental Benefit Providers, and contracted community specialists and ancillary providers to provide your medical,
surgical, mental health, substance abuse, ophthalmology, optometry, and dental services. We contract with local community hospitals to provide hospitalization services. These Plan providers accept a negotiated payment from us.

Your Rights
OPM requires that all FEHB plans provide certain information to their FEHB members. You may get information about us, our networks, providers, and facilities. OPM's FEHB website (www. opm. gov/ insure) lists the specific types
of information that we must make available to you. Some of the required information is listed below.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (Kaiser Permanente), is a federally qualified
Health Maintenance Organization.
This Plan is part of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, a group of not-for-profit organizations and contracting medical groups that serve over 8 million members nationwide.

Kaiser Permanente is a Maryland non-profit corporation licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland.
Kaiser Permanente began delivering prepaid healthcare services to Washington, DC residents in December 1972.
Kaiser Permanente presently serves approximately 525,000 members in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan areas.

Kaiser Permanente credentials its Plan providers in accord with national standards.
If you want more information, call us at 301/ 468-6000 inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area or at 800/ 777-
7902 outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Our TTY telephone number is 301/ 879-6380. Write to us at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc., Attention: Member Services Department, 2101 E.

Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland, 20852 or by fax at 301/ 816-6192. You may visit our website at
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Service Area
To enroll in this Plan, you must live or work in our service area. This is where our providers practice. Our service
area is:

The District of Columbia
The following Virginia counties:
Arlington
Fairfax
Loudoun
Prince William

The following Virginia cities:
Alexandria
Falls Church
Fairfax
Manassas
Manassas Park

The following Maryland counties:
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Carroll
Harford
Howard
Montgomery
Prince Georges

Portions of the following Maryland counties, as indicated by the zip codes below, are also within the service area:
Calvert 20639, 20678, 20689, 20714, 20732, 20736, and 20754 zip codes only
Charles 20601, 20602, 20603, 20604, 20612, 20616, 20617, 20637, 20640, 20643, 20646, 20658, 20675,
20677, and 20695 zip codes only
Frederick 21701, 21702, 21703, 21704, 21705, 21709, 21710, 21714, 21716, 21717, 21718, 21754, 21755, 21758, 21759, 21762, 21769, 21770, 21771, 21774, 21775, 21777, 21790, 21792, and 21793 zip

codes only
Baltimore City, MD
Ordinarily, you must receive your care from physicians, hospitals, and other providers who contract with us. However, we are part of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, and if you are visiting another Kaiser
Permanente service area, you can receive virtually all of the benefits of this Plan at any other Kaiser Permanente facility, including our mail order prescription program. You must pay the charges or copayments imposed by the
Kaiser Permanente Plan you are visiting, with the exception of mail order prescriptions which are administered by
your home Plan. See Section 5( g), Special Features, for more details. We also pay for certain follow-up services or continuing care services while you are traveling outside the service area, as described on page 46; and for emergency

care obtained from any non-Plan provider, as described on page 36. We will not pay for any other health care
services.

If you or a covered family member move outside of our service area, you can enroll in another plan. If your
dependents live out of the area (for example, if your child goes to college in another state), you should consider enrolling in a fee-for-service plan or an HMO that has agreements with affiliates in other areas. If you or a family

member move, you do not have to wait until Open Season to change plans. Contact your employing or retirement
office. 11.
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Section 2. How we change for 2003
Do not rely on these change descriptions; this page is not an official statement of benefits. For that, go to Section 5
Benefits. Also, we edited and clarified language throughout the brochure; any language change not shown here is a clarification that does not change benefits.

Program-wide changes
A Notice of the Office of Personnel Management's Privacy Practices is included.
A section on the Children's Equity Act describes when an employee is required to maintain Self and Family coverage.

Program information on TRICARE and CHAMPVA explains how annuitants or former spouses may suspend their FEHB Program enrollment.
Program information on Medicare is revised.
By law, the DoD/ FEHB Demonstration project ends on December 31, 2002.

Changes to this Plan
Your share of the non-Postal premium will increase by 15.1% for Self Only or 10.9% for Self and Family.
We increased the office visit copayment for specialty care visits from $10 to $20. Primary care visits, (i. e., family
practice, gynecology, obstetrics, internal medicine, and pediatrics) will remain at a $10 copayment. Specialty care services include all other services.

We cover travel consultations, immunizations, and vaccines.
We decreased the number of visits for outpatient physical therapy to 30 visits or 60 days of coverage (whichever is greater).

Eye refractions for eyeglasses are no longer limited to one per year.
We added coverage for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) equipment for 20% of our allowance for the first three months and 50% of our allowance for every 30 days thereafter.

We cover the procurement and storage of medically necessary cord blood for a known recipient.
We increased the copayment for outpatient surgery from $10 to $50.
We limit the supply of injectable drugs that are self-administered to a 30-day supply.
We added the option to obtain covered medications and supplies at participating network pharmacies at $20 per prescription or refill for generic drugs or $40 per prescription or refill for brand-name drugs.

We changed the copayment for disposable needles and syringes and glucose test strips to 20% of our allowance. 12.
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Section 3. How you get care
Identification cards We will send you an identification (ID) card when you enroll. You should carry your ID card with you at all times. You must show it
whenever you receive services from a Plan provider, or fill a
prescription at a Plan pharmacy. Until you receive your ID card, use your copy of the health benefits election form, SF-2809, your health

benefits enrollment confirmation (for annuitants), your Employee
Express confirmation letter, or write to us at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc., ATTN: Member Services

Correspondence, 2101 E. Jefferson St., Rockville, MD 20852.
Members may submit inquiries, requests and complaints through our website http:// www. kp. org/ locations/ midatlantic/ index. html. A

Member Services representative will work with you to answer questions
and resolve issues, including ID card issues.

If you do not receive your ID card within 30 days after we have
received your enrollment from your payroll office, or if you need replacement cards, call us at 301/ 468-6000 inside the Washington, DC

metropolitan area or at 800/ 777-7902 outside the Washington, DC
metropolitan area. Our TTY telephone number is 301/ 879-6380.

Where you get covered care You get care from "Plan providers" and "Plan facilities." You will only pay copayments or coinsurance, and you will not have to file claims,
except for emergency, urgent care services outside our service area, and for covered services while you travel.

Plan providers Our Plan providers are physicians and other health care professionals in our service area that we contract with to provide covered services to our
members. We contract with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, P. C., to provide or arrange for primary care services and
specialty care services for our members.
Our Provider Directory lists the Plan providers, with locations and phone numbers. Directories are updated annually and are available at
the time of enrollment. However, our online Provider Directory is updated biweekly. Our website address is
http:// www. kaiserpermanente. org.

Plan facilities Plan facilities are hospitals and other facilities in our service area that we contract with to provide covered services to our members.

If you are visiting another Kaiser Permanente service area, you may receive health care services at those Kaiser Permanente facilities.
Under the circumstances specified in this brochure you may receive follow-up or continuing care while you travel anywhere.

Our Provider Directory lists the Plan facilities. Directories are updated annually and are available at the time of enrollment. However, our
online Provider Directory is updated biweekly. Our website address is
http:// www. kaiserpermanente. org.

What you must do to get covered care It depends on the type of care you need. First, you and each family member must choose a primary care physician. This decision is
important since your primary care physician provides or arranges for most of your health care. 13.
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To choose a primary care physician you can either select one from our Provider Directory, on our website is http:// www. kaiserpermanente. org
or you can call us at 301/ 468-6000 inside the Washington, DC
metropolitan area or at 800/ 777-7902 outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Our TTY telephone number is 301/ 879-6380. We

are happy to assist you in selecting a primary care physician.

Primary care We require you to choose a primary care physician when you enroll. Your primary care physician can be an internal medicine physician, an
obstetrician/ gynecologist, a pediatrician, or a family practice physician. Your primary care physician will provide most of your health care, or
give you a referral to see a specialist.
If you want to change primary care physicians or if your primary care physician leaves the Plan, call us. We will help you select a new one.

Specialty care Your primary care physician will refer you to a specialist for needed care. When you receive a referral from your primary care physician,
you must return to the primary care physician after the consultation, unless your primary care physician authorized a certain number of visits
without additional referrals. The primary care physician must provide
or authorize all follow-up care. Do not go to the specialist for return visits unless your primary care physician gives you a referral. You may

see an optometrist or our mental health and substance abuse Plan
providers without a referral. Members may obtain mental health and substance abuse services without a primary care referral by directly

calling KPMAS' Behavioral Health Access Unit at 866/ 530-8778 to arrange for services.

Here are other things you should know about specialty care:
If you need to see a specialist frequently because of a chronic, complex, or serious medical condition, your primary care physician
will work with the specialist, in consultation with you, to develop a
treatment plan that allows you to see your specialist for a certain number of visits without additional referrals. Your primary care

physician will use our criteria when creating your treatment plan.

If you are seeing a specialist when you enroll in our Plan, talk to your primary care physician. Your primary care physician will
decide what treatment you need. If he or she decides to refer you to a specialist, ask if you can see your current specialist. If your
current specialist does not participate with us, you must receive
treatment from a specialist who does. Generally, we will not pay for you to see a specialist who does not participate with our Plan.

If you are seeing a specialist and your specialist leaves the Plan, call your primary care physician, who will arrange for you to see
another specialist. You may receive services from your current
specialist until we can make arrangements for you to see someone else.

If you have a chronic or disabling condition and lose access to your specialist because we:
terminate our contract with your specialist for other than cause; or
drop out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)
Program and you enroll in another FEHB plan; or 14.
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reduce our service area and you enroll in another FEHB plan,
you may be able to continue seeing your specialist for up to 90 days
after you receive notice of the change. Contact us or, if we drop out of the Program, contact your new plan.

If you are in the second or third trimester of pregnancy, you can continue to see your specialist until the end of your postpartum care,
even if it is beyond the 90 days.

Hospital care Your Plan primary care physician or specialist will make necessary hospital arrangements and supervise your care. This includes admission
to a skilled nursing or other type of facility.
If you are in the hospital when your enrollment in our Plan begins, call
our Member Services department immediately at 301/ 468-6000 inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area or at 800/ 777-7902 outside the

Washington, DC metropolitan area. Our TTY telephone number is
301/ 879-6380.

If you are new to the FEHB Program, we will arrange for you to receive
care. If you changed from another FEHB plan to us, your former plan will pay for the hospital stay until:

You are discharged, not merely moved to an alternative care center;
or
The day your benefits from your former plan run out; or
The 92 nd day after you become a member of this Plan,

whichever happens first.
These provisions apply only to the benefits of the hospitalized person.
Circumstances beyond our control Under certain extraordinary circumstances, such as natural disasters, we may have to delay your services or we may be unable to provide them.
In that case, we will make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the necessary care.

Services requiring our prior approval Your primary care physician has authority to refer you for most services. For certain services, however, your physician must obtain
approval from us. Before giving approval, we consider if the service is covered, medically necessary, and follows generally accepted medical

practice.
We call this review and approval process precertification. Your physician must obtain precertification for the following services:

Acupuncture
All inpatient services, except maternity
Adenoids or tonsil removal
Breast surgery not associated with cancer
Carpal tunnel surgery
Chiropractic services
Clinical trials
Durable medical equipment
Gastric bypass surgery
Home health care
Hospice care 15.
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Hysterectomy
Infertility treatment
Infusion therapy
Injectable medications
MRI
Nasal surgery
Occupational therapy
Oral surgery
Organ transplants
Pain clinics
Physical therapy
Pulmonary therapy
Prosthetics
Reconstructive surgery
Sclerotherapy for varicose veins
Speech therapy
Spinal surgery not associated with cancer
Sleep studies
Surgical procedures
Temporomandibular Joint surgery
Tubes in the ears

Requests for these services are made to your primary care physician just like any other referral. Your primary care physician submits the
request, with supporting documentation. It takes an average of 2 working days to process the request. You should call your primary care
physician's office if you have not been notified of the outcome of the
review within 5 working days. If your request is not approved, you have a right to appeal by calling inside the Washington, DC

Metropolitan area at 301/ 468-6000 or toll free at 800/ 777-7902. Our
TTY is 301/ 879-6380. After business hours, for urgent situations, you may call Appointments/ Advice to request an appeal at 703/ 359-7878,

800/ 777-7904, TTY is 301/ 879-7616 or 800/ 700-4901. If you wish
additional services, you must make the request to your primary care physician.

Emergency services do not require precertification. However, you or your family member must notify the Plan within 48 hours, or as soon as
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Section 4. Your costs for covered services
You must share the cost of some services. You are responsible for:
Copayments A copayment is a fixed amount of money you pay to the provider, facility,
pharmacy, etc., when you receive services. Example: When you see your primary care physician, you pay a copayment of $10 per office visit.

Deductible We do not have a deductible.
Coinsurance Coinsurance is the percentage of our allowance that you must pay for certain services you receive. Example: In our Plan, you pay 50% of our
allowance for infertility services, ovulation stimulants, weight management
drugs, smoking cessation drugs, and oxygen and equipment for home use after the first three months.

Fees when you fail to If you do not pay your copayment or coinsurance at the time you receive make your copayment services, we will bill you. You will be required to pay a $10 charge for
or coinsurance each bill sent for unpaid services.

Your catastrophic protection After your copayments and coinsurance total $1,500 per person or $3,000 out-of-pocket maximum for per family enrollment in any calendar year, you do not have to pay any
copayments and coinsurance more for covered services. However, copayments for the following services do not count toward your catastrophic protection out-of-pocket
maximum, and you must continue to pay copayments and coinsurance for these services:

Prescription drugs
Chiropractic and acupuncture services
Dental services
Follow-up and continuing care outside the service area
Infertility services
Any non-FEHB benefits

Be sure to keep accurate records of your copayments and coinsurance since you are responsible for informing us when you reach the maximum. 17.
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Section 5. Benefits OVERVIEW
(See page 9 for how our benefits changed this year and page 76 for a benefits summary.)

NOTE: This benefits section is divided into subsections. Please read the important things you should keep in mind at the beginning of each subsection. Also read the General Exclusions in Section 6; they apply to the benefits in the
following subsections. To obtain claim forms, claim filing advice, or more information about our benefits, contact us at
301/ 468-6000 inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area or at 800/ 777-7902 outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Our TTY telephone number is 301/ 879-6380. You can also visit our website at

www. kaiserpermanente. org.
(a) Medical services and supplies provided by physicians and other health care professionals ............................... 16-27

Diagnostic and treatment services
Lab, X-ray, and other diagnostic tests
Preventive care, adult
Preventive care, children
Maternity care
Family planning
Infertility services
Allergy care
Treatment therapies
Physical and occupational therapies
Speech therapy

Hearing services (testing, treatment, and
supplies)
Vision services (testing, treatment, and supplies)

Foot care
Orthopedic and prosthetic devices
Durable medical equipment (DME)
Home health services
Chiropractic
Alternative treatments
Educational classes and programs

(b) Surgical and anesthesia services provided by physicians and other health care professionals ........................... 28-31

Surgical procedures
Reconstructive surgery
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Organ/ tissue transplants
Anesthesia

(c) Services provided by a hospital or other facility, and ambulance services ............................................................ 32-35
Inpatient hospital
Outpatient hospital or ambulatory surgical center
Extended care benefits/ skilled nursing care facility benefits

Hospice care
Ambulance (d) Emergency services/ accidents ..................................................................................................... 36-37

Emergency within our service area
Emergency outside our service area
Ambulance

(e) Mental health and substance abuse benefits ................................................................................................................ 38-40
(f) Prescription drug benefits ............................................................................................................................................... 41-44
(g) Special features ................................................................................................................................................................. 45-47

Flexible benefits option
24 hour nurse line
Services for the deaf and hearing impaired

Centers of Excellence
Travel benefit
Services from other Kaiser Permanente Plans

(h) Dental benefits .................................................................................................................................................................. 48-56

(i) Non-FEHB benefits available to Plan members................................................................................................................ 57

Summary of benefits ...................................................................................................................................................................... 76 18.
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Section 5 (a). Medical services and supplies provided by physicians and other health care professionals
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Here are some important things to keep in mind about these benefits:
Please remember that all benefits are subject to the definitions, limitations, and exclusions in this brochure and we cover them only when we determine they are medically necessary.

Plan physicians must provide or arrange your care.
Be sure to read Section 4, Your costs for covered services, for valuable information about how cost sharing works. Also read Section 9 about coordinating benefits with other

coverage, including with Medicare. Different copayments apply for primary care visits
and specialty care visits. Please refer to Section 10, Definitions, to learn more about when your primary and specialty care copayments will apply.

We have no calendar year deductible.

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Diagnostic and treatment services
Professional services of physicians and other health care professionals
In a physician's office
In an urgent care center
Second surgical opinion

$10 per visit to your primary care
provider (except nothing for children from infancy through age 4)

$20 per visit to a specialist

During a hospital stay
In a skilled nursing facility
Note: See Section 5 (c) for facility charges.

Nothing

At home (in the service area) Nothing
Lab, X-ray, and other diagnostic tests
Tests, such as:
Blood tests
Urinalysis
Non-routine pap smears
Pathology
X-rays
Non-routine mammograms
CAT scans/ MRI
Ultrasound
Electrocardiogram and EEG

Nothing 19.
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Preventive care, adult You Pay
Routine screenings, such as:
Total blood cholesterol
Colorectal cancer screening, including
Fecal occult blood test
Sigmoidoscopy -every five years starting at age 50

$10 per visit to your primary care provider
$20 per visit to a specialist

Bone mass measurement for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
osteoporosis

Routine Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test-one annually for men age 40 and older

Chlamydia screenings women under age 20 who are sexually active and women over age 20 with multiple risk factors
Routine pap smear
Travel Consultations
Note: You should consult with your physician to determine what is appropriate for you.

Routine immunizations, limited to:
Tetanus-diphtheria (Td) booster -once every 10 years, ages 19 and over (except as provided for under Childhood immunizations)

Influenza/ Pneumococcal vaccines, annually, age 65 and over
Travel immunizations and vaccines
Note: You pay only one copayment if you receive your routine screening or immunization on the same day as your office visit.

Routine mammogram Covered for women age 35 and older, as follows:
From age 35 to 39, one during this five-year period
From age 40 to 64, one every calendar year
At age 65 and older, one every two consecutive calendar years

Nothing

Not covered:
Physical exams required for:
Obtaining or continuing employment
Participating in employee programs
Insurance or licensing
Court ordered for parole or probation
Attending schools

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Preventive care, children You Pay
Childhood immunizations recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics

Examinations, such as:
Eye exams to determine the need for vision correction
Ear exams to determine the need for hearing correction

Travel Consultations
Travel immunizations and vaccines

Nothing for primary care office visits for infancy through age 4
$10 per visit to your primary care provider from age 5 up to age 22

Not covered:
Physical exams required for:
Obtaining or continuing employment
Participating in employee programs
Insurance or licensing
Court ordered for parole or probation
Attending schools

All charges

Maternity care
Complete maternity (obstetrical) care, such as:
Prenatal care
Delivery
Postnatal care
Note: Here are some things to keep in mind:
You do not need to precertify your normal delivery.
You may remain in the hospital up to 48 hours after a regular delivery and 96 hours after a cesarean delivery. Your inpatient stay

will be extended if medically necessary.
We cover routine nursery care of the newborn child during the covered portion of the mother's maternity stay. We cover other care

of an infant who requires non-routine treatment only if the infant is covered under a Self and Family enrollment.

We pay hospitalization and surgeon services (delivery) the same as for illness and injury. See Hospital benefits (Section 5c) and
Surgery benefits (Section 5b).

$10 for the first office visit to confirm pregnancy
Nothing once pregnancy is
confirmed through the post-partum office visit

Not covered:
Routine sonograms to determine fetal age, size, or sex
All charges 21.
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Family planning You Pay
Family planning services, including counseling
Voluntary sterilization (See Surgical procedures Section 5 (b))
Information on birth control
Genetic counseling
Note: We cover surgically implanted time-release contraceptive drugs, injectable contraceptive drugs, intrauterine devices (IUDs), and

diaphragms under the prescription drug benefit.

$10 per visit to your primary care provider
$20 per visit to a specialist

Not covered:
Reversal of voluntary surgical sterilization
All charges

Infertility services
Diagnosis and treatment of involuntary infertility
Artificial insemination
intravaginal insemination (IVI)
intra-cervical insemination (ICI)
intrauterine insemination (IUI)

Fertility Drugs
Note: We cover injectable fertility drugs under the prescription drug benefit.

50% of our allowance

In vitro fertilization, (limited to three (3) attempts per live birth) if:
your oocytes are fertilized with your spouse's sperm;
you and your spouse have a history of infertility of at least 2 years duration; or

the infertility is associated with endometriosis, exposure in utero to diethylstilbestrol, commonly known as DES, blockage
of, or surgical removal of, one or both fallopian tubes (lateral or bilateral salpingectomy, or abnormal male factors, including
oligospermia, contributing to the infertility;
you have been unable to become pregnant through a less costly
infertility treatment for which coverage is available under the Plan

50% of our allowance; Plan pays up to $100,000 in a Member's lifetime

Infertility services continued on next page 22.
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Infertility services (continued) You Pay
Not covered:
These exclusions apply to fertile as well as infertile individuals or couples:

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures, such as:
gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT)
Donor semen and donor eggs, including retrieval of eggs
Storage and freezing of eggs
Note: Infertility services are not available when either member of the family has been voluntarily surgically sterilized.

All charges

Allergy care
Testing and treatment
Allergy injection
Note: Allergy serum is covered in full as a part of the office visit copayment.

$10 per visit to your primary care
provider

$20 per visit to a specialist

Not covered:
Provocative food testing
Sublingual allergy desensitization

All charges

Treatment therapies
Respiratory and inhalation therapy
Intravenous/ Infusion Therapy
Note: We cover growth hormone therapy (GHT) under the prescription drug benefit.

Qualified medical clinical trials that provide treatment for life-threatening conditions or for preventive, early detection, or treatment
studies of cancer for Phases I, II, III and IV
Dialysis Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy

Note: We limit high dose chemotherapy in association with autologous
bone marrow transplants to those transplants listed under Organ/ tissue transplants.

$10 per visit to your primary care provider
$20 per visit to a specialist

Treatment therapies continued on next page 23.
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Treatment therapies (continued) You Pay
Not covered:
Long term rehabilitative therapy
Cognitive therapy
Chemotherapy supported by a bone marrow transplant or with stem cell support, for any diagnosis not listed as covered

Sleep therapy
Thermography and related services

All charges

Physical and occupational therapies
Inpatient Services up to 2 consecutive months of therapy per condition:

Physical therapy by a qualified Plan therapist in consultation with a Plan physician to restore bodily function when you have a total or
partial loss of bodily function due to illness or injury
Occupational therapy by a Plan therapist in consultation with a Plan physician to assist you in achieving and maintaining self-care and

improved functioning in other activities of daily life
We provide inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation in a prescribed,
organized program in a plan facility or skilled nursing facility for up to two consecutive months for all covered rehabilitation services and

supplies you may receive at different sites for the same condition
Note: This $100 charge is waived if you have been admitted directly
from a hospital inpatient stay.

$100 per admission

Outpatient physical and occupational therapy
We cover up to 30 office visits or 60 days (whichever is greater) per condition of out-patient physical therapy services

We cover up to 90 days per condition of out-patient occupational therapy services
Habilitative services for children from birth to age 19 for the treatment of congenital and generic birth defects
We cover services to help a child function age-appropriately within
his or her environment and enhance his or her functional ability without an effective cure

$10 per visit to your primary care provider
$20 per visit to a specialist

Not covered:
Long-term rehabilitative therapy
Exercise programs
Cognitive rehabilitation programs
Vocational rehabilitation programs
Therapies done primarily for education purposes, except as may otherwise be covered above

Cardiac rehabilitation

All charges 24.
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Speech therapy You pay
Inpatient Services up to 2 consecutive months of therapy per condition:

Speech therapy by a Plan therapist in consultation with a Plan physician when medically necessary
Note: This $100 charge is waived if you have been admitted directly from a hospital inpatient stay.

$100 per admission

Outpatient Services up to 90 days per condition per year of outpatient
speech therapy

Habilitative services for children from birth to age 19 for the treatment of congenital and generic birth defects

We cover services to help a child function age-appropriately within his or her environment and enhance his or her functional ability
without an effective cure

$10 per visit to your primary care provider
$20 per visit to a specialist

Not covered:
Speech therapy that is not medically necessary such as:
Therapy for educational placement or other educational purposes
Training or therapy to improve articulation in the absence of injury, illness, or medical condition affecting articulation

Therapy for tongue thrust in the absence of swallowing problems
Voice therapy for occupation or performing arts

All charges

Hearing services (testing, treatment, and supplies)
Hearing tests to determine the need for hearing correction $10 per visit to your primary care provider

$20 per visit to a specialist
Hearing aids for children under age 18 All charges in excess of $1400 for each hearing impaired ear every 36
months

Not covered:
Hearing aids, tests to determine their effectiveness, and examinations for them for all persons age 18 and over

All other hearing testing

All charges

Vision services (testing, treatment, and supplies)
Eye exam to determine the need for vision correction
Eye refractions
Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye

$10 per visit to your primary care
provider

$20 per visit to a specialist

Vision services (testing, treatment, and supplies) continued on next page 25.
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Vision services (testing, treatment, and supplies) (continued) You Pay
Eyeglass frames purchased at Plan Optical Shops
Eyeglass lenses purchased at Plan Optical Shops
75% of our allowance

Initial fitting for contact lenses at a Plan facility
Insertion and removal of contact lens training
Three months of follow-up office visits
Note: These services are provided only in conjunction with obtaining
your first set of contact lenses at a Plan Optical Shop.

85% of our allowance

Not covered:
Eye exercises and orthoptics
Radial keratotomy and other refractive surgery
Eye surgery solely for the purpose of correcting refractive defects of the eye, such as near-sightedness (myopia), far-sightedness

(hyperopia), and astigmatism
Cosmetic contact lenses
Cost of eyewear not purchased at Plan facilities
Sunglasses without corrective lenses

All charges

Foot care
Routine foot care when you are under active treatment for a
metabolic or peripheral vascular disease

Note: See orthopedic and prosthetic devices for information on podiatric shoe inserts.

$10 per visit to your primary care
provider

$20 per visit to a specialist

Not covered:
Cutting, trimming, or removal of corns, calluses, or the free edge of
toenails, and similar routine treatment for conditions of the foot, except as stated above

Treatment of weak, strained, or flat feet or bunions or spurs; and of any instability, imbalance, or subluxation of the foot (unless the
treatment is by open cutting surgery)

All charges

Orthopedic and prosthetic devices
Externally worn breast prostheses and surgical bras including necessary replacements following a mastectomy

Internal prosthetic devices, such as artificial joints, pacemakers, cochlear implants, and surgically implanted breast implants
following mastectomy. Note: See Section 5( b) for coverage of the
surgery to insert the device.

20% of our allowance

Orthopedic and prosthetic devices continued on next page 26.
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Orthopedic and prosthetic devices (continued) You Pay
One hair prosthesis if your hair loss results from chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer All charges in excess of $350

Not covered:
Comfort, convenience, or luxury equipment or features
External prosthetics and orthotics, such as braces, foot orthotics, artificial limbs, and lenses following cataract removal

Devices, equipment, supplies, and prosthetics related to sexual dysfunction
Orthopedic and corrective shoes
Arch supports
Foot orthotics
Heel pads and heel cups
Lumbosacral supports
Corsets, trusses, elastic stockings, support hose and other supportive devices

All charges

Durable medical equipment (DME)
We cover prescribed DME for home use for up to three months from the date of discharge following:

An authorized hospital admission
An authorized skilled nursing facility admission
An authorized rehabilitation facility admission
An authorized outpatient surgical procedure
Covered items include:
Hospital beds
Wheelchairs
Canes
Walkers
Portable commodes
Crutches
Insulin pumps and supplies

Bilirubin lights and apnea monitors for infants up to age 3 for a period not to exceed 6 months

20% of our allowance

Durable medical equipment (DME) continued on next page 27.
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Durable medical equipment (DME) (continued) You Pay
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) equipment
Oxygen and equipment for home use
Note: Your Plan physician must recertify your medical need for oxygen and equipment every 30 days.

20% of our allowance for the first three months; 50% of our allowance
for every 30 days thereafter

Asthmatic equipment (spacers, peak-flow meters, and nebulizers) for adults and children, when purchased at a Plan pharmacy.
Note: We decide whether to rent or purchase the equipment, and we
select the vendor. We will repair the equipment without charge, unless the repair is due to loss or misuse. You must return the equipment to us

or pay us the fair market price of the equipment when it is no longer
prescribed.

Spacers: $5 per spacer
Peak-Flow Meters: $10 per meter
Nebulizers: $30 per nebulizer

Not covered:
Oxygen tents
Motorized wheelchairs
Comfort, convenience, or luxury equipment or features
Exercise or hygiene equipment
Non-medical items such as sauna baths or elevators
Modifications to your home or car
Devices for testing blood or other body substances (glucose test strips are covered under your prescription drug benefits)

Electronic monitors of bodily functions, except apnea monitors and blood glucose monitors
Disposable supplies
Replacement of lost equipment
Repairs, adjustments, or replacements necessitated by misuse
More than one piece of durable medical equipment serving
essentially the same function, except for replacements other than those necessitated by misuse or loss

Devices, equipment, supplies, and prosthetics for the treatment of sexual dysfunction disorders
External and internally implanted hearing aids for all persons age 18 and over
Experimental or research equipment
Dental appliances

All charges 28.
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Home health services You Pay
If you are homebound and reside in the service area, we cover home health care ordered by a Plan physician and provided by a registered
nurse, licensed practical nurse, licensed vocational nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech and language pathologist, or
home health aide
Services include oxygen therapy, intravenous therapy, and medications

Note: Your Plan physician will periodically review the home health program for continuing appropriateness and medical need.

Nothing

Not covered:
Nursing care requested by, or for the convenience of, the patient or the patient's family

Custodial care
Homemaker services
Services outside the service area
Home care primarily for personal assistance that does not include a
medical component and is not diagnostic, therapeutic, or rehabilitative

General maintenance care of colostomy, ileostomy, and ureterostomy
Medical supplies or dressings applied by you or a family caregiver
Care that a Plan physician determines may be provided in a Plan
facility or skilled nursing facility if we provide or offer to provide that care in one of those facilities

Transportation and delivery service costs of durable medical equipment, medications, drugs, medical supplies, and supplements to
the home
Personal care items

All charges

Chiropractic
Chiropractic services, including spinal manipulation of the neck and back, up to 20 visits per calendar year, for the following services:

Evaluation and management
Routine chiropractic x-rays provided in the chiropractor's office
Chiropractic adjustments
Adjunctive therapies (e. g., hot and cold packs)
Educational materials
Note: You receive these services when your Plan physician, in consultation
with the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Department, determines that such care will result in improvement in your condition.

$15 per office visit

Chiropractic continued on next page 29.
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Chiropractic (continued) You Pay
Not covered:
Structural supports
Nutritional supplements

All charges

Alternative treatments
Acupuncture services up to 20 visits per calendar year, for the following services:

Evaluation and management
Note: You receive these services when your Plan physician, in
consultation with the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Department, determines that such care will result in improvement in

your condition.

$15 per office visit

Not covered:
Herbal and nutritional supplements
All charges

Educational classes and programs
Health education for conditions such as diabetes, post-coronary, and nutritional counseling $10 per visit to your primary care provider

$20 per visit to a specialist
General health education classes such as Lamaze, weight control, smoking cessation, and stress management. Nominal fees ranging from $10 to $50 per class

Not covered:
Educational classes and programs not offered through this Plan
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Section 5 (b). Surgical and anesthesia services provided by physicians and other health care professionals
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Here are some important things to keep in mind about these benefits:
Please remember that all benefits are subject to the definitions, limitations, and exclusions in this brochure and are payable only when we determine they are medically

necessary.
Plan physicians must provide or arrange your care.
Be sure to read Section 4, Your costs for covered services, for valuable information about how cost sharing works. Also read Section 9 about coordinating benefits with

other coverage, including with Medicare.
We have no calendar year deductible.
The amounts listed below are for the charges billed by a physician or other health care
professional for your surgical care. Look in Section 5( c) for charges associated with the facility (i. e. hospital, surgical center, etc.).

YOUR PHYSICIAN MUST GET PRECERTIFICATION OF SOME SURGICAL
PROCEDURES. Please refer to the precertification information shown in Section 3 to be sure which services require precertification and identify which surgeries require

precertification.

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Benefit Description You Pay
Surgical procedures
A comprehensive range of services, such as:
Operative procedures
Treatment of fractures, including casting
Normal pre-and post-operative care by the surgeon
Pre-surgical testing
Correction of amblyopia and strabismus
Endoscopy procedures
Biopsy procedures
Removal of tumors and cysts
Correction of congenital anomalies (see reconstructive surgery)
Surgical treatment of morbid obesity --a condition in which an
individual weighs 100 pounds or 100% over his or her normal weight according to current underwriting standards; eligible members must be

age 18 or over
Insertion of internal prosthetic devices. See Section 5( a) Orthopedic
and prosthetic devices for device coverage information.

Voluntary sterilization (e. g., Tubal ligation, Vasectomy)
Treatment of burns
Insertion of surgically implanted time-release contraceptive drugs and intrauterine devices (IUDs). Note: We cover the cost of these devices

under the prescription drug benefit (see Section 5( f))
Insertion of other implanted time-release drugs. Note: We cover the cost of these devices under the prescription drug benefit (see Section
5( f)).

$20 per visit to a specialist,
$50 per outpatient surgery, or
$100 per inpatient admission

Surgical procedures continued on next page 31.
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Surgical procedures (continued) You Pay
Not covered:
Reversal of voluntary sterilization
Routine foot care; see Foot care

All charges

Reconstructive surgery
Surgery to correct a functional defect
Surgery to correct a condition caused by injury or illness if:
it produced a major effect on the member's appearance; and
the condition can reasonably be expected to be corrected by such surgery.

Surgery to correct a condition that existed at or from birth and is a significant deviation from the common form or norm. Examples of
congenital anomalies are protruding ear deformities, cleft lip, cleft palate, birth marks, web fingers, and toes.

All stages of breast reconstruction surgery following a mastectomy, such as:
surgery to produce a symmetrical appearance on the other breast;
treatment of any physical complications, such as lymphedemas; and
breast prostheses and surgical bras and replacements (see Prosthetic devices).
Note: If you need a mastectomy, you may choose to have the procedure
performed on an inpatient basis and remain in the hospital up to 48 hours after the procedure.

$20 per visit to a specialist,
$50 per outpatient surgery, or
$100 per inpatient admission

Not covered:
Cosmetic surgery any surgical procedure (or any portion of a
procedure) performed primarily to improve physical appearance and/ or treat a mental condition through change in bodily form

Surgeries related to sex transformation

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Oral and maxillofacial surgery You Pay
Oral surgical procedures, limited to:
Reduction of fractures of the jaws or facial bones
Surgical correction of cleft lip, cleft palate, or severe functional malocclusion

Removal of stones from salivary ducts
Excision of leukoplakia or malignancies
Excision of cysts and incision of abscesses when done as independent procedures

Other surgical procedures that do not involve the teeth or their supporting structures

$20 per visit to a specialist,
$50 per outpatient surgery, or

$100 per inpatient admission

Not covered:
Oral implants and transplants
Procedures that involve the teeth or their supporting structures
(such as the periodontal membrane, gingiva, and alveolar bone) except as covered under the accidental dental benefit.

Shortening of the mandible or maxillae for cosmetic purposes and correction of malocclusion.

All charges

Organ/ tissue transplants
Limited to:
Cornea
Heart
Heart/ Lung
Kidney
Kidney/ Pancreas
Liver
Lung: Single -Double
Pancreas
Allogeneic (donor) bone marrow transplants
Autologous bone marrow transplants (autologous stem cell and
peripheral stem cell support) for the following conditions: acute lymphocytic or non-lymphocytic leukemia, advanced Hodgkin's

lymphoma, advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, advanced
neuroblastoma, testicular, mediastinal, retroperitoneal and ovarian germ cell tumors, breast cancer, multiple myeloma and epithelial

ovarian cancer

$20 per visit to a specialist,
$50 per outpatient surgery, or
$100 per inpatient admission

Organ/ tissue transplants continued on next page 33.
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Organ/ tissue transplants (continued) You Pay
Intestinal transplants (small intestine) and the small intestine with the liver or small intestine with multiple organs such as the liver,
stomach, and pancreas
After referral to a transplant facility, the following apply: unless otherwise
authorized by your physician, transplants are covered only at institutions that we designate as "Centers of Excellence" for that specific transplant. If

your physician or the transplant facility determines that you do not satisfy
the criteria for receiving the transplant, we will pay only for the covered services and supplies you receive before you are notified of that

determination.
Limited Benefits: Treatment for breast cancer, multiple myeloma, and
epithelial ovarian cancer may be provided in an NCI-or NIH-approved clinical trial at a Plan-designated center of excellence and if approved by the Plan's

medical director in accordance with the Plan's protocols.
Note: We cover related medical and hospital expenses for a living donor
when those expenses are directly related to your covered transplant.

Not covered:
Donor screening tests and donor search expenses, except screening blood tests and advanced testing performed for the actual donor

Implants of non-human or artificial organs
Transplants not listed as covered

All charges

Anesthesia
Professional services provided in:
Hospital (inpatient)
Hospital outpatient department
Ambulatory surgical center
Office

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Section 5 (c). Services provided by a hospital or other facility, and ambulance services
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Here are some important things to remember about these benefits:
Please remember that all benefits are subject to the definitions, limitations, and
exclusions in this brochure and are payable only when we determine they are medically necessary.

Plan physicians must provide or arrange your care and you must be hospitalized
in a Plan facility.

Be sure to read Section 4, Your costs for covered services, for valuable information about how cost sharing works. Also read Section 9 about

coordinating benefits with other coverage, including with Medicare.
The amounts listed below are for the charges billed by the facility (i. e., hospital or surgical center) or ambulance service for your surgery or care. Any costs

associated with the professional charge (i. e., physicians, etc.) are covered in Sections 5( a) or (b).

YOUR PHYSICIAN MUST GET PRECERTIFICATION OF HOSPITAL
STAYS (except for Maternity stays). Please refer to Section 3 to be sure which services require precertification.

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Benefit Description You Pay
Inpatient hospital
Room and board, such as:
Ward, semiprivate, or intensive care accommodations
General nursing care
Medically necessary special duty nursing
Meals and special diets
Note: If you want a private room when it is not medically necessary, you pay the additional charge above the semiprivate room rate.

$100 per admission

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Inpatient hospital (continued) You Pay
Other hospital services and supplies, such as:
Operating, recovery, maternity, and other treatment rooms
Prescribed drugs and medicines
Diagnostic laboratory tests, X-rays, and pathology services
Procurement and storage for approved medically necessary cord blood for a designated recipient

Administration of blood and blood products
Blood or blood plasma, if donated or replaced
Dressings, splints, plaster casts, and sterile tray services
Medical supplies and equipment, including oxygen
Anesthetics and anesthesia services
Take home items
Hospitalization for inpatient foot treatment
Note: You may receive covered medical hospital services for certain dental procedures if a Plan physician determines that you need to be

hospitalized for reasons unrelated to the dental procedure. The conditions for which we will provide hospitalization include hemophilia
and heart disease. The need for anesthesia, by itself, is not such a condition.

$100 per admission

Not covered:
Custodial care
Non-covered facilities
Personal comfort items, such as telephone, television, barber services, guest meals, and beds

Private nursing care
Whole blood and packed red blood cells not replaced by member
Procurement and storage for possible future need or for yet to be determined Member recipient

Any inpatient dental procedures

All charges

Outpatient hospital or ambulatory surgical center
Operating, recovery, and other treatment rooms
Prescribed drugs and medicines
Diagnostic laboratory tests, X-rays, and pathology services
Procurement and storage of cord blood for approved medically necessary procedures requiring cord blood for a designated recipient

Administration of blood and blood products
Blood and blood plasma, if donated or replaced
Pre-surgical testing
Dressings, casts, and sterile tray services
Medical supplies, including oxygen
Anesthetics and anesthesia service

$50 per outpatient surgery

Outpatient hospital or ambulatory surgical center continued on next page 36.
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Outpatient hospital or ambulatory surgical center (continued) You Pay
Not covered:
Whole blood and packed red blood cells not replaced by the member
Procurement and storage for possible future need or for yet to be determined Member recipient

All charges

Extended care benefits/ skilled nursing care facility benefits
Up to 100 days per calendar year when full-time skilled nursing care is necessary and confinement in a skilled nursing facility is medically
appropriate. We cover the following:
Physician and nursing services
Room and board
Medical social services
Administration of blood, blood products, and derivatives
Durable medical equipment ordinarily furnished by a skilled nursing facility, including oxygen-dispensing equipment and oxygen

Respiratory therapy
Biological supplies
Medical supplies

Note: We waive the additional $100 charge if you are admitted to an extended care or skilled nursing facility directly from a hospital inpatient
stay.

$100 per admission

Not covered:
Custodial care
Care in an intermediate facility

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Hospice care You Pay
Supportive and palliative care for a terminally ill member
You must reside in the service area
Services are provided in your home, or
Services are provided in a Plan approved hospice facility
Services include inpatient care, outpatient care, and family counseling. A
Plan physician must certify that you have a terminal illness, with a life expectancy of approximately six months or less.

Note: Hospice is a program for caring for the terminally ill that emphasizes supportive services, such as home care and pain
control, rather than curative care of the terminal illness. A person who is terminally ill may elect to receive hospice benefits. These
palliative and supportive services include nursing care, medical
social services, physician services, and short-term inpatient care
for pain control and acute and chronic symptom management. We also provide counseling and bereavement services for the

individual and family members, and therapy for purposes of symptom control to enable the person to continue life with as little
disruption as possible. If you make a hospice election, you are not
entitled to receive other health care services that are related to the terminal illness. If you have made a hospice election, you may

revoke that election at any time, and your standard health benefits
will be covered.

Nothing

Not covered
Independent nursing

Homemaker services

All charges

Ambulance
Local professional ambulance service when medically appropriate Nothing 38.
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Section 5 (d). Emergency services/ accidents
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Here are some important things to keep in mind about these benefits:
Please remember that all benefits are subject to the definitions, limitations, and exclusions in this brochure and we cover them only when we determine they are

medically necessary.
We have no calendar year deductible.
Be sure to read Section 4, Your costs for covered services, for valuable information
about how cost sharing works. Also read Section 9 about coordinating benefits with other coverage, including with Medicare.

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What is a medical emergency?
A medical emergency is the sudden and unexpected onset of a condition or an injury that you believe endangers your
life or could result in serious injury or disability, and requires immediate medical or surgical care. Some problems are emergencies because, if not treated promptly, they might become more serious; examples include deep cuts and

broken bones. Others are emergencies because they are potentially life threatening, such as heart attacks, strokes,
poisonings, gunshot wounds, or sudden inability to breathe. There are many other acute conditions that we may determine are medical emergencies what they all have in common is the need for quick action.

What to do in case of emergency:
In a life threatening emergency-call the local emergency system (e. g., the local 911 telephone system). When the operator answers, stay on the phone and answer all questions. If you are not sure whether you are experiencing a

medical emergency, please contact our Emergency Line at 800/ 677-1112.
Emergencies within our service area:
Emergency care is provided at Plan Hospitals 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

If you think you have a medical emergency condition and you cannot safely go to a Plan Hospital, call 911 or go to
the nearest hospital. Be sure to tell the emergency room personnel that you are a Plan member so they can notify the Plan. You or a family member must notify us within 48 hours, or as soon as is reasonably possible, by calling

703/ 359-7878 inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area or toll free 800/ 777-7904. Our TTY is 800/ 700-4901.
If you need to be hospitalized, the Plan must be notified within 48 hours or on the first working day following your admission, unless it was not reasonably possible to notify us within that time. If you are hospitalized in non-Plan

facilities and Plan physicians believe care can be better provided in a Plan Hospital, we will transfer you when
medically feasible, with any ambulance charges covered in full.

Benefits are available for care from non-Plan providers in a medical emergency only if delay in reaching a Plan provider would result in death, disability or significant jeopardy to your condition.

Emergencies outside our service area:
Benefits are available for any medically necessary health service that is immediately required because of injury or unforeseen illness.

If you need to be hospitalized, the Plan must be notified within 48 hours or as soon as is reasonably possible. If a Plan physician believes care can be better provided in a Plan Hospital, we will transfer you when medically feasible, with any
ambulance charges covered in full.
You may obtain emergency and urgent care services from Kaiser Permanente medical facilities and providers when
you are in the service area of another Kaiser Permanente plan. The facilities will be listed in the local telephone book under Kaiser Permanente. These numbers are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You may also

obtain information about the location of facilities by calling the Membership Services department at 301/ 468-6000
inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area or at 800/ 777-7902 outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Our TTY telephone number is 301/ 879-6380. 39.
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Benefit Description You Pay
Emergency within our service area
Emergency care at a physician's office
Emergency care at a Plan urgent care center
$10 per visit to your primary care provider

$20 per visit to a specialist
Emergency care in a hospital emergency room
Note: Your hospital emergency room visit copayment is waived if you are admitted to a Plan Hospital. Your $100 inpatient copayment will

apply.

$50 per visit

Not covered:
Elective care or non-emergency care
All charges

Emergency outside our service area
Emergency care at a physician's office
Emergency care at an urgent care center
$10 per visit to your primary care provider

$20 per visit to a specialist
Emergency care in a Kaiser Foundation hospital in another Kaiser Foundation Health Plan service area

Emergency care in a non-Plan hospital emergency room
Note: We waive your hospital emergency room visit copayment if you are admitted to a Plan Hospital. Your $100 inpatient copayment will

apply. See the Travel Benefit for coverage of continuing or follow-up care.

$50 per visit

Not covered:
Elective care or non-emergency care
Emergency care provided outside the service area if the need for care could have been foreseen before leaving the service area

Medical and hospital costs resulting from a normal full-term
delivery of a baby outside the service area

All charges

Ambulance
Professional ambulance service, including air ambulance, when approved by the Plan.

Note: See Section 5( c) for non-emergency ambulance service.
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Section 5 (e). Mental health and substance abuse benefits
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When you get our approval for services and follow a treatment plan we approve, cost-sharing and limitations for Plan mental health and substance abuse benefits will be no greater than for
similar benefits for other illnesses and conditions.
Here are some important things to keep in mind about these benefits:
Please remember that all benefits are subject to the definitions, limitations, and exclusions
in this brochure and are payable only when we determine they are clinically appropriate to treat your condition.

Plan physicians must provide or arrange your care.
We have no calendar year deductible.
Be sure to read Section 4, Your costs for covered services, for valuable information about how cost sharing works. Also read Section 9 about coordinating benefits with other

coverage, including with Medicare.

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Benefit Description You Pay
Mental health and substance abuse benefits
We cover all diagnostic and treatment services recommended by a Plan provider and contained in a treatment plan. The treatment plan may
include services, drugs, and supplies described elsewhere in this brochure.

Note: We cover the services only when we determine that the care is clinically appropriate to treat your condition, and only when you receive
the care as part of a treatment plan developed by a Plan provider.
Note: OPM will base its review of disputes about treatment plans on the
treatment plan's clinical appropriateness. OPM will generally not order us to pay or provide one clinically appropriate treatment in favor of

another.

Your cost sharing responsibilities are no
greater than for other
illnesses or conditions

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Mental health and substance abuse benefits (continued) You pay
Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions, mental illness, or disorders of children, adolescents, and adults. Outpatient services
include:
Diagnostic evaluation
Crisis intervention and stabilization for acute episodes
Psychological testing necessary to determine the appropriate psychiatric treatment

Outpatient psychiatric treatment (including individual and group therapy visits)
Medication evaluation and management

Diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism and drug abuse. Services include:
Detoxification (medical management of withdrawal from the substance)

Treatment and counseling (including individual and group therapy visits) as part of intensive outpatient programs
Intensive day treatment
Methadone treatment
Note: You may see a Plan provider for outpatient treatment without a referral from your primary care physician.

Note: Your Plan provider will develop a treatment plan to assist you in improving or maintaining your condition and functional level, or to
prevent relapse and will determine which diagnostic and treatment services are appropriate for you.

$10 per visit to your primary care provider
$20 per visit to a specialist

Inpatient psychiatric care
Inpatient detoxification
Acute inpatient substance abuse rehabilitation
Note: All inpatient admissions and hospital alternative services treatment programs require approval by a Plan physician. Inpatient services will only

be part of a treatment plan when services cannot be provided safely on an outpatient basis or in a less intensive setting than an acute care hospital.

$100 per admission

Hospital alternative services: partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient
psychiatric treatment programs and residential crisis services
$20 per visit or $100 per
admission if your treatment is more than 24 continuous

hours
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Mental health and substance abuse benefits (continued) You pay
Not covered:
Care that is not clinically appropriate for the treatment of your condition

Services we have not approved
Intelligence, IQ, aptitude ability, learning disabilities, or interest testing not necessary to determine the appropriate treatment of a psychiatric

condition
Evaluation or therapy on court order or as a condition of parole or probation, or otherwise required by the criminal justice system, unless

determined by a Plan physician to be medically necessary and appropriate

Services that are custodial in nature
Marital, family, or educational services
Services rendered or billed by a school or a member of its staff
Services provided under a federal, state, or local government program
Psychoanalysis or psychotherapy credited toward earning a degree or furtherance of education or training regardless of diagnosis or

symptoms that may be present

All charges

Limitation We may limit your benefits if you do not obtain a treatment plan. 43.
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Section 5 (f). Prescription drug benefits
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Here are some important things to keep in mind about these benefits:
We cover prescribed drugs and medications, as described in the chart beginning on page 43.

Please remember that all benefits are subject to the definitions, limitations, and exclusions in this brochure and we cover them only when we determine they
are medically necessary.
We have no calendar year deductible.
Be sure to read Section 4, Your costs for covered services, for valuable information about how cost sharing works. Also read Section 9 about

coordinating benefits with other coverage, including with Medicare.

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There are important features you should be aware of. These include:
Who can write your prescription. A Plan physician, authorized provider or licensed contracted dentist must write the prescription.

Where you can obtain them. You must fill the prescription at a Plan pharmacy, an affiliated network pharmacy, or by the Plan mail order delivery service for a maintenance medication. We will pay for prescriptions written by
a non-Plan physician and filled at a non-Plan pharmacy only when the prescription was given during a hospital
emergency room visit or an urgent care visit outside the service area.

We use a formulary. Our drug formulary is a list of prescribed drugs and accessories that have been approved by
our Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for our Members. Unless otherwise specified by your Plan physician or dentist, generic drugs may be used to fill prescriptions.

Our Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, which is comprised of Plan physicians, Plan providers, and our pharmacists, selects prescription drugs and accessories for the drug formulary based on a number of factors,
including safety and effectiveness as determined from a review of medical literature and research. In addition, the
Committee sets dispensing limitations in accord with therapeutic guidelines based on the medical literature and research. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics' Committee meets periodically to consider adding and removing

prescribed drugs and accessories on the formulary.
If you request a non-formulary drug when your physician feels there is an acceptable formulary alternative you will be responsible for the full cost of that drug.

However, if your Plan physician believes that a non-formulary drug best treats your medical condition; a formulary drug has been ineffective in the treatment of your medical condition; or a formulary drug causes or is
reasonably expected to cause a harmful reaction, then an exception process is available to your Plan physician. In that case, your standard brand or generic prescription drug copayment would apply.

If you would like information about whether a particular drug or accessory is included in our drug formulary, please visit us on line at www. kaiserpermanente. org, or call our Member Services Department at 301/ 468-6000
inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area or at 800/ 777-7902 outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Our TTY telephone number is 301/ 879-6380.

These are the dispensing limitations. We provide up to a 60-day supply for one brand or generic copayment at a Plan or affiliated network pharmacy based upon (a) the prescribed quantity, (b) the standard manufacturer's
package size, and (c) specified dispensing limits. Maintenance medications may be obtained for up to a 90-day
supply for one brand or generic copayment when ordered through our Plan's mail order program. Injectable drugs that are self-administered and dispensed from the pharmacy are limited to a 30 day supply. 44.
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Why use generic drugs? Kaiser Permanente providers have successfully included the use of generic drugs as part of patient care without compromising quality. Generic drugs offer a safe and economic way to meet your
medication needs. They are less expensive than brand name drugs -therefore you may reduce your out-of-pocket costs by choosing to use a generic drug. Generic drugs must contain the same active ingredients and be equivalent
in strength and dosage to the original brand name product. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration and also
Kaiser Permanente set criteria for the use of generic drugs to ensure that they meet the same standards of purity, strength and quality as brand-name drugs. They are expected to have the same therapeutic effect as the brand

name product. Not all drugs have a generic equivalent. If a generic drug is unavailable, the standard brand
copayment will apply.

When you have to file a claim. When you receive drugs from a Plan pharmacy, you do not have to file a claim.
For a covered out-of-area emergency, you will need to file a claim when you receive drugs from a non-Plan pharmacy. To file a claim, you should contact the Plan's Member Services Department at 301/ 468-6000 inside

the Washington, DC metropolitan area or at 800/ 777-7902 outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area and
obtain a claim form. Our TTY is 301/ 879-6380. A claim for reimbursement must be submitted to the Plan within 12 months after you purchased the prescribed drugs.

Prescription drug benefits begin on the next page 45.
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Benefit Description You Pay
Covered medications and supplies
We cover the following medications and supplies prescribed by a Plan physician and obtained from a Plan pharmacy, an affiliated network
pharmacy or through our mail order program:
Drugs for which a physician's prescription is required by law
Insulin (up to six (6) vials)
Disposable needles and syringes for the administration of covered
medications

Contraceptive drugs
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) and diaphragms
Implanted time-release contraceptive drugs
Other implanted time-release drugs
Injectable contraceptive drugs
Self-injectable drugs, other than ovulation stimulants
Self-administered chemotherapeutic drugs and oral chemotherapeutic agents

Growth hormone therapy (GHT) -for treatment of children with
growth hormone deficiency

Note: Compounded preparations must contain at least one ingredient
requiring a prescription.

$10 per prescription or refill for generic drugs or $20 per
prescription or refill for brand-name
drugs if you get your prescription filled at a Plan

medical center pharmacy

$8 per prescription or refill for generic drugs or $18 per
prescription or refill for brand-name drugs if you get your prescription
filled through our mail order
delivery system

$20 per prescription or refill for
generic drugs or $40 per prescription or refill for brand-name

drugs if you get your prescription
filled at an affiliated network pharmacy

Post-surgical immunosuppressant outpatient drugs required as a result of a covered transplant
Intravenous fluids and medications for home use
Clinically administered chemotherapy drugs

Nothing

Amino acid modified products used to treat congenital errors of amino acid metabolism (PKU) 25% of our allowance
Diabetic supplies when purchased at a Plan pharmacy
Glucose meter $10 per meter
Replacement batteries
Control solutions
Lancets
Disposable needles and syringes (up to 3 boxes)
Glucose test strips (up to six (6) boxes of 50 count)

Note: Lancets, disposable needles and syringes, and glucose test strips are available by mail order or through Plan Pharmacies. Other diabetic

supplies in this section are available only at Plan pharmacies.

$5 per package
$8 per package
$8 per package
20% of our allowance
20% of our allowance

Covered medications and supplies continued on next page 46.
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Covered medications and supplies (continued) You pay
Smoking cessation products are provided for one course of therapy per calendar year, when:

prescribed by Plan provider
you are in a formal smoking cessation program
Weight management drugs for morbid obesity
Drugs for covered infertility treatments
Drugs for sexual dysfunction
Note: Drugs to treat sexual dysfunction have dispensing limitations. Please contact the Plan for details.

50% of our allowance

Not covered:
Drugs obtained at either a non-Plan pharmacy or non-affiliated network pharmacy except for emergencies inside and outside the

service area
Drugs or supplies for cosmetic purposes
Vitamins and nutritional supplements that can be purchased without a prescription

Nonprescription drugs
Prescription drugs for which there is a nonprescription equivalent available

Medical supplies such as dressings and antiseptics
Drugs to enhance athletic performance
Drugs related to non-covered infertility services
Drugs for non-covered services
Dental prescriptions other than those prescribed for pain relief or antibiotics

Replacement prescriptions necessitated by theft, loss, or damage

All charges 47.
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Section 5 (g). Special features
Feature Description

Flexible benefits option Under the flexible benefits option, we determine the most effective way to provide services.
We may identify medically appropriate alternatives to traditional care and coordinate other benefits as a less costly alternative benefit.

Alternative benefits are subject to our ongoing review.
By approving an alternative benefit, we cannot guarantee you will get it in the future.

The decision to offer an alternative benefit is solely ours, and we may withdraw it at any time and resume regular contract benefits.
Our decision to offer or withdraw alternative benefits is not subject to OPM review under the disputed claims process.

24 hour nurse line For any of your health concerns, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you may call 703/ 359/ 7878 inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area or
800/ 777-7904 outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area or call our TTY at 703/ 359-7616 or 800/ 700-4901 and talk with a registered nurse who

will discuss treatment options and answer your health questions.

Ser