2026 CODAC Benefit Summaries and Carrier Flyers
Preventive / Routine Care means a prescribed standard procedure that is ordered by a Physician to evaluate or assess the Covered Person’s health and well -being, screen for possible detection of unrevealed Illness or Injury, improve the Covered Person’s health, or extend the Covered Person’s life expectancy. Generally, a procedure is routine if there is no personal history of the Illness or Injury for which the Covered Person is being screened, except as required by applicable law. Benefits included as Preventive / Routine Care are listed in the Schedule of Benefits and will be paid subject to any listed limits or maximums. Whether an immunization is considered Preventive / Routine is based upon the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Preventive / Routine Care does not include benefits specifically excluded by this Plan, or treatment after the diagnosis of an Illness or Injury, except as required by applicable law. For a High Deductible Health Plan, Preventive/Routine Care means care consistent with IRS Code §223(c)(2)(c) and as listed in the Schedule of Benefits, that may be paid by a high deductible health plan (HDHP) without the Covered Person satisfying the minimum Deductible under the Plan. Primary Care Physician means a Physician engaged in family practice, general practice, non specialized internal medicine (i.e., one who works out of a family practice clinic), pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, or the treatment of mental health/Substance Use Disorders, or a Physician assistant / nurse practitioner regardless of specialty or practice type. Generally, these Physicians provide a broad range of services. For instance, family practitioners treat a wide variety of conditions for all family members; general practitioners provide routine medical care; internists treat routine and complex conditions in adults; and pediatric practitioners treat Children. Private Duty Nursing (PDN) means continuous and skilled care by a registered nurse (RN) or licensed practical nurse (LPN) under the direction of a qualified practitioner for a medical condition that requires more than four continuous hours of skilled care that can be provided safely outside of an institution. It does not include care provided while confined at a Hospital, Extended Care Facility, or other Inpatient facility; care to help with Activities of Daily Living, including, but not limited to, dressing, feeding, bathing, or transferring from a bed to a chair; or Custodial Care. Qualified means licensed, registered, and/or certified in accordance with the applicable state law, and the particular service or treatment being provided is within the scope of the license, registration, and/or certification. Qualified Provider means a provider duly licensed, registered, and/or certified by the state in which he or she is practicing, whose scope of practice includes the particular service or treatment being provided that is payable under this Plan. Recognized Amount means, in the Plan’s determination of the allowed amount payable for covered services subject to Protection from Balance Bills, the amount on which Co-pays, Plan Participation, and applicable Deductibles are based for the below covered health services when provided by non-network providers: • Non-Emergency covered health services received at certain network facilities by non-network Physicians, when such services are either Ancillary Services or non-Ancillary Services that have not satisfied the notice and consent criteria of section 2799B-2(d) of the Public Service Act. For the purpose of this provision, the term "certain network facility" is limited to a Hospital (as defined in section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act), a Hospital Outpatient department, a critical access Hospital (as defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act), an ambulatory surgical center (as described in section 1833(i)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act), and any other facility specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. • Non-network Emergency health services. Prudent Layperson means a person with average knowledge of health and medicine who is not formally educated or specialized in the field of medicine. QMCSO means a Qualified Medical Child Support Order in accordance with applicable law.
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