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DOCTORS COUNCIL BENEFIT PLANS, WELFARE FUNDS AND ANNUITY FUNDS

Doctors Council provides many benefits to our members at no cost to our members and their families.  There are seven (7) plans.  What plan you are covered under and what benefits are provided depends on your employer and the collective bargaining agreement (contract) involved.  These Doctors Council benefits have to be negotiated into your contract with your employer.

Listed below are the 7 plans and which employers are covered by them.  You may click on the link to the plan under which you are covered to find the forms needed for the plan, which you may print out and use.  The SPDs (Summary Plan Descriptions) are also available within the link to each plan.  The SPDs are for information purposes only and may have been modified; please contact our office for the most current SPD.

• New York City - HHC (Health and Hospitals Corporation) and Mayoral Agencies, including Department of Health (DOH)
• New York City Transit Authority (TA)

 Forms

Dental Claim Form 
 DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPATING DENTISTS 

COBRA - Reimbursement Benefit
Combined Form for Optical/Blood/Maternity/Adoption/
Mammography Benefits
Combined Form for Hearing/Psychiatric/Podiatry/Private Duty Nursing-In Hospital Benefits
Healthcare Cost Reimbursement Benefit Claim Form
Legal Services Benefit Claim Form - Out of State Only

 SPD (Summary Plan Description)

• Retirees of New York City - HHC (Health and Hospitals Corporation) and Mayoral Agencies, including Department of Health (DOH)

 Forms

Dental Claim Form
 DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPATING DENTISTS 

Combined Form for Optical/Blood/Maternity/Adoption/
Mammography Benefits
Combined Form for Hearing/Psychiatric/Podiatry/Private Duty Nursing-In Hospital Benefits
Healthcare Cost Reimbursement Benefit Claim Form
Legal Services Benefit Claim Form - Out of State Only

 SPD (Summary Plan Description)

• Woodhull Medical Group (WMG) at Woodhull Hospital and Cumberland Diagnostic & Treatment Center
• University Group Medical Associates (UGMA) at Coney Island Hospital

 Forms

Combined Form for Optical/ Chiropractic/ Hearing Aid/Hospital Indemnity Benefits
Healthcare Cost Reimbursement Benefit Claim Form
Legal Services Benefit Claim Form - Out of State Only

 SPD (Summary Plan Description)

• DBMA (Downtown Bronx Medical Associates (DBMA) at Lincoln Hospital
• PHS (Prison Health Services) at Rikers Island/ Manhattan Detention Center
• RIMA (Roosevelt Island Medical Associates) at Coler-Goldwater

 Forms

Dental Claim Form
 DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPATING DENTISTS 

Combined Form for Optical/ Blood/ Maternity/ Adoption/Mammography Benefits
Combined Form for Hearing/ Podiatry/ Psychiatry/ Private Duty Nursing - In Hospital Benefits
Healthcare Cost Reimbursement Benefit Claim Form
Legal Services Benefit Claim Form - Out of State Only

 SPD (Summary Plan Description)

• Columbia University at Harlem Hospital and Renaissance Health Care Network

 Forms

Dental Claim Form
 DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPATING DENTISTS 

Healthcare Cost Reimbursement Benefit Claim Form
Combined Form for Optical/ Hearing Benefits
Legal Services Benefit Claim Form - Out of State Only

 SPD (Summary Plan Description)

• New York City - HHC (Health and Hospitals Corporation) and Mayoral Agencies, including Department of Health (DOH)

 Forms

To administer and monitor your benefit, including making changes to your account, go to the Great-West Retirement Services website and follow the instructions. You may also call James Condon, Senior Account Executive, at 1-800-596-3384 ext. 617.

 SPD (Summary Plan Description)

•   PHS (Prison Health Services) at Rikers Island/ Manhattan Detention Center

 Forms

To administer and monitor your benefit, including making changes to your account, go to the Great-West Retirement Services website and follow the instructions.  You may also call James Condon, Senior Account Executive, at 1-800-596-3384 ext. 617.

 SPD (Summary Plan Description)

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Learn About the Excellent Benefits of the Doctors Council Benefits Plan

Recent Changes to Doctors Council Welfare Fund, Retiree Welfare Fund and
Doctors Council Benefit Plan

Certain Dependent Children Now Eligible for Coverage
Under Benefit Plan

The Doctors Council Benefit Plan announced that, effective July 1, 2003, coverage will be provided for eligible dependent children between the ages of 23 to age 26 for full time matriculated students, enrolled in either graduate or undergraduate studies.  Previously, coverage terminated when the student reached the age of 23.  In order to qualify, you must provide proof that your dependent child is currently registered as a full time student in an accredited school or university by providing a copy of the school’s Registrar receipt, certified course schedule or statement from an administrator on the school’s letterhead.

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