A Health Maintenance Organization (High and Standard Options)

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

Hawaii Region

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Member Services 800-966-5955

2020

A Health Maintenance Organization (High and Standard Options)

This plan's health coverage qualifies as minimum essential coverage and meets the minimum value standard for the benefits it provides. See page 7 for details. This plan is accredited. See page 12.

Serving: Islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, and Molokai.

IMPORTANT ? Rates: Back Cover ? Changes for 2020: Page 14 ? Summary of Benefits: Page 88

Enrollment in this Plan is limited. You must live or work in our geographic service area to enroll. See page 13 for requirements.

Enrollment codes for this Plan: 631 High Option - Self Only 633 High Option - Self Plus One 632 High Option - Self and Family

634 Standard Option - Self Only 636 Standard Option - Self Plus One 635 Standard Option - Self and Family

RI 73-005

Important Notice from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Hawaii Region About Our Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has determined that Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Hawaii Region's prescription drug coverage is, on average, expected to pay out as much as the standard Medicare prescription drug coverage will pay for all plan participants and is considered Creditable Coverage. This means you do not need to enroll in Medicare Part D and pay extra for prescription drug coverage. If you decide to enroll in Medicare Part D later, you will not have a penalty for late enrollment as long as you keep your FEHB coverage.

However, if you choose to enroll in Medicare Part D, you can keep your FEHB coverage and your FEHB plan will coordinate benefits with Medicare, but you still need to follow the rules in this brochure for us to cover your prescriptions. We will only cover your prescription if it is written by a Plan provider and obtained at a Plan pharmacy or through our Plan mail service delivery program, except in an emergency or urgent care situation.

Remember: If you are an annuitant and you cancel your FEHB coverage, you may not re-enroll in the FEHB Program.

Please be advised

If you lose or drop your FEHB coverage and go 63 days or longer without prescription drug coverage that's at least as good as Medicare's prescription drug coverage, your monthly Medicare Part D premium will go up at least 1% per month for every month that you did not have that coverage. For example, if you go 19 months without Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage, your premium will always be at least 19 percent higher than what many other people pay. You will have to pay this higher premium as long as you have Medicare prescription drug coverage. In addition, you may have to wait until the next Annual Coordinated Election Period (October 15 through December 7) to enroll in Medicare Part D.

Medicare's Low Income Benefits

For people with limited income and resources, extra help paying for a Medicare prescription drug plan is available. Information regarding this program is available through the Social Security Administration (SSA) online at , or call the SSA at 800-772-1213 (TTY: 800-325-0778).

You can get more information about Medicare prescription drug plans and the coverage offered in your area from these places:

? Visit for personalized help, ? Call 800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227), (TTY) 877-486-2048

Table of Contents

Table of Contents ..........................................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................................3 Plain Language..............................................................................................................................................................................3 Stop Health Care Fraud! ...............................................................................................................................................................3 Discrimination is Against the Law ................................................................................................................................................4 Preventing Medical Mistakes ........................................................................................................................................................5 FEHB Facts ...................................................................................................................................................................................7

Coverage information .........................................................................................................................................................7 ? No pre-existing condition limitation...............................................................................................................................7 ? Minimum essential coverage (MEC)..............................................................................................................................7 ? Minimum value standard ................................................................................................................................................7 ? Where you can get information about enrolling in the FEHB Program .........................................................................7 ? Types of coverage available for you and your family ....................................................................................................7 ? Family member coverage ...............................................................................................................................................8 ? Children's Equity Act .....................................................................................................................................................9 ? When benefits and premiums start .................................................................................................................................9 ? When you retire ...........................................................................................................................................................10 When you lose benefits .....................................................................................................................................................10 ? When FEHB coverage ends..........................................................................................................................................10 ? Upon divorce ................................................................................................................................................................10 ? Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) ...............................................................................................................10 ? Converting to individual coverage ...............................................................................................................................10 ? Health Insurance Marketplace ......................................................................................................................................11 Section 1. How This Plan Works ................................................................................................................................................12 General features of our High and Standard Options .........................................................................................................12 How we pay providers ......................................................................................................................................................12 Your rights and responsibilities.........................................................................................................................................12 Your medical and claims records are confidential ............................................................................................................13 Language interpretation services ......................................................................................................................................13 Service Area ......................................................................................................................................................................13 Section 2. Changes for 2020 .......................................................................................................................................................14 Section 3. How You Get Care .....................................................................................................................................................15 Identification cards............................................................................................................................................................15 Where you get covered care..............................................................................................................................................15

? Plan providers .....................................................................................................................................................15 ? Plan facilities ......................................................................................................................................................15 What you must do to get covered care ..............................................................................................................................15 ? Primary care........................................................................................................................................................16 ? Specialty care......................................................................................................................................................16 ? Hospital care .......................................................................................................................................................17 ? If you are hospitalized when your enrollment begins.........................................................................................17 You need prior Plan approval for certain services ............................................................................................................17 The Federal FlexibleSpending AccountProgram ? FSAFEDS................................................................................-1 ? Non-urgent care claims.......................................................................................................................................18 ? Urgent care claims ..............................................................................................................................................18 ? Concurrent care claims .......................................................................................................................................18 ? Emergency services/ accidents and post- stabilization care ...............................................................................18 ? If your treatment needs to be extended...............................................................................................................19 What happens when you do not follow the precertification rules.....................................................................................19

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Circumstances beyond our control....................................................................................................................................19 If you disagree with our pre-service claim decision .........................................................................................................19

? To reconsider a non-urgent care claim................................................................................................................19 ? To reconsider an urgent care claim .....................................................................................................................19 ? To file an appeal with OPM................................................................................................................................19 The Federal Flexible Spending Account Program - FSAFEDS........................................................................................19 Section 4. Your Cost for Covered Services .................................................................................................................................20 Cost-sharing ......................................................................................................................................................................20 Copayments .......................................................................................................................................................................20 Deductible .........................................................................................................................................................................20 Coinsurance .......................................................................................................................................................................20 Your catastrophic protection out-of-pocket maximum .....................................................................................................20 Carryover ..........................................................................................................................................................................21 When Government facilities bill us ..................................................................................................................................21 Section 5. High and Standard Option Benefits ...........................................................................................................................22 Section 5. High and Standard Option Benefits Overview ..........................................................................................................24 Non-FEHB Benefits Available to Plan Members........................................................................................................................67 Section 6. General Exclusions - Services, Drugs and Supplies We Do Not Cover ....................................................................68 Section 7. Filing a Claim for Covered Services .........................................................................................................................69 Section 8. The Disputed Claims Process.....................................................................................................................................71 Section 9. Coordinating Benefits with Medicare and Other Coverage .......................................................................................74 When you have other health coverage ..............................................................................................................................74 ? TRICARE and CHAMPVA ..........................................................................................................................................74 ? Workers' Compensation................................................................................................................................................74 ? Medicaid .......................................................................................................................................................................74 When other Government agencies are responsible for your care .....................................................................................74 When third parties cause illness or injuries ......................................................................................................................75 Surrogacy Agreements ......................................................................................................................................................76 When you have Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Plan (FEDVIP) coverage ..........................................76 Clinical trials .....................................................................................................................................................................77 When you have Medicare .................................................................................................................................................77 What is Medicare? ............................................................................................................................................................77 ? Should I enroll in Medicare? ........................................................................................................................................78 ? If you enroll in Medicare Part B ...................................................................................................................................78 ? The Original Medicare Plan (Part A or Part B).............................................................................................................78 ? Tell us about your Medicare coverage ..........................................................................................................................79 ? Medicare Advantage (Part C) .......................................................................................................................................79 ? Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D) .............................................................................................................81 Section 10. Definitions of Terms We Use in This Brochure .......................................................................................................83 Index ............................................................................................................................................................................................86 Summary of Benefits for the High Option of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Hawaii Region - 2020 ..............................88 Summary of Benefits for the Standard Option of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Hawaii Region - 2020 ........................89 2020 Rate Information for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. - Hawaii Region.....................................................................90

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Introduction

This brochure describes the benefits of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Hawaii Region under our contract (CS 1060) with the United States Office of Personnel Management, as authorized by the Federal Employees Health Benefits law. If you want more information about us, you can call Member Services at 800-966-5955 (TTY: 711). You may also contact us by visiting our website at feds. The address for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Hawaii Region's administrative office is:

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Hawaii Region 711 Kapiolani Boulevard Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

This brochure is the official statement of benefits. No verbal 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 Plus One or 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, 2020, unless those benefits are also shown in this brochure.

OPM negotiates benefits and rates with each plan annually. Benefit changes are effective January 1, 2020, and changes are summarized on page 14. Rates are shown on the back cover of this brochure.

Plain Language

All FEHB brochures are written in plain language to make them easy to understand. Here are some examples.

? 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, Inc., Hawaii Region.

? We limit acronyms to ones you know. FEHB is the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. OPM is the United States

Office of Personnel Management. If we use others, we tell you what they mean.

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

Stop Health Care Fraud!

Fraud increases the cost of health care for everyone and increases your Federal Employees Health Benefits 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.

Protect Yourself From Fraud ? Here are some things that you can do to prevent fraud:

? Do not give your plan identification (ID) number over the telephone or to people you do not know, except for your health

care providers, authorized health benefits 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 (EOB) statements that you receive from us. ? Periodically review your claim history for accuracy to ensure we have not been billed for services you did not receive. ? 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:

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