Gray recycling bins can be found at various locations throughout the campus and at Lincoln Laboratory. Individuals who want to keep all the same benefit plans and levels of coverage in effect for 1995 do not need to do anything. Only those who want to enroll in FRAP for 1995 and those who want to enroll for the first time or make a change in their benefits must make their elections using the BenChoice telephone system. Several plans have announced changes or enhancements beginning in January 1995. Tufts Associated Health Plan Effective in January 1995, preventive dental coverage will be available for children under the age of 12.
Coverage is available for two visits per calendar year.
The definition of short-term rehabilitation therapy has been clarified. Coverage is available for physical, speech or language and occupational therapies when there is a reasonable medical expectation that the member will return to his or her previous level of function and that the rehabilitative program will be completed within 90 days of the first therapy visit. The coverage is for up to 90 consecutive days per calendar year for each unrelated illness or injury. In December, plan members will receive new identification cards to present when buying prescription drugs along with instructions and information about the pharmacy network. No coverage is available for routine X-rays or laboratory tests related to a routine physical examination except for routine mammograms, routine Pap smear tests and routine blood tests to screen for lead poisoning.