<strong>Ohio</strong> <strong>Essential</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Benefits</strong> Resource Document for 2015 <strong>Plan</strong> Year<strong>Benefits</strong> Covered? Benefit DescriptionQuantitativeLimit onService?LimitQuantityLimit Units"Other" LimitUnits DescriptionMinimumStayExclusionsAdditional ExplanationDoes this benefit haveadditional limitations orrestrictions?Substance AbuseDisorder OutpatientServicesCoveredSubstance Abuse DisorderOutpatient ServicesYes Other Mental <strong>Health</strong>ParityCustodial or Domiciliary Care. Supervised living or halfway houses. Residential Coverage and limits must comply with state mandate and the paritytreatment centers. Room and board charges unless the treatment provided standards set forth in the federal Mental <strong>Health</strong> Parity andmeets Medical Necessity criteria for Inpatient admission patient's condition. Addiction Equity Act <strong>of</strong> 2008.Services or care provided or billed by a school, halfway house, Custodial Carecenter for the developmentally disabled or outward bound programs, even ifpsychotherapy is included. Services related to non-compliance <strong>of</strong> care if theMember ends treatment for Substance Abuse against the medical advice <strong>of</strong> theProvider. Residential Treatment (individualized and intensive treatment in aresidential setting, including observation and assessment by a psychiatristweekly or more frequently, an individualized program <strong>of</strong> rehabilitation,therapy, education, and recreational or social activities); care provided orbilled by residential treatment centers or facilities, unless those centers orfacilities are required to be covered under state law; residential programs fordrug and alcohol; marital and sexual counseling/ therapy; and wildernesscamps.Mental <strong>Health</strong> Parity andAddiction Equity Act <strong>of</strong>2008Substance AbuseDisorder InpatientServicesCoveredSubstance Abuse DisorderInpatient ServicesYes Other Mental <strong>Health</strong>ParityCustodial or Domiciliary Care. Supervised living or halfway houses. Residential Coverage and limits must comply with state mandate and the paritytreatment centers. Room and board charges unless the treatment provided standards set forth in the federal Mental <strong>Health</strong> Parity andmeets Medical Necessity criteria for Inpatient admission patient's condition. Addiction Equity Act <strong>of</strong> 2008.Services or care provided or billed by a school, halfway house, Custodial Carecenter for the developmentally disabled or outward bound programs, even ifpsychotherapy is included. Services related to non-compliance <strong>of</strong> care if theMember ends treatment for Substance Abuse against the medical advice <strong>of</strong> theProvider. Residential Treatment (individualized and intensive treatment in aresidential setting, including observation and assessment by a psychiatristweekly or more frequently, an individualized program <strong>of</strong> rehabilitation,therapy, education, and recreational or social activities); care provided orbilled by residential treatment centers or facilities, unless those centers orfacilities are required to be covered under state law; residential programs fordrug and alcohol; marital and sexual counseling/ therapy; and wildernesscamps.Mental <strong>Health</strong> Parity andAddiction Equity Act <strong>of</strong>2008Generic Drugs Covered Generic Prescription Drugs No Over the counter drugs and drugs with over the counter equivalents; Drugs forweight loss; Stop smoking aids; Nutritional and/or dietary supplements; drugsfor the treatment <strong>of</strong> sexual or erectile dysfunction or inadequacies; fertilitydrugs; human growth hormone for children born small for gestational age;treatment <strong>of</strong> onchomycosis.Must comply with Regulations at 45 C.F.R. 156.122, providingcoverage for at least the greater <strong>of</strong> (1) one drug in every USPcategory and class, or (2) the same number <strong>of</strong> prescription drugs ineach USP category and class as the state's EHB-benchmark plan.Prescription Drug EHB-<strong>Benchmark</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Benefits</strong>by Category and ClassPreferred BrandDrugsCoveredPreferred BrandPrescriptionDrugsNoOver the counter drugs and drugs with over the counter equivalents; Drugs forweight loss; Stop smoking aids; Nutritional and/or dietary supplements; drugsfor the treatment <strong>of</strong> sexual or erectile dysfunction or inadequacies; fertilitydrugs; human growth hormone for children born small for gestational age;treatment <strong>of</strong> onchomycosis.Must comply with Regulations at 45 C.F.R. 156.122, providingcoverage for at least the greater <strong>of</strong> (1) one drug in every USPcategory and class, or (2) the same number <strong>of</strong> prescription drugs ineach USP category and class as the state's EHB-benchmark plan.Prescription Drug EHB-<strong>Benchmark</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Benefits</strong>by Category and Class<strong>Page</strong> 6 <strong>of</strong> 12
<strong>Ohio</strong> <strong>Essential</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Benefits</strong> Resource Document for 2015 <strong>Plan</strong> Year<strong>Benefits</strong> Covered? Benefit DescriptionQuantitativeLimit onService?LimitQuantityLimit Units"Other" LimitUnits DescriptionMinimumStayExclusionsAdditional ExplanationDoes this benefit haveadditional limitations orrestrictions?Non-PreferredBrand DrugsCoveredNon-Preferred BrandPrescription DrugsNoOver the counter drugs and drugs with over the counter equivalents; Drugs forweight loss; Stop smoking aids; Nutritional and/or dietary supplements; drugsfor the treatment <strong>of</strong> sexual or erectile dysfunction or inadequacies; fertilitydrugs; human growth hormone for children born small for gestational age;treatment <strong>of</strong> onchomycosis.Must comply with Regulations at 45 C.F.R. 156.122, providingcoverage for at least the greater <strong>of</strong> (1) one drug in every USPcategory and class, or (2) the same number <strong>of</strong> prescription drugs ineach USP category and class as the state's EHB-benchmark plan.Prescription Drug EHB-<strong>Benchmark</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Benefits</strong>by Category and ClassSpecialty Drugs Covered Specialty PrescriptionDrugsNoOver the counter drugs and drugs with over the counter equivalents; Drugs forweight loss; Stop smoking aids; Nutritional and/or dietary supplements; drugsfor the treatment <strong>of</strong> sexual or erectile dysfunction or inadequacies; fertilitydrugs; human growth hormone for children born small for gestational age;treatment <strong>of</strong> onchomycosis.Must comply with Regulations at 45 C.F.R. 156.122, providingcoverage for at least the greater <strong>of</strong> (1) one drug in every USPcategory and class, or (2) the same number <strong>of</strong> prescription drugs ineach USP category and class as the state's EHB-benchmark plan.Prescription Drug EHB-<strong>Benchmark</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Benefits</strong>by Category and ClassOutpatientRehabilitationServicesCoveredOutpatient RehabilitationServicesYes 116 Other Combined totalvisits/year forall therapies.*Physical Therapy - Non Covered Services include: maintenance therapy to *Includes physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy,delay or minimize muscular deterioration in patients suffering from a chronic pulmonary therapy and cardiac rehabilitation. Separate 20 visitdisease or illness; repetitive exercise to improve movement, maintain strength limits for PT, OT, ST, Pulmonary Rehab; 36 visit limit for Cardiacand increase endurance (including assistance with walking for weak or Rehab.unstable patients); range <strong>of</strong> motion and passive exercises that are not relatedto restoration <strong>of</strong> a specific loss <strong>of</strong> function, but are for maintaining a range <strong>of</strong>motion in paralyzed extremities; general exercise programs; diathermy,ultrasound and heat treatments for pulmonary conditions; diapulse; workhardening.Occupational Therapy - Does not include coverage for diversional,recreational, vocational therapies (e.g., hobbies, arts and crafts). Non CoveredServices include: supplies (looms, ceramic tiles, leather, utensils); therapy toimprove or restore functions that could be expected to improve as the patientresumes normal activities again; general exercises to promote overall fitnessand flexibility; therapy to improve motivation; suction therapy for newborns(feeding machines); s<strong>of</strong>t tissue mobilization (visceral manipulation or viscerals<strong>of</strong>t tissue manipulation), augmented s<strong>of</strong>t tissue mobilization, my<strong>of</strong>ascial;adaptions to the home such as rampways, door widening, automobileadaptors, kitchen adaptation and other types <strong>of</strong> similar equipment.Cardiac Rehab - Home programs, on-going conditioning and maintenance arenot covered.Pulmonary Rehab - Pulmonary rehabilitation in the acute Inpatientrehabilitation setting is not a Covered Service.General Exclusions - Non-Covered Services for physical medicine andrehabilitation include, but are not limited to: admission to a Hospital mainly forphysical therapy; long term rehabilitation in an Inpatient setting.<strong>Page</strong> 7 <strong>of</strong> 12