RCHB PLAN

Coventry Health Care, Inc. is pleased to announce the further expansion of its Northland area hospital network to include North Kansas City Hospital, effective September 1, 2011. With 451 beds North Kansas City Hospital provides a host of inpatient and outpatient services, in a state-of-the-art facility, to improve the health of our patients–and our Northland [...]

In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Zip Code holds by the Postal Service are being lifted as areas recover from the effects of the high winds and heavy rains allowing mail service prescription orders to be delivered to Plan members. However, prescription orders that require a cold pack are still being held at the CVS [...]

“National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: ‘On Sunday, May 22, Kansas, Missouri, and Wisconsin issued a Governors Declaration of Emergency due to severe weather. This declaration will stay in effect until cleanup is complete and work and business travel return to normal. The U.S. Postal Service continues to process and ship deliveries. All medications requiring cold [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association Due to severe winter storm conditions in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, mail delivery to these areas may be delayed. The U.S. Postal Service, and other delivery services, may be forced to suspend operations. Because of these uncertain conditions, CVS Caremark is prepared to help Rural [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the 2011 premium rates this morning for Federal Employees Health Benefits plans, including the Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP). OPM calculates the amount (in dollars) of the health benefits contribution that rural carriers receive from the U.S. Postal Service each pay period, [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “The Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) will put in place a new program with CVS Caremark to manage coordination of benefits for certain prescription drugs and diabetic supplies for its retired members and spouses that are also covered by Medicare Part B. Medicare Part B is Medicare medical insurance for [...]

Rural Carrier Benefit Plan Adds Florida Hospital to PPO Network Coventry Health Care, the insurance company for the Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP), is pleased to announce it has finalized an agreement with Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Southwest Florida to join its national PPO network. An 806-bed regional medical center, Sarasota Memorial is a full-service [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “CVS Caremark and Walgreens Reach Agreement Please Note: This is an update to a previous post on this page and an announcement in the July issue of The National Rural Letter Carrier magazine. CVS Caremark Corporation and Walgreens announced that the two companies have reached an agreement on contract terms [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “On June 7, Walgreens informed CVS Caremark, the Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) prescription benefit manager, that it would not participate in CVS Caremark’s pharmacy benefit retail networks going forward for members covered under new or renewed plans. Because of this decision by Walgreens, CVS Caremark has informed Walgreens that [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “Coventry Healthcare is pleased to announce it has finalized an agreement with Sentara Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, VA. The addition of this hospital to the Coventry National Network allows members to access in-network benefits at this facility effective 03/01/2010. Potomac, renamed Sentara Potomac Hospital, is now part of one of [...]

Rural Mail Carrier Postal News: Notice for Rural Carrier Benefit Plan Members in Sarasota, FL

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “It has come to our attention that some members who made a change in health insurance coverage to the Rural Carrier Benefit Plan during the 2009 Open Season have not received an ID card. If you have not received your ID card(s) and changed to the Rural Carrier Benefit Plan, [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “There has been a change to the Preferred Provider (PPO) network in the Greater Dayton, Ohio area. Beginning January 1, 2010, Premier Health Partners facilities will discontinue participation in the Plan’s PPO network. Please click here for the list of area hospitals that will no longer participate beginning on January [...]

National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association: “The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association is pleased to announce that, beginning January 1, 2010 AccordantCare™, a division of CVS Caremark, will now provide education and support for Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) members currently living with heart failure. Our current heart failure program with American Healthways will end on [...]