HIRSP Federal Plan - Covered Services

HIRSP Federal Plan will cover medically necessary and appropriate services consistent with the HIRSP Federal policy. Prescription drugs must be obtained at a HIRSP-certified network pharmacy. A partial listing of covered services follows.

Covered Services

  • $150 of first dollar coverage for routine and preventive services
  • Medical-surgical services
  • Anesthesia services
  • Consultation
  • Prescription drugs
  • Home Care
  • Radiology services
  • Laboratory services
  • Pap test and pelvic exam
  • Prostate cancer screening
  • Skilled nursing care
  • Hospice care
  • Services and supplies for treatment of diabetes
  • Yearly routine exam

Covered Services Requiring Prior Approval

  • Durable medical equipment costing more than $1,500 or rented for more than three months
  • Transplant services
  • Home Intavenous (IV) therapy or home infusion therapies including Total Parenteral Nutritional (TPN) and antibiotic therapy
  • Prosthetics costing more than $1,500
  • Surgical Services for morbid obesity
  • Reduction mammoplasty, septoplasty, and blepharoplasty
  • Spinal surgeries*
  • PET scans*
  • MRA studies*
  • Dental repair related to an injury*
  • Inpatient non-emergency admissions, at least 3 business days prior to confinement
  • Outpatient visits and transitional treatment for treatment of alcoholism, drug abuse and nervous or mental disorders beyond 50 visits per calendar year
  • Pain management procedures, including injections
  • Spinal cord stimulator
  • Implantable infusion pain pump
  • Genetic testing services for treatment of an illness
  • * Prior approval not required in the event of an emergency
  • Prior Approval Request Form