HIPAA Certificate of Creditable Coverage
You will receive a Certificate of Creditable Coverage to document when you were covered by an HMSA plan.
You may be able to use this certificate to reduce waiting periods if your new health plan has waiting periods for pre-existing conditions.
HMSA will give you a certificate when:
- You lose HMSA coverage.
- You are entitled to elect HMSA COBRA continuation coverage.
- You lose HMSA COBRA continuation coverage.
- Your HMSA subscriber number or HMSA medical plan has changed.
- You request a certificate. Your request must be received by HMSA while you are still an HMSA member or up to 24 months after your HMSA coverage ends.
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