New benefit for the 2025/2026 school year
We are excited to announce a new partnership with IVX Health Infusion Center, Sano Orthopedics, and Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center.
Cigna-insured staff, dependents, and retirees receive a $1,500 benefit paid directly to you, when you use one of the following providers for covered musculoskeletal conditions and infusions for autoimmune diseases.
SANO Orthopedics
Orthopedic Hospitalization Benefit
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Your Health, Your Choice—with Added Support
Through your district’s NEW Orthopedic Program, you have access to high-quality musculoskeletal care—and a $1,500 direct benefit when you choose an approved provider like Sano Orthopedics for a covered hospitalization. This benefit comes at no additional cost to you.
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What you need to know:
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Covered Hospitalizations: If you're hospitalized for a musculoskeletal condition (such as joint injury, spine issues, or orthopedic surgery), you may qualify for a $1,500 payment.
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Freedom to Choose, Confidence in Quality: You have full flexibility in selecting your orthopedic provider within the network. Our partnership with Sano Orthopedics reflects a shared commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care—designed to support better outcomes and a more seamless recovery experience.
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Use Your Benefit Your Way: The $1,500 is paid directly to you—use it toward copays, deductibles, travel, or any related expenses that support your recovery.
Covered Orthopedic Hospitalizations Include:
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Shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee, hip or ankle replacement
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Shoulder, knee or hip arthroscopic surgery
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Spine surgeries including: discectomy, disc replacement, laminectomy
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Repair of tendons and ligaments
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Inpatient Orthopedic Hospitalization
Click here to view full list of Covered Orthopedic Hospitalizations
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Non-covered Orthopedic Hospitalizations Include:
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ER and Urgent Care visits
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Carpal Tunnel
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Physical Therapy
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Rehabilitation
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Regenerative Medicine
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Diagnostic Imaging including Needle Imaging
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Sano General and Bariatric Surgery
Additional Questions:
For more information, call our concierge, Courtney at (816) 874-3379
IVX Health Infusion Center
Why Choose IVX Health?
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Closer to Home: Conveniently located to save you travel time
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Specialized Care: Dedicated exclusively to infusion treatments
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Flexible Hours: Open 6 days a week, from 7 am to 7 pm
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No Changes Needed: Continue with your current doctor and prescription.
Covered Infusions Include Treatment For
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Advanced Multiple Sclerosis
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Severe Autoimmune Disease. Examples Include:
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Crohn's Disease
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Ulcerative Colitis
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Advanced Multiple Sclerosis:
Multiple Sclerosis means definite multiple sclerosis. Both of the following two (2) criteria must be present:
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There must be permanent functional neurological impairment with objective evidence of motor or sensory dysfunction, which must have persisted for a continuous period of at least 180 days.
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The diagnosis must also be confirmed with objective neurological investigations, such as lumbar puncture, evoked visual responses, evoked auditory responses and MRI evidence of lesions of the central nervous system.
Severe Autoimmune Disease:
Severe Autoimmune Disease means any named disorder, unless otherwise excluded, in which loss of function or destruction of normal tissue arises from humoral or cellular immune responses to the body's own tissue constituents that persists for at least 180 days. Autoimmune Disease includes, but is not limited to, myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, scleroderma, Addison's disease, ankylosing spondylitis, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, sarcoidosis.
Severe Autoimmune Disease is characterized by at least one of the following conditions:
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Joint erosions, bony deformity, or joint fusion
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Permanent diffuse skin thickening (beyond face and fingers)
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Permanent (non-skin) organ damage or organ failure (e.g., intestine, pancreas, kidney, lung, heart, bone marrow).
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Permanent neurological deficit
Severe Autoimmune Disease does not include:
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Autoimmune thyroid disease
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Autoimmune reactions that are temporary or are caused by cancer, infection, or a drug
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Osteoarthritis
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Eczema
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Organ damage that is not due to Autoimmune Disease
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Prediabetes
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Metabolic syndrome
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Gestational diabetes
OSMC Rehab & Therapy
OSMC benefit is for Platte County School District employees ONLY
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Orthopedic Hospitalization Benefit
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Your Health, Your Choice—with Added Support
Through your district’s NEW Orthopedic Program, you have access to high-quality musculoskeletal care—and a $1,500 direct benefit when you choose an approved provider like Sano Orthopedics for a covered hospitalization. This benefit comes at no additional cost to you.
​
What you need to know:
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Covered Hospitalizations: If you're hospitalized for a musculoskeletal condition (such as joint injury, spine issues, or orthopedic surgery), you may qualify for a $1,500 payment.
-
Freedom to Choose, Confidence in Quality: You have full flexibility in selecting your orthopedic provider within the network. Our partnership with Sano Orthopedics reflects a shared commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care—designed to support better outcomes and a more seamless recovery experience.
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Use Your Benefit Your Way: The $1,500 is paid directly to you—use it toward copays, deductibles, travel, or any related expenses that support your recovery.
Covered Orthopedic Hospitalizations Include:
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Shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee, hip or ankle replacement
-
Shoulder, knee or hip arthroscopic surgery
-
Spine surgeries including: discectomy, disc replacement, laminectomy
-
Repair of tendons and ligaments
-
Inpatient Orthopedic Hospitalization
Click here to view full list of Covered Orthopedic Hospitalizations
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Non-covered Orthopedic Hospitalizations Include:
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ER and Urgent Care visits
-
Carpal Tunnel
-
Physical Therapy
-
Rehabilitation
-
Regenerative Medicine
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Diagnostic Imaging including Needle Imaging
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Sano General and Bariatric Surgery
Additional Questions:
For more information, call our concierge, Courtney at (816) 874-3379
HOW TO CLAIM THIS BENEFIT
To claim this benefit, complete the steps below:
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Complete Release of Information form
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Send us your completed form using any of the following:
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Fax the completed form to 1 (844) 903-4574
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Call 816-874-3379 for assistance.
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We will verify the event with the provider. If you had a Covered Orthopedic Hospitalization or Covered Infusion, the $1,500 benefit will be paid directly to you by FedEx 2-Day delivery.