SUNY Potdam

While you are a student at SUNY Potsdam you can get free care here at Student Health Services. But what if you are prescribed a medicine we don't have, you visit the emergency room, or you need a test not done at our clinic?

That's when you'll need health insurance.

SUNY Potsdam offers its students a comprehensive sickness and accident insurance policy through Niagara National. This policy can supplement the policy you already have, or it can provide you with insurance if you don't have any. This health insurance is not related to the mandatory health fee which all students must pay.

An insurance representative is available to assist students at the student Health office Monday-Friday, from 8am-4pm during the academic year.

I. Guidelines For Submitting Claims:

• Download a claim form at www.webwaiver.com/potsdam and mail it to: Pioneer Management Systems
  PO Box 9040 West Spring Field, MA 01090-904

• For any questions, contact our insurance representative, Laura Goodrow, at 315-267-3346. You can also call Pioneer Management System, Claims Administrator, at 866-653-2542. Claims should be submitted within thirty (30) days after the date of the covered accident or commencement of the covered illness. Written proof of the loss must be furnished within ninety (90) days after the date of loss.

The student insurance plan is administered by:
Niagara National, Inc.
5001 Genesee Street
Cheektowaga, NY  14225
1-800-444-5530
www.niagaranational.com

II. Waiving Out of the Accident and Health Insurance:

• Student Accident and Health Insurance is optional. 
  
• To waive the student insurance, you must log onto BearPAWS and check the appropriate radio buttons. 
  
• PLEASE NOTE:  FAILURE TO REMOVE THIS FEE WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES WILL CAUSE YOU TO BE FINANCIALLY LIABLE FOR THIS FEE.