From the date the invoice is issued, you have 60 days to make either a Fast Track payment or your first POWER account contribution to be able to begin HIP Plus coverage. For example, if you apply June 5 and receive a $10 Fast Track invoice on June 12, your HIP Plus coverage could be effective beginning June 1 – if you make your $10 payment in June. If you do not make a Fast Track payment, you may face a delay in the start of your coverage. What happens if I don’t make a Fast Track payment? If you make a Fast Track payment and are eligible for HIP, your HIP Plus coverage will begin the first of the month in which you made your Fast Track payment. The $10 payment goes toward your first POWER account contribution. Fast Track allows you to make a $10 payment while your application is being processed. What is Fast Track?įast Track is a payment option that allows eligible Hoosiers to expedite the start of their coverage in the HIP Plus program. HIP Plus coverage begins the first of the month in which an individual makes their POWER account contribution or makes a $10 “Fast Track” payment. HIP Basic can be more expensive that HIP Plus. HIP Basic does not cover dental, vision or chiropractic services and charges a copayment for each service received. Individuals with family income at or below the federal poverty level will default to HIP Basic if they do not make their POWER Account contribution. To enroll in HIP Plus, eligible individuals must make a monthly contribution to their POWER Account to help cover initial health expenses. HIP Plus is the best value plan that includes, dental, vision and chiropractic services and has no copayments except for non-emergency use of the emergency room. With HIP Plus, eligible Hoosiers can have better benefits and predictable monthly costs, and can be enrolled in coverage faster. ![]() Note that nothing in Rule 15-1 prevents the judge from awarding damages to a plaintiff in a fast track action for an amount over $100,000.The Healthy Indiana Plan now makes coverage available to hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers who did not have an insurance option before. For more on the difference between actions and petitions see Action or Petition.įast track litigation cannot be used in family proceedings, class proceedings, or jury trials. The Court orders that the fast track rule appliesįast track litigation applies only to actions started by a notice of civil claim.The trial of the action can be completed in 3 days.The only claims are for money, real property, personal property, or a builders lien, and the total value of everything claimed is $100,000 or less (not including interest and costs).Rule 15-1 describes certain types of cases that are appropriate for fast track litigation.Ĭases that could be fast tracked have one or more of these factors: This is done by filing a notice of fast track action in Form 61. However, a Court can order that any of these rules do not apply in any particular case, if convinced it is just to do so.įor a case to be under the fast track rules one of the parties must apply to move the case into fast track litigation. For more information on costs awards see Costs These amounts do not include disbursements. Specifically, costs awarded to the successful party are set at $8,000 if the trial is one day or less, $9,500 if the trial is two days, and $11,000 if the trial is more than two days. Costs are fixed: The amount of costs available in a fast track trial are fixed.For more information on expert evidence see Experts Witnesses This is in contrast to the ordinary rule which allows three witnesses. Expert evidence is limited: A party in a fast track proceeding may call only one expert witness on the topic of damages arising from personal injury or death.For more information on examinations for discovery, see Discovery This is instead of the ordinary rule where seven hours of discovery is permitted. Examination for discovery is shorter: Examination for discovery in a fast track proceeding is limited to two hours.Jury trials are not available: A party cannot choose to have a trial subject to the fast track rule heard by a jury.What is Different in Fast Track Litigation?įast track litigation speeds litigation by simplifying some parts of the Court processes.
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