Insurance Information

All students at Mount Ida College (including student-athletes) must have medical insurance (primary).  NCAA rules do not permit any college or university to provide such coverage for student-athletes unless it is furnished for all students at the college.

Mount Ida College maintains athletic injury insurance for injuries received while participating in official practice sessions and/or in actual intercollegiate competition.  This insurance is a secondary policy requiring that the primary (the student-athlete's) policy must first be applied to any medical costs. 

All claims must be filed first against the student-athlete's (or parent or guardian's) policy by the student-athlete.  After the primary insurance has paid their portion of the claim the Mount Ida College athletic insurance will pay out the remainder of the claim.

Prior to being referred to a physician for an athletic injury, a student-athlete will be asked to fill out a claim form with the Athletic Training Staff to establish secondary coverage for the injury in question.  This form will be administered to the student-athlete and co-signed by the staff Athletic Trainer.  The remaining balance of medical bills resulting from athletic participation cannot be covered if the preceding paperwork is not completed by the student-athlete and returned to the Athletic Training Staff. 

It is also recommended that student-athletes who are insured through their parents and/or guardians bring referrals from their primary care physician in order to expedite the process of receiving health care in the area of Newton, Massachusetts should he/she sustain an injury during athletic participation.  The referral from the student-athlete's primary care physician should state that the student may be seen by Dr. William Mitchell, the Mount Ida College Team Physician, in the event of an athletic injury.

Secondary Insurance Information

Gallagher Koster Insurance
500 Victory Road
Quincy, Massachusetts
02171

Sport and Special Risk Account Representative
Dan Buckley
Toll-Free: (800) 457-5599       x6421
Local: (617) 770-9889 x6421
Fax: (617) 479-0860