From myoebb at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed May 2 15:47:13 2012 From: myoebb at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (MyOEBB system updates) Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 15:47:13 -0700 Subject: [MyOEBB] OEBB 2012-13 Rates and Plan Summaries Message-ID: Dear Business Managers, Superintendents & Benefits Administrators: The rates and summaries of benefits for OEBB's 2012-13 Plan Year are now available on the OEBB website. You can access these documents from the home page (www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB) by clicking either "Plan Comparisons" or "Rates" in the menu on the right side. For your convenience, links have also been placed on the "Tools & Resources" page for members and the "Entity Resources" page. You will also find a brief announcement with a link in the left column of the home page under "Benefit Resources". Soon we will also post information about Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and OEBB's preferred FSA vendor, Chard Snyder. If you have any questions, please contact OEBB Member Services by phone at 888-469-6322 (888-4My-OEBB) or e-mail: oebb.benefits at state.or.us. Thank you, Jackie Cowsill Communications Coordinator Oregon Educators Benefit Board -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From myoebb at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Tue May 15 08:26:17 2012 From: myoebb at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (MyOEBB system updates) Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 08:26:17 -0700 Subject: [MyOEBB] CANCELED: May BIE Group Meeting Message-ID: Dear Business Managers, Benefits Administrators and Premium Contacts - Since there was no meeting of the OEBB Board this month and many OEBB staff are out on the road making Insurance Committee presentations, the BIE Group meeting scheduled for this Thursday has been canceled. We look forward to meeting with you again June 21and will send a reminder and agenda next month. Thank you, Jackie Cowsill Communications Coordinator Oregon Educators Benefit Board Voice: (503) 378-5353 Fax: (503) 378-5832 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From myoebb at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Thu May 17 12:43:55 2012 From: myoebb at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (MyOEBB system updates) Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:43:55 -0700 Subject: [MyOEBB] MyOEBB EE Plan Management opens on May 18, 2012 Message-ID: Hello, We wanted to provide you with a quick update on the status of the plans and rates for the 2012-13 plan year and let you know when MyOEBB will be ready for the 2012-13 plan selection process. The Board met on April 26th and adopted new plan designs and rates for the upcoming 2012-13 plan year. For access to the rates and plan designs please click on the link below: http://oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/resources.shtml The Board made some significant changes this year to cover Bariatric Surgery at the subscriber level, expanding the ODS Medical Plan 4 network to include Crook, Jefferson, Deschutes and Lane Counties, Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) and Portland Adventist and including the Orthodontia benefit in all dental plans except for ODS Dental Plan 6. Also, the Board decided to discontinue ODS Pharmacy Plans A and C and attach ODS Pharmacy Plan B to ODS Medical Plans 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The Board decided to open up all medical, dental and vision plan choices to an employee group within a zip code area. The educational entity, or employee group, will have the option of restricting choices by deselecting plans in EE Plan Management. However, by leaving all options in MyOEBB for employees to consider during open enrollment, individual employees will have the ability to consider and select which medical, dental and vision plan best meets their needs and/or the needs of their family. Additionally, Providence Medical Plans 2 and 2A will no longer be offered under the OEBB benefits program effective October 1, 2012. The Providence plans offered a rich benefit and claim costs continued to be higher than expected and higher than the premium amount collected. Rather than raise the premiums by the amounts that would be needed to cover expected claims cost, Providence proposed not to renew Plans 2 and 2A. The Board agreed that these plans were not sustainable and accepted Providence's proposal. OEBB appreciates the partnership with Providence over the last four years, and Providence has agreed to continue to work with the Board, staff and consultants to continue efforts in the area of value-based and evidence-based health care and medical benefits. The Board also decided to discontinue a number of Short-term and Long-term Disability plan options offered by The Standard that were not being used at this time. So, when you open up EE Plan Management this year the following plans will be discontinued: * Providence Medical Plan 2 * Providence Medical Plan 2A * ODS Pharmacy A Medical Plans 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 * ODS Pharmacy C Medical Plans 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 * ODS Dental Plan 6/Ortho * ODS Dental Plans 1, 2 ,3 and 4 w/o Ortho * Kaiser Dental Plan 8 w/o Ortho * The Standard Short-term Disability Plans 18, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33, 36, 38, 40-47 and 49-54 * The Standard Long-term Disability Plans 25 and 26 These plans will terminate on September 30, 2012, and will not be available for selection during EE Plan Management. We are making the necessary system adjustments to implement the above changes and will open MyOEBB EE Plan Management on Friday, May 18th. Plan selection will go through Friday, June 15th. One of the most significant changes you will see in EE Plan Management this year is that all medical, dental and vision plans in your zip code will be check marked. If your educational entity does not want a certain plan offered for employees/early retirees to consider during open enrollment, you will need to deselect that option during EE Plan Management. Additionally, you will notice a new group on your plan review sheet called "Self Pay". This group represents plans for your entity if you would like OEBB to take over administration of your Self Pay Early Retirees. This group will follow your Early Retiree groups. We will have more news on this administrative feature later. We ask that entities enter the MyOEBB Admin Module during this time to review new plan offerings for their employee groups and deselect any plans or simply confirm plan offerings if no changes are necessary or desired. OEBB staff have been traveling throughout Oregon presenting to insurance committees and will be doing so through about the first week in June explaining the changes. However, if you or your insurance committee are unable to attend a meeting you can contact an OEBB Benefit Analyst 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST Monday through Friday with questions concerning EE Plan Management at 1-888-469-6322 or by emailing us at OEBB.benefits at state.or.us. Our goal is to make this plan selection time period as easy as possible for your Insurance Committee and benefit staff. Let us know how we can help, or if you have any questions. Thanks, Linda Tullis Benefits Manager Oregon Educators Benefit Board 1225 Ferry Street SE Salem, OR 97301 Office: (503) 378-3329 Fax: (503) 378-5832 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From myoebb at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed May 30 10:39:51 2012 From: myoebb at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (MyOEBB system updates) Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 10:39:51 -0700 Subject: [MyOEBB] MyOEBB EE Plan Management is open through June 15th Message-ID: *REMINDER* MyOEBB has opened Plan Year 2012-13 Plan selection goes through Friday, June 15th For access to the rates and plan designs please click on the link below: http://oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/resources.shtml The Board made some significant changes this year to cover Bariatric Surgery at the subscriber level, expanding the ODS Medical Plan 4 network to include Crook, Jefferson, Deschutes and Lane Counties, Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) and Portland Adventist and including the Orthodontia benefit in all dental plans except for ODS Dental Plan 6. Also, the Board decided to discontinue ODS Pharmacy Plans A and C and attach ODS Pharmacy Plan B to ODS Medical Plans 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The Board decided to open up all medical, dental and vision plan choices to an employee group within a zip code area. The educational entity, or employee group, will have the option of restricting choices by deselecting plans in EE Plan Management. However, by leaving all options in MyOEBB for employees to consider during open enrollment, individual employees will have the ability to consider and select which medical, dental and vision plan best meets their needs and/or the needs of their family. Additionally, Providence Medical Plans 2 and 2A will no longer be offered under the OEBB benefits program effective October 1, 2012. The Providence plans offered a rich benefit and claim costs continued to be higher than expected and higher than the premium amount collected. Rather than raise the premiums by the amounts that would be needed to cover expected claims cost, Providence proposed not to renew Plans 2 and 2A. The Board agreed that these plans were not sustainable and accepted Providence's proposal. OEBB appreciates the partnership with Providence over the last four years, and Providence has agreed to continue to work with the Board, staff and consultants to continue efforts in the area of value-based and evidence-based health care and medical benefits. The Board also decided to discontinue a number of Short-term and Long-term Disability plan options offered by The Standard that were not being used at this time. So, when you open up EE Plan Management this year the following plans will be discontinued: * Providence Medical Plan 2 * Providence Medical Plan 2A * ODS Pharmacy A Medical Plans 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 * ODS Pharmacy C Medical Plans 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 * ODS Dental Plan 6/Ortho * ODS Dental Plans 1, 2 ,3 and 4 w/o Ortho * Kaiser Dental Plan 8 w/o Ortho * The Standard Short-term Disability Plans 18, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33, 36, 38, 40-47 and 49-54 * The Standard Long-term Disability Plans 25 and 26 These plans will terminate on September 30, 2012, and will not be available for selection during EE Plan Management. We are making the necessary system adjustments to implement the above changes and will open MyOEBB EE Plan Management on Friday, May 18th. Plan selection will go through Friday, June 15th. One of the most significant changes you will see in EE Plan Management this year is that all medical, dental and vision plans in your zip code will be check marked. If your educational entity does not want a certain plan offered for employees/early retirees to consider during open enrollment, you will need to deselect that option during EE Plan Management. Additionally, you will notice a new group on your plan review sheet called "Self Pay". This group represents plans for your entity if you would like OEBB to take over administration of your Self Pay Early Retirees. This group will follow your Early Retiree groups. We will have more news on this administrative feature later. We ask that entities enter the MyOEBB Admin Module during this time to review new plan offerings for their employee groups and deselect any plans or simply confirm plan offerings if no changes are necessary or desired. OEBB staff have been traveling throughout Oregon presenting to insurance committees and will be doing so through about the first week in June explaining the changes. However, if you or your insurance committee are unable to attend a meeting you can contact an OEBB Benefit Analyst 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST Monday through Friday with questions concerning EE Plan Management at 1-888-469-6322 or by emailing us at OEBB.benefits at state.or.us. Our goal is to make this plan selection time period as easy as possible for your Insurance Committee and benefit staff. Let us know how we can help, or if you have any questions. Thanks, Linda Tullis Benefits Manager Oregon Educators Benefit Board 1225 Ferry Street SE Salem, OR 97301 Office: (503) 378-3329 Fax: (503) 378-5832 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: