From oebbbusman at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Thu Apr 4 08:32:02 2013 From: oebbbusman at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Business Managers-OEBB) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:32:02 +0000 Subject: [OEBBBUSMAN] Agenda/Handouts for this morning's 10AM BIE Meeting Webinar Message-ID: NOTE: This month's meeting will contain a number of important updates and topics of interest, such as: * A full demonstration of OEBB's Self-Pay Retiree Administration process * Updates on potential changes for this fall's Open Enrollment 2013 Please see the attached agenda for details. ________________________________ What: OEBB's Benefits Information Exchange (BIE) Group Meeting - agenda attached When: Thursday, April 4, 2013 (10 a.m. - noon) - first Thursday of each month, same time Where: Join from any computer via iLinc webinar Who & Why: The purpose of the BIE Group is to facilitate improved communication between OEBB and participating educational entities. All interested entity representatives (business managers, benefit representatives, payroll staff, IT staff, etc.) are welcome to attend either in person or via the iLinc webinar. Please share this invitation with any appropriate coworkers who may not be on our listserv. Typical agenda items include a recap of that month's board meeting, a walk-through of one or two reports in Report Mart, and updates on upcoming MyOEBB system modifications and member communications. We also invite questions and suggestions on any topics you would like to discuss. How: Use this link to log into the meeting: https://oregonconnect.ilinc.com/join/bfrysbh After logging in, please enter your name and phone number. The iLinc system will call you so you can participate in the meeting. Want to prepare your system ahead of time? https://oregonconnect.ilinc.com/systest/bfrysbh Need technical assistance? http://www.ilinc.com/services/support We hope you will join us! 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A summary of the recommendations made to the OEBB Board by the Healthy Futures Workgroup, 2. the proposed communications timeline, and 3. a draft agreement that would appear in the MyOEBB system This Open Enrollment period, beginning August 15, 2013, will be a mandatory Open Enrollment, meaning each benefit-eligible employee and early retiree in OEBB will be required to log in to the MyOEBB system and actively select their medical, dental, and/or vision plans, or waive or opt-out of coverage (if applicable). Note: Optional plans like life insurance, long-term care, AD&D, etc. will remain in place and will not need to be re-elected. As part of this mandatory enrollment process, the employee/early retiree will be asked to select whether or not they wish to participate in the Healthy Futures program. Participation is optional, but every member must declare in the MyOEBB system whether or not they choose to participate. Those who do participate will be eligible for a lower deductible on their 2014-15 OEBB medical plan. Please review the attached documents. Are there elements of the program you feel will be particularly important or problematic? Do you agree or disagree with anything in the recommendations? Do you have additional suggestions? Send your feedback and comments to: OEBB.Board at state.or.us by close of business on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, to allow us time to prepare and share your input with the Board as they consider moving this program forward at the April 25 Board meeting. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration and feedback. Together we can build Healthy Futures for all OEBB members. Sincerely, [cid:image001.jpg at 01CE3C13.BF597840] [cid:image002.jpg at 01CE3C13.BF597840] Joan M. Kapowich, R.N. Denise L. Hall Administrator Deputy Administrator -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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With this adoption OEBB staff will begin making some changes in MyOEBB to accommodate the new medical plans. OEBB will expire the following plans along with their codes in MyOEBB as of 9/30/2013: ODS Medical Plan 3 ODS Medical Plan 4 ODS Medical Plan 5 ODS Medical Plan 6 ODS Medical Plan 7 ODS Medical Plan 8 ODS Medical Plan 9 OEBB staff will implement new medical plans in MyOEBB for the 2013-14 plan year available through Moda Health: Moda Health Medical Plan A Moda Health Medical Plan B Moda Health Medical Plan C Moda Health Medical Plan D Moda Health Medical Plan E Moda Health Medical Plan F Moda Health Medical Plan G Moda Health Medical Plan H OEBB will create new plan codes for each of the above Moda Health medical plans. OEBB staff understand that some entities use the MyOEBB plan codes in their payroll/benefit systems for deductions or reconciliation of invoices. Since this is a practice for at least some entities, we wanted to let you know that OEBB staff will be updating MyOEBB with the new plans and plan codes. OEBB will have these codes available for your educational entity via Excel spreadsheet by May 15th. Please contact our Benefits Inbox for a copy of the new codes at oebb.benefits at state.or.us on or after May 15th. We hope this email gives you enough time to take any steps needed to transition the new codes in your systems for the October 1, 2013, effective date. Please let us know if you have any additional needs, concerns, or questions as we want to make this as smooth of a transition as possible. All other plan codes will remain the same, including the plan codes for all the Kaiser medical, dental and vision plans, Moda Health dental and vision plans, and all the plan codes for The Standard and Unum plans. Thanks and please let me know of any questions you may have. 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