From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Wed May  4 08:59:31 2011
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 08:59:31 -0700
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] FW: OEBB 2011-12 Rates and Plan Summaries Available
	Online
Message-ID: <mailman.62.1304524827.2557.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

 

 

Dear Business Managers, Superintendents and Benefits Administrators:

 

OEBB premium rates and plan summaries for the 2011-12 plan year are now
available on the OEBB website:
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB/resources.shtml

 

We look forward to working with you in this upcoming year. If you have
any questions, please contact OEBB Member Services at (866) 469-6322 or
by email at oebb.benefits at state.or.us.

 

 

 

Thank you,

Billi Keuscher

OEBB

HB 2557 Coordinator

503.378.4447

 

 

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From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Mon May  9 10:47:51 2011
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 10:47:51 -0700
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] The OEBB website has a new look!
Message-ID: <mailman.390.1304963290.4745.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Business Managers, Superintendents and Benefits Administrators:

 

You may have noticed that the OEBB website has a new orange and blue
color scheme to go with the new Oregon Health Authority logo in the
upper right corner. A more subtle change you may also notice is that our
web address www.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB <http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB>
redirects to   www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB <http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB>
.  Any shortcuts or links to the old server will automatically redirect
to this new server, so it shouldn't affect your day-to-day operations in
any way. 

 

 

Why the change?

 

The Oregon Educators Benefit Board will be "changing" July 1, 2011 from
its current agency - the Department of Administrative Services - to the
Health Programs Division of the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). 
 
OEBB's physical location and contact information will not change. Its
virtual locations on the Internet have shifted, but current links and
bookmarks will continue to work by redirecting.
 
House Bill 2009 created the OHA in 2009 to move the state toward its
goal of quality, affordable health care for all Oregonians.

 

 

If you'd like to learn more about the OHA, please visit their website:
www.oregon.gov/OHA. 

 

If you have questions about the transition or have any issues with the
OEBB website, please contact me directly at jackie.cowsill at state.or.us
or by phone at (503) 378-5353. 

 

Thank you,

 

Jackie Cowsill

Communications Coordinator

Oregon Educators Benefit Board

Voice: (503) 378-5353

Fax: (503) 378-5832

 

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From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Fri May 13 16:14:05 2011
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 16:14:05 -0700
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] Upcoming Member Communication - Dependent
	Eligibility Verification
Message-ID: <mailman.60.1305560578.1114.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Business Managers, Superintendents and Benefits Administrators:

 

On Monday, May 23rd, OEBB plans to send a communication to members about
a dependent eligibility verification review tentatively scheduled for
early 2012.  We think it is important to provide information about the
upcoming review as early as possible to ensure all of your employees are
aware of the process and timelines.  Attached is a copy of the
communication we plan to send.  Below is some additional information
about the communication and process:

 

Who will receive this communication:

All OEBB members with one or more dependent covered on one or more of
their OEBB plans.

 

How the message will be delivered:

1)      If the member has a personal email address in the MyOEBB system,
the message will be delivered via email to that address.

2)      If the member does not have a personal email address in the
MyOEBB system, but they do have a work email address in the MyOEBB
system, the message will be delivered via email to that work email
address.

3)      If the member does not have an email address in the MyOEBB
system (neither personal nor work), OEBB will mail a hard copy of the
message via USPS to the mailing address listed in the MyOEBB system. If
there is no mailing address, it will be mailed to the residential
address. 

 

When the messages will be sent out:

We plan to send the emailed messages on Monday, May 23, 2011.  Hard copy
letters to members without email addresses should go out approximately
3-5 business days later.

 

What you can do:

1)      If you have any questions regarding this communication, please
contact Jackie Cowsill, OEBB Communications Coordinator at 
Jackie.cowsill at state.or.us, or by phone (503) 378-5353.

2)      If you are contacted by members who realize they are currently
covering a dependent who does not meet the eligibility requirements,
OEBB will allow entities to remove those dependents at the end of the
month of the request using a QSC. You are not required to allow this,
but it is an option OEBB will allow if your entity would like to let
employees make these dependent changes prior to the next open enrollment
period. We have attached a sample communication you can use as a
template to communicate this option to your employees if you choose to
do so.

 

Why this is important:

Joan Kapowich, Administrator of both the OEBB plans and the Public
Employees' Benefit Board (PEBB) plans, reported to the PEBB board at its
meeting yesterday, that in the initial phase of their dependent
eligibility verification members removed 773 individuals from coverage
which is estimated to save about $2.5 million going forward (a
combination of lower total premium costs and lower claims costs). 

 

We hope that by providing this notice to you in advance of sending it
out to employees, we can answer any questions you might have and work
together to deliver a unified message to all of the OEBB members.

 

Thank you for your partnership in this effort. Please contact me
directly if you have any questions.

 

Jackie Cowsill

Communications Coordinator

Oregon Educators Benefit Board

Voice: (503) 378-5353

Fax: (503) 378-5832

 

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From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Tue May 17 08:47:43 2011
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 08:47:43 -0700
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] 2011 Open Enrollment
Message-ID: <mailman.100.1305647263.28616.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Business Managers, Superintendents and Benefits Administrators:

 

Just a quick note to let you know the 2011 Open Enrollment will NOT be
mandatory. This option was discussed in the April 28, 2011 Board
meeting, but no decision was made at that time. Although the Board saw
value in the idea, the value was outweighed by the potential workload
impact to participating Educational Entities.

 

We will strongly encourage every member to log in and review their
information as well as make any desired plan selection changes; however,
if a member does not log into the MyOEBB system during the upcoming open
enrollment  period,  and their current plans are still available to
them, their enrollments will roll over into the 2011-12 plan year.

 

If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact me
directly by email jackie.cowsill at state.or.us or by phone at (503)
378-5353.

 

 

Jackie Cowsill

Communications Coordinator

Oregon Educators Benefit Board

Voice: (503) 378-5353

Fax: (503) 378-5832

 

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From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Mon May 23 12:27:50 2011
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 12:27:50 -0700
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] OEBB-Revised Dependent Eligibility Communication
Message-ID: <mailman.417.1306178872.12065.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Business Managers, Superintendents and Benefits Administrators - 

 

After fielding your questions and valued feedback last week, we made
some small revisions to the Dependent Eligibility communication which
will be delivered to members via email this afternoon and via USPS later
this week. Please find the final version attached for your reference. 

 

Also for ease of reference, I have re-attached the optional template
message you may use if you wish to allow members to remove ineligible
dependents prior to Open Enrollment. This template language has not
changed since we first sent it last week.

 

Again, if you have any questions about this communication, please feel
free to contact me directly. Thank you.

 

Jackie Cowsill

Communications Coordinator

Oregon Educators Benefit Board

Voice: (503) 378-5353

Fax: (503) 378-5832

 

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From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Mon May 23 13:44:24 2011
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 13:44:24 -0700
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] OEBB-Revised Dependent Eligibility Communication
Message-ID: <mailman.494.1306183465.12065.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

Please accept my apologies. The template language provided should have
been revised so the dependent eligibility language at the end exactly
matches the final language in the member letter. We added a couple
paragraphs specific to retirees at the end. If you plan on using our
template language, please use the revised version attached. Thank you!

 

________________________________

 

 

Dear Business Managers, Superintendents and Benefits Administrators - 

 

After fielding your questions and valued feedback last week, we made
some small revisions to the Dependent Eligibility communication which
will be delivered to members via email this afternoon and via USPS later
this week. Please find the final version attached for your reference. 

 

Also for ease of reference, I have re-attached the optional template
message you may use if you wish to allow members to remove ineligible
dependents prior to Open Enrollment. This template language has not
changed since we first sent it last week.

 

Again, if you have any questions about this communication, please feel
free to contact me directly. Thank you.

 

Jackie Cowsill

Communications Coordinator

Oregon Educators Benefit Board

Voice: (503) 378-5353

Fax: (503) 378-5832

 

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