From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Tue Feb  4 10:48:43 2014
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 18:48:43 +0000
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] OEBB -- Healthcare Reform Update -- ACA Bulletin #4
Message-ID: <mailman.33.1391539726.20469.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Business Managers, Superintendents and Benefits Administrators:



*         The fourth "Spotlight on Healthcare Reform" bulletin by Towers Watson is now available on the Healthcare Reform page of the OEBB website. This edition discusses the affordability provision that is used to determine the ACA's Employer Shared Responsibility penalties.

Direct link to the bulletin:

http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/Pages/HealthCareReform.aspx#Spotlight_on_Healthcare_Reform_-_Bulletins_by_Towers_Watson


*         The Healthcare Reform page of the OEBB website also includes a number of other resources to help you and your employees find and access information about the measurements, mandates, challenges and opportunities associated with these provisions. You will find all of the Towers Watson "Spotlight on Healthcare Reform" bulletins (current and previous), links to webinars prepared and/or presented by Towers Watson on this topic, a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) section and more. We will continue to grow this page as new information becomes available. You can find it easily from the homepage of the OEBB website, www.oregon.gov/oha/oebb<http://www.oregon.gov/oha/oebb>, by looking to the menu on the left side of the page and clicking "Healthcare Reform".





We hope this information is helpful to you.



Sincerely,



Denise L. Hall

Denise L. Hall, Deputy Administrator

Oregon Educators Benefit Board

http://egov.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB<http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB>

OEBB encourages all members to stay healthy and be happy!!!!     Pass it on.....

http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/pages/welllinks.aspx



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From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Tue Feb  4 09:43:20 2014
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:43:20 +0000
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] Watch today's OEBB Board Meeting live!
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You can watch today's OEBB Board Meeting live by clicking the link below.

http://benefitboards.das.state.or.us/public_folder.html?folder=7


If you have any public comments for the Board, please send to Rose.mann at state.or.us<mailto:Rose.mann at state.or.us>. Please put "public comment" in the subject line.

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From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Mon Feb 10 17:25:13 2014
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:25:13 +0000
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] OEBB -- Health Care Reform Update -- IRS issues
	regulations!!!
Message-ID: <mailman.107.1392081916.30198.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Superintendents, Business Managers and Benefit Representatives:

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations<http://op.bna.com/pen.nsf/id/pkun-9g7t6d/$File/2014-03082_PI.pdf> implementing the employer shared responsibility provisions (a.k.a., play-or-pay mandate) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) today. Below are highlights of some of the final regulations you should be aware of.

The employer responsibility provision (i.e., employer is subject to penalties if it doesn't provide access to medical plans that provide minimum essential coverage):

*         Applies only to employers with 100 or more full-time equivalent employees in 2015

*         Applies to employers with 50 to 99 full-time equivalent employees in 2016

*         Only requires that employers that have 100 or more full-time equivalent employees offer coverage to 70 percent of their full-time employees in 2015

Prior guidance was that the employer responsibility provision applied to all employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees in 2015.  Prior guidance also suggested that qualified coverage must be made available to at least 95 percent of the employer's full-time employees (those working 30 or more hours per week), that threshold has been lowered to 70 percent for 2015.

The new guidance also addressed the effective date for the provisions.  The requirements for employers with 100 or more full-time equivalent employees will not go into effect until the start of the OEBB plan year, or October 1, 2015.  It is unknown whether the penalties for employers with 50 to 99 full-time equivalent employees will go into effective January 1, 2016, or October 1, 2016.

Also, there were some clarifications on how educational employees and adjunct faculty should be handled during the measurement process.  Towers Watson is working to prepare a special Bulletin on whether those clarifications change anything provided in previous Bulletins or informational webinars and presentations.

Hopefully this is helpful.  It will mean that fewer of you will need to worry about compliance starting in October 1, 2015, and those who still need to be ready by then will be less likely to be below the threshold due to your use of substitutes and temporary (traditionally non-benefit eligible) employees during that first year.



Denise L. Hall
Deputy Administrator
Oregon Educators Benefit Board
1225 Ferry Street SE
Salem, OR  97301-4281
(503) 378-5133
(503) 378-5832 FAX

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From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Thu Feb 20 09:19:44 2014
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:19:44 +0000
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] FW: Oregon School Employee Wellness Conference -
	Keynote Speaker-	Greg Bell
Message-ID: <mailman.59.1392916786.14982.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Business Managers, Superintendents and Benefits Administrators ?

We would appreciate you sharing the information below with your employees. The keynote is being presented by Greg Bell, an incredibly dynamic speaker we?re confident attendees will enjoy. And don?t forget that attendance at the conference counts as a ?wellness action? for OEBB?s Healthy Futures program!

Thanks for helping us support wellness in Oregon schools.

Jackie Cowsill
Communications Coordinator
Oregon Educators Benefit Board


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Oregon School Employee Wellness Conference
[http://www.waterthebamboo.com/images/email-newsletter/body/OEA_New_New_New.jpg]When

Conference: Sunday, March 23 - Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Greg's Keynote: Monday, March 24, 2014; 8:30-10:00a.m.

Where

Riverhouse Hotel & Convention Center
2850 Rippling River Ct.
Bend, OR 97701 (Map<http://www.waterthebamboo.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=20526607&KID=201503&LID=527180>)

Greg's Keynote: Cascade Ballroom

How to Register

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Program Description
Don't Farm Alone: How to grow better relationships for better results

[http://www.waterthebamboo.com/images/keynote-alone.jpg]Whether you are connecting with clients or collaborating as a staff on strategic goals and objectives, building strong relationships is the foundation to your organization?s success. Working professionals will spend the majority of their lives on the job. If you want a workplace characterized by trust, collaboration, and shared risk, this is the program for you.

This riveting, research-based program, modeled on the GregBell Curve?, will demonstrate how cultivating healthy relationships within your organization will lead to heightened productivity and personal success. Insightful, humorous, and practical, this Water The Bamboo? presentation will leave employees energized and eager to connect and reconnect.

How you will benefit:

  *   Foster a culture of trust and shared vision
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?Greg?s mixture of humor, story, and informational concepts were well received by everyone in attendance. He provided a personal touch that we have rarely experienced.?
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"Great experience, wonderful energy and fun!"
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"Over 600 people walked away with an attitude that I believe will be their 'ally' throughout the year.?
? Mickey Odin, Deputy Superintendent, Northwest Regional Education Service District

"I had the opportunity to have Greg join our Account Management and Communications staff at our retreat. Although it was promoted as professional development and training, I introduced him and his message as a gift. His message on how each of us needed and deserved to have the benefits that are afforded us by 'Watering our Bamboo' left our staff with  a view of the personal fulfillment that challenges can provide. Gift your team with the chance to hear his message."
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"Greg's ideas about maximizing potential and living into your values resonated with our leaders. If you are looking to connect your leaders with success attributes, Greg would make an excellent keynote speaker for your next leadership meeting."
? Kim Barger, Human Resources Manager, Allstate

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About Greg Bell

Greg Bell is a recognized thought leader and founder of Water The Bamboo Center For Leadership. Through his entertaining and content-driven keynotes and seminars he has encouraged and inspired thousands of people and teams to identify and water their bamboo to remarkable results.

Greg is a Certified Speaking Professional, the highest earned designation for the National Speakers Association and International Federation of Professional Speakers. Only 10% of speakers have earned this designation.

Greg's Book

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From oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us  Thu Feb 20 13:00:46 2014
From: oebbsuperinfo at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (OEBB - Superintendents)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:00:46 +0000
Subject: [OEBBSUPERINFO] Schedule an onsite visit from Healthy Team Healthy U
Message-ID: <mailman.99.1392930050.14982.oebbsuperinfo@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Superintendents, Business Managers and Benefits Administrators -

Would you like to get your employees excited about improving their health? Healthy Team Healthy U has been having great success visiting school sites, answering questions about the program, handing out pedometers and signing people up onsite. Whether you're organizing a whole wellness fair, or if you just want them to come create their own event - they are happy to come to you and share their passion for health with your employees. See their message below for more details.

If you'd like them to visit your site(s), just click the link in their message below. They've made it super easy to request a date and time that works for you.

Jackie Cowsill
Communications Coordinator
Oregon Educators Benefit Board
Voice: 503-378-5353
Fax: 503-378-5832





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[visit our website]<http://www.oebbwellness.com/?utm_source=hthu-visit-invite&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hthu-visit-invite>[facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Healthy-Team-Healthy-U/206329926198548>












HTHU wants to come to your building!


Representatives will answer questions about their fun & engaging worksite wellness program sponsored by the Oregon Employees Benefit Board (OEBB).


Click below to schedule a visit

www.OEBBevent.com<http://www.oebbevent.com>












[Breakfast]



Learn about HTHU!

Employees will come by for healthy snacks and a chance to win a Vitamix Professional Blender, a FitBit wireless activity tracker, and a popcorn maker. They can even start counting their steps right away, by walking away with a sport pedometer and workbook at No Cost!*










Healthy Team Healthy U's program can be done on your own or with a team of co-workers, spouses or partners, and children 18 years and older covered by an OEBB medical plan. It provides helpful tools to improve your diet, be more physically active, have more energy and enjoy better health. They will receive access to online cooking recipes and exercises they can do at home or in a gym.



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Learn more about Healthy Team Healthy U by watching the video at the OEBB website<http://www.oebbwellness.com/?utm_source=hthu-visit-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hthu-visit-email>.

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[Food Bank]



Giving Back

Healthy Team Healthy U will make a donation to the Oregon Food Bank and the Oregon Tooth Taxi for every member who signs up for the program, and will make more donations as you and your team earn points.



















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What's in it for me?

Participation in Healthy Team Healthy U counts as TWO healthy actions in OEBB's Healthy Futures Program, which makes it possible to earn a lower deductible** for the 2014-15 plan year. But you don't have to be participating in Healthy Futures to enjoy the benefits of signing up for Healthy Team Healthy U.

Learn More <http://oebb.healthyteam-secure.com/public/learn-more>




















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A lower deductible or copay**



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Receive a Digital Sports Pedometer


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Online Healthy Cooking and Exercise Videos









*In order to be eligible for the program at no cost, the participant must be covered on an OEBB medical plan and age 18 or older.

**In order to receive the lower deductible or copay all requirements of OEBB's Healthy Futures program must be met by their associated deadlines. Visit www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/Pages/HealthyFutures.aspx<http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/Pages/HealthyFutures.aspx> for more details on the Healthy Futures program.

Questions? 1 (855) 483-2667<tel:1%20%28855%29%20483-2667> or info at odysseyscience.com<mailto:info at odysseyscience.com?Subject=Visit%20Email%20>
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