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By now your members (both active and retired) should have received notification from Verizon Benefits regarding the 2013 Annual Enrollment.
Open Enrollment for both our active and retired members will run from Wednesday November 7, 2012 to Wednesday November 21, 2012, at 11:59 PM.
· Your Benefits Connected - Active - (NYNE_Active.pdf)
· Your Benefits Connected - Retired - Post 91 - (NYNE_RetPost91)1
· Your Benefits Connected – Retired - Ret 86-91 - (NYNE_Ret86_91.pdf)1
· Pre 1986 Retiree – Letter to HCN Participants - (Pre_86_HCN.pdf)1
· What’s Changing -2013 and Beyond - (NYNE_Benefits)1
· 2013 Annual Enrollment Presentation - (2013_Annual_Enrollment)1
· Welcome Letter to Employees –HRA - (HRA_Welcome_Letter)1
· Health Care Spending Account - (HCSA_Ltr.pdf)1
· Dependent Care Spending Account - (DCSA_Ltr.pdf)1
· Zip File – Summary of Benefits and Coverage – (NYNE)
· Zip File – (HPE) Health Plan Evaluator – (NYNE_HPE)
There are two Zip files. The file (NYNE) contains the Summary of Benefits and Coverage for each plan that is being offered. This is now a requirement under the Affordable Care Act. The file (HPE) Health Plan Evaluator (NYNE_HPE) replaces the Health Plan Comparison Chart (HPCC). Our members will be able to review all the Plans that are being offered with the Summary of Benefits and Coverage and will be able to see examples on how the plan might cover medical care. By using these examples, our members can see how much they may have to pay with each plan. They can then compare different plans. The HPE compares different plans. For example, the MEP Health Care PPO (Anthem 563) compares three other plans, the HCN (Anthem 815), EPO (Anthem 814) and CDPHN – HMO (Anthem 808).
Important Information Your Members Should Know
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· There are changes to all Medical plan options and prescription drug coverage and your members should review all the material before making decisions.
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· EVERY MEMBER must go online and certify that neither they nor their covered dependents use tobacco.
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· If your members do NOT certify, they will be defaulted into the Tobacco user category and your members will pay $600 more for medical coverage.
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· Tobacco users can complete a Tobacco Cessation Program which will qualify them for the $600 reduction.
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· Your members must complete the Health Assessment before December 31, 2012, through Benefit Connection to qualify for the $100 deduction for medical coverage. The Health Assessment is a simple, confidential questionnaire which takes about 10 minutes to complete. Starting November 7, 2012, your members can take the Health Assessment, accessible through Benefits Connections http://www.verizon.com/benefitsconnection
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· If your members are happy with their current health plan and want to continue it, there is nothing they need to do but your members still must complete the Health Assessment questionnaire and certify that they are not tobacco users to qualify for the deductions.
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· Any Time Enrollment is no longer available – Changes can ONLY be made during Open Enrollment with the exemption of a Qualified Status Change. Examples of a Qualified Status Change are adding a spouse if you get married, added a child when there is a birth of new baby.
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· EPO is no longer open to new enrollments. If someone who now has the EPO chooses another plan then they will no longer be able to re-enroll in the EPO in the future.
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· For retirements January 1, 2013 and later, if your members are enrolled in an HMO/EPO at retirement, they may continue in it as long as it is offered and/or until Medicare –eligible.
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· If your members are not enrolled in an HMO/EPO at retirement, they cannot enroll in an HMO/EPO as a retiree.
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New Benefit Center
Starting with Annual Enrollment, Verizon will transition to Zerox HR Solutions. Hewitt will no longer handle Verizon Benefits after December 31, 2012. The NEW Verizon Benefit Center can be reached at 1-855-4VzBens (1-855-489-2367).
Your members should continue to call the current Benefits Center (1-877-4VZBens) 1-877-489-2367 until December 31, 2012 for 2012 benefits.
Important Reminder to those who do not have Internet Access or prefer to Call the Benefit Center
If your members need any printed materials mailed to your home, call the Verizon Benefits Center at 1-855-4VzBens (1-855-489-2367) as soon as possible.
Reminder
Your members MUST complete the Health Assessment questionnaire and EVERY MEMBER must go online and certify that neither they nor their covered dependents use tobacco in order to qualify for the premium reductions.
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