[All_staff] Benefits Open Enrollment Underway - Ends February 29, 2012

[Rhonda Barbosa]

Attention All Regular and Term Employees/:/
 

Jefferson Lab's 2012 Health Benefits Open Enrollment is underway and 
will go through _Wednesday February 29, 2012_

  

_Below are a few reminders concerning the Open Enrollment Process _

*Default Enrollment:  *If you want to leave your benefit elections as is 
and make no changes, you are not required to re-enroll.

*Conditions in which you will need to access the Employee Self Service 
(ESS) System:*

*1.*      *To select another medical option outside of the medical plan 
default;*

*2.*      *To make changes to your current benefit elections;*

*3.**      **To participate for the first time in a Medical Care or 
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Plan; *

*4.**      **Continue your enrollment in a Medical Care or Dependent 
Care Flexible Spending Account*

 

*Important Things to Remember:*

*Due to Anthem's Medical health plan/product realignment, employees will 
automatically default into the most comparable medical plan as indicated 
below:*

* *

o   *BlueCare Indemnity ?  KeyCare PPO 10*

o   *KeyCare PPO 15 ? KeyCare PPO 10*

o   *Healthkeepers HMO 15 ? Healthkeepers 15 POS *

* *

? *Optima Vantage open access HMO will continue to be offered as is*

? *Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) maximum contribution 
changes from $5,000 to $2,500*

? *Short-Term disability premium rates decreased approximately 35 percent*

 

_Instructions to Log Into the Employee Self Service (ESS) System_

To log into the ESS go to *misportal.jlab.org/time* 
<https://misportal.jlab.org/DeltekTC/> or click on the open enrollment 
link from the Insight page.  To learn more specifics regarding this 
year's plan changes and enhancements, please view the 'Summary of 
Benefits Matrix' found on the Benefits web page or the attached PDF.
 
Training on the ESS System as well as an overview of the 2012 Anthem 
medical plans and all other sponsored Lab Benefits will be offered at 
the following times:

 

Monday                       February 27                             
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.         Treva Ferguson - Benefits Consultant

Wednesday                     February 29                         1:00 - 
2:00 p.m.           Anthem Representative

All sessions will be conducted in the CEBAF Center, room F113

 

 If you have any questions, please contact one of the following:

Treva Ferguson at ext. 7291 or Doug Roeder at ext. 7576

 

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