You won鈥檛 find them in the 2020 open enrollment booklet that is due to come by mail to your homes this week. You won鈥檛 see them on 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 open enrollment website.
We are talking about the subsidized rates by which the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold health maintenance organization, which includes access to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health, is now one of the lowest-priced health plan options for 鈥渓ocal鈥 employees 鈥 we who work at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Agriculture and Natural Resources.
AT A GLANCE
- WHAT: Open enrollment for 2020
- WHEN AND WHERE: 8 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 31) to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 (two days before Thanksgiving), . Note: 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Path will be unavailable from 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, to 7 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 23.
- : On the Davis and Sacramento campuses
- : 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, on the Sacramento campus, and Friday, Nov. 8, on the Davis campus
So, where can you find the local rates? And on a 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis-specific rate sheet that is also being mailed to employees鈥 homes.
In a pilot program, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis is subsidizing 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold premiums for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health and ANR employees, because, as of Jan. 1, our health plan options will no longer include Western Health Advantage, or WHA, a Sacramento-based HMO serving 14 Northern California counties.
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 employees enrolled in WHA have access to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health, and one way they can keep that access is by enrolling in 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold. This is where the subsidies come in, lowering the Blue & Gold premiums to make the plan as affordable as WHA has been (generally matching the rates for Kaiser Permanente HMO, historically among the least expensive options in the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 health plan menu).
Thus, in 2020, local employees will have the choice of two HMOs, Kaiser and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold, both at the same price, the lowest among all of our health plan options. Another option, the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Health Savings Plan, a high-deductible preferred provider organization, or PPO, paired with a health savings account to help you pay your out-of-pocket costs, also has come down in price 鈥 matching the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold and Kaiser rates.
See your open enrollment booklet or to learn more about all of your health plan options, including 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Care, a traditional PPO.
Blue & Gold rates available to all
The subsidized 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold premiums are available to all 鈥渓ocal鈥 employees 鈥 those who are losing WHA, and anyone else who wishes to join Blue & Gold. The time to choose is during open enrollment, starting at 8 a.m. this Thursday (Oct. 31) and continuing until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, two days before Thanksgiving.
Important note: If you are a WHA member and you make no choice during open enrollment, you will be moved into the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold plan by default.
鈥淔or the vast majority of employees, staying with 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold will ensure uninterrupted access to your current care team,鈥 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis HR said in an open enrollment email to all employees last week.
鈥淏ut,鈥 the email continued, 鈥渨e encourage you to do two things during this open enrollment鈥:
- Confirm your health plan selections and personal information is correct in 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Path and make changes as needed.
- Confirm your current mental health providers are part of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold HMO network.
More information
Besides local 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Blue & Gold premiums and all other premiums, the spells out the actions you can take during open enrollment, provides health plan comparisons and explains a new benefit: supplemental health plans.
The site also include a calendar of presentations and help desks. The schedule includes, for the first time in several years, a on the Davis campus: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, in the Ballroom. Health, vision and dental care providers will be among the participants, along with Healthy 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, WorkLife, and the Staff and Faculty Health and Well-Being Program.
is up and running, and come 8 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 31), the site will include a button that will take you to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Path to make your open enrollment choices.
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