Difference between revisions of "Health Insurance"

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We currently have Kaiser Permanente health insurance. Our group number is 11367.

To make a dental, vision, or medical appointment or to talk to an advice nurse, call Membership Services: 503-813-2000

Alternative Care: To find a practitioner, please visit this site: http://www.chpgroup.com/practitioner-search.php#practop

Additional benefits: To find additional benefits, such as gym membership discounts, please visit: http://chpactiveandhealthy.com/

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Kaiser guidelines: Employees are eligible for the health plan if they work at least 17.5 hours/week on a regular basis, and are permanent workers.

At Free Geek, Collective members are eligible for health insurance the first day of the month they are hired.

Permanent staff members are eligible for health insurance after they have passed a 6-month probationary review.

Temporary workers are not eligible for Free Geek's health insurance plan.

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-These numbers are current for 12/07 through 11/08.
 We currently have [http://kp.org Kaiser Permanente] health insurance.  Our group number is '''11367'''.
 :'''To make a dental, vision, or medical appointment or to talk to an advice nurse, call Membership Services: 503-813-2000'''
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 : To find a practitioner, please visit this site: http://www.chpgroup.com/practitioner-search.php#practop
-==Online Account==
+; Additional benefits:
-Access our online account by going to http://employers.kaiserpermanente.org/kpweb/gatewaycas/entrypage.do and clicking on "Sign In".  You can enroll and terminate coverage and pay the bill online.
+: To find additional benefits, such as gym membership discounts, please visit: http://chpactiveandhealthy.com/
 ==Enrollment==
-Coverage begins on the first day of the month after the new employee is hired.  We need to fill out all the forms and stuff less than 30 days after they've been hired.
-Employees are eligible for the health plan if they work at least 17.5 hours/week on a regular basis, and are permanent workers.
-===Online===
-# Have our new enrollee fill out and sign the enrollment.pdf form (located in ''fgstaff/health_insurance'').
-# [http://employers.kaiserpermanente.org/kpweb/gatewaycas/entrypage.do Log onto] our account.  Under "Member Functions", click on "Enroll Subscriber".
-# Fill out form and submit.
-# So that we have the signature on file, keep the form in the health insurance file in Richard's office.
-===Offline===
-# Have our new enrollee fill out and sign the enrollment.pdf form (located in ''fgstaff/health_insurance''; hard copies in the health insurance file).
-# Fax form to (503)813-4426 and (503)246-3816.
-# Send form to:</br>
-<pre>Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest
-Membership Administration
-P.O. Box 921008
-Fort Worth TX 76121-0008</pre>
-==Waiving Coverage==
-If someone waives coverage, they can't sign up for Kaiser until our next open enrollment month (generally November of every year), unless they've lost their non-Kaiser coverage through no fault of their own.
-To waive coverage, print out the waive.pdf form located in fgstaff/health_insurance; hard copies in the health insurance file and have the waive-er fill it out.
-* Fax to (817)255-4420
-* Keep it on file in his/her real-world personnel file in the filing cabinet.
-If we have over 10 employees (by Kaiser's definition: work at least 17.5 hours/week regularly, permanent), up to 25% of them can be without coverage at all.  If the employee has coverage originating elsewhere, like on their partner's health insurance, they're not included in this count.
-==Termination==
-We can do this online.
-# [http://employers.kaiserpermanente.org/kpweb/gatewaycas/entrypage.do Log onto] our account.
-# Under "Member Functions", select "Subscriber List".
-# Select the outgoing employee with the radio button, then select "Terminate Coverage" from the Member Functions menu.
-# Fill out the form and press the "Submit" button.
-* ''We '''must''' also offer continuation to the outgoing employee.  Please see below for instructions.''
-===Continuation Option===
-By Oregon law, we must offer up to 6 months of continued health insurance for terminated/laid off/resigning employees.  It should be offered as part of the [[Staff Exit Procedure]].  The employee would pay their own premium, copays, other fees, etc.  Please see [[Health Insurance Continuation]] for instructions on how to offer this coverage.
-==Changing Addresses==
+Kaiser guidelines: Employees are eligible for the health plan if they work at least 17.5 hours/week on a regular basis, and are permanent workers.
-If a covered staff member changes his or her home address, the Free Geek Kaiser representative must change their address in Kaiser's database.  This can be done through Kaiser's website.
-==Yearly Census==
+At Free Geek, Collective members are eligible for health insurance the first day of the month they are hired.
-There's a census form in the ''fgstaff/health_insurance'' directory.  Kaiser wants us to fill one of these out every November so they know how many employees we have and how many of them have Kaiser and stuff.
-==Timeline==
+Permanent staff members are eligible for health insurance after they have passed a 6-month probationary review.
-Some dates to remember. All approximate.
-* October 1 Begin considering new plan.  Survey staff, review options.
-* November 15 Kaiser renewal due
-* December 1 Renewed/new plan starts
-* December Review new plan with staff/hand out new packets during staff meeting
-==Other Underwriting Questions?==
+Temporary workers are not eligible for Free Geek's health insurance plan.
-Check out the "<year>_Underwriting_Guidelines.pdf" in the ''fgstaff/health_insurance'' directory.
-==Invoice Flow and Payment==
-* Email reminders: should go to payables [at]
-* Paper invoices: are checked over for changes/errors, then filed in the Monkeyhouse
-* Bills are on autopay.  Premiums for the month are paid on the last day of the previous month.
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