Editor's note: The 澳门六合彩资料库 Office of the President announced today (March 19) that the family member verification mailing had been delayed. 澳门六合彩资料库OP is now saying that the mailing will begin Wednesday (March 21).
By Dateline staff
澳门六合彩资料库鈥檚 family member verification project is under way 鈥 with the first packets going in the mail today (March 16).
They are going out systemwide to all faculty and staff members and retirees whose 澳门六合彩资料库-sponsored insurance covers at least one other family member (for medical, dental and-or vision).
Watch your home mail for a white envelope, 6 inches by 9 inches, clearly marked as being from 澳门六合彩资料库 and having to do with 鈥渇amily member verification.鈥 You need to respond by May 17, with the requested documentation, to ensure your continued enrollment in 澳门六合彩资料库-sponsored insurance for you and your eligible family members.
As the project begins, officials are once again reminding employees of the reason for the verification project, the security of the process and the considerable assistance that is available to help you respond (including a call center, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week).
Most employers require proof of your relationships with the people whom you seek to add to your company-sponsored insurance. This has not been 澳门六合彩资料库鈥檚 historical practice.
To help ensure that employee information is accurate and up to date, 澳门六合彩资料库 undertakes an annual, random audit of approximately 20 percent of the work force. This year, 澳门六合彩资料库 is auditing the entire work force.
The university recognizes that family circumstances change and that sometimes employees forget to update their personal information to reflect life changes. During this audit, employees have the opportunity to update their dependent coverage should they have forgotten to do so, and thereby help the university ensure that it is appropriately insuring eligible individuals. It is not an opportunity for new enrollments.
澳门六合彩资料库 Davis鈥 Karen Hull, associate vice chancellor for Human Resources, emphasized: 鈥淭he goal of this audit is to continue providing health benefits to all eligible employees and their dependents while also eliminating health care costs that are not part of our coverage plan.鈥
This project is part of a larger 澳门六合彩资料库 effort that includes verifying family member eligibility for all new employees, and for all existing employees and retireres when they seek to add someone to their coverage.
澳门六合彩资料库 has contracted with Secova Inc. to administer the audit and the ongoing verification process. 澳门六合彩资料库 officials said price figured into the selection of Secova, but the university also liked the company鈥檚 security and privacy procedures, and commitment to customer service.
The packet coming to your home 鈥 if you have other family members enrolled in 澳门六合彩资料库-sponsored insurance 鈥 includes a cover letter introducing the project and Secova, plus a description of eligibility definitions and answers to frequently asked questions.
The mailing also includes a list of the documents that are acceptable for proof of eligibility. They include marriage licenses, birth certificates and adoption papers, as well as tax returns, with the caveat that you should black out your financial information.
Driver licenses and passports may be acceptable in some cases.
In verifying family member eligibility, you can mail in copies of the appropriate documents, or you can scan them and send them electronically. Either way, you may want to start gathering your originals. Remember, the deadline is May 17.
The mailing also will tell you about Secova鈥檚 audit website and the call center 鈥 where staff members who speak multiple languages are prepared to help employees work through a multitude of different circumstances.
For example, say you don鈥檛 have your marriage license, what else might suffice as evidence of marriage? Or, you adopted a child and don鈥檛 have a birth certificate, what else can you provide as evidence?
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