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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Educational Entities:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OEBB’s Benefits Information Exchange (BIE) Group will not be meeting this month, but we wanted to take this opportunity to provide an update on the Dependent Eligibility Verification (DEV) Audit currently underway.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Last week OEBB extended the audit deadline for submitting documentation an additional two weeks. Members selected for the audit now have until 11:59 p.m. February 24, 2012, to submit acceptable documentation supporting their dependents’ eligibility for OEBB benefits. Towers Watson provided OEBB with a list of “non-responders” (i.e., members selected for the audit who had not yet submitted any documentation). OEBB notified these members of the extension via e-mail and regular mail and reminded them of the importance of submitting their documentation. You can find that communication, as well as all the communications relating to the DEV, on the “Entity Resources” page of the OEBB website: <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/entity/eeResources.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/entity/eeResources.shtml</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In response to that reminder letter and the non-responder lists we placed in the educational entity document management section of MyOEBB, OEBB received a number of calls and e-mails from members who had in fact submitted their documentation, but were still appearing on the list. Towers Watson researched the situation and discovered a processing error had occurred. They are currently drafting a letter of apology and explanation to all affected members, which will be delivered later this week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have further questions, please contact OEBB Member Services by phone at 888-469-6322, or by e-mail: <a href="mailto:oebb.benefits@state.or.us">oebb.benefits@state.or.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:navy'>Jackie Cowsill</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Communications Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Oregon Educators Benefit Board</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>