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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Business Managers, Superintendents & Benefits Administrators:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Per OEBB rules (<a href="http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/oars_100/oar_111/111_080.html">OAR 111-080-0055</a>), OEBB must complete a Dependent Eligibility Verification (DEV) Review for each
participating entity at least once every three years. OEBB plans to begin the first of these reviews in April 2014. The OEBB website now features a new page specifically to share information and help Employing Entities plan for these reviews.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">You can find this page in the left-menu of the OEBB site by clicking “Employing Entity Home”, and then “Entity DEV Reviews”. The direct URL for the page is:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/entity/Pages/eeDEVReviews.aspx">www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/entity/Pages/eeDEVReviews.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This page includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">an overview of the DEV Review process,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">OEBB’s proposed schedule for 2014,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">complete details on the documentation members will be required to provide,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">information on using a third party vendor for your entity’s review and the process to get third party vendors approved, and
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">a copy of the slides used in a recent presentation to the Benefits Information Exchange (BIE) Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We are currently developing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and will add those to the site soon, continuing to enhance them as new questions arise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Keep in mind, the responsibility to conduct these reviews lies with OEBB, not the employing entity. Entities are not required to incur any additional cost or provide any services related to these
reviews. OEBB is simply providing this information in order to make the process as transparent and efficient as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">If you have questions about the DEV Review process, please call Erica Hedberg at 503-373-1896 or send an email to:
<a href="mailto:Erica.Hedberg@state.or.us">Erica.Hedberg@state.or.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#003399">Jackie Cowsill</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#003399"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003399">Communications Coordinator</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#003399"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003399">Oregon Educators Benefit Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003399">Voice: 503-378-5353<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003399">Fax: 503-378-5832<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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