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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Business Managers, Superintendents & Benefits Administrators:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have a couple announcements for you:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><u>December BIE Meeting Cancelled<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The December 18<sup>th</sup> Benefits Information Exchange (BIE) Meeting has been cancelled. We plan to continue our “third Thursday of the month” schedule into the new year, so the next meeting will be Thursday,
January 15, 2015. A 2015 meeting schedule is attached for your convenience.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i>Note: In the November BIE Meeting we had mentioned trying to schedule a Towers Watson ACA webinar in the same timeslot instead of holding the December BIE Meeting; however, the Towers Watson ACA expert was not
available at that time. See #2 below for the webinar details. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><u>Towers Watson ACA Webinar – January 16, 2015<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Towers Watson will host a webinar for OEBB-participating entities to review ACA requirements and guidelines. This webinar will be held
<b><span style="color:red">Friday, January 16, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 11:30 a.m</span></b><span style="color:red">.,</span> including time at the end for any questions you may have. An email invitation with login information will be distributed
closer to that date. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">This webinar will cover much of the same material that Towers Watson presented at the OASBO Conference November 13, 2014. You may find it helpful to review the slides used in the OASBO presentation to get familiar
with the concepts and prepare any questions prior to the January webinar.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/docs/2014/HCR/OASBO_Nov13slides.pdf" title="OASBO presentation slides">November 13, 2014 Presentation Slides -</a></span></u></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/docs/2014/HCR/OASBO_Nov13slides.pdf" title="OASBO presentation slides">ACA Review - Employee Measurement and Reporting Guidelines</a></span></u></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40.5pt"><i>This information and link can also be found on the Healthcare Reform page of the OEBB website:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/Pages/HealthCareReform.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/Pages/HealthCareReform.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions about these items, please feel free to contact me directly at
<a href="mailto:jackie.cowsill@oregon.gov">jackie.cowsill@oregon.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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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