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<div>It’s that time of the year again! OEBB and its insurance carriers are preparing for meetings with educational entity and local government insurance committees and groups of employees responsible for reviewing plans and options to determine which benefit
plans will be offered to employees for the 2015-16 plan year. </div>
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<div>For the past several years, we’ve scheduled most insurance committee meetings through the education service districts (ESDs) located throughout Oregon for the educational entities and at the few local government work locations. This has helped us to be
available for many more insurance committee meetings than would otherwise be possible. <b>We really appreciate </b><b>your willingness to work together to help make this happen</b><b>!</b> </div>
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<div><u>I sent an email to ESD, community college and local government representatives yesterday asking them to work with you to coordinate meeting times and places to meet your entity</u><u>’s needs.</u> If for some reason your entity isn’t able work within
coordinated meeting(s) schedule, we will try very hard to work in your specific needs. Our goal is for OEBB to be able to complete all of the meetings needed in a specific area in a three- to four-day period within the block of time designated for the various
areas of the state (see below).</div>
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<div>The regions are again divided a little differently than you see traditionally, so we identified the ESDs, community colleges and local government entities considered to be in each of the areas. </div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><b>Southwest Oregon – Week of May 18</b><font color="black"><b>:</b></font><font color="black"> South Coast; Douglas; Southern Oregon; Rogue CC; Southwestern Oregon CC; Umpqua CC; Josephine County; Coquille Valley
Hospital</font><font color="black"> </font></li></font>
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<div><font color="red"><b>Central Oregon – Weeks of May 11 & May 18</b><font color="black"><b>: </b></font><font color="black">North Central; Jefferson; High Desert; Harney; Grant; Malheur;</font><font color="#44546A"> </font><font color="black">Central Oregon
CC; Treasure Valley CC</font><font color="black"> </font></font></div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><b>Portland/Metro Area & Willamette Valley – Weeks of May 11, May 18 & May 25</b><font color="black"><b>: </b></font><font color="black">Willamette; LBL; Lane; Lane CC; Linn-Benton CC; Columbia Gorge ESD; Columbia
Gorge CC; Clackamas ESD; Multnomah; Portland CC: Clackamas CC; Mt. Hood CC; Oak Lodge Sanitary District</font><font color="black"> </font></li></font>
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<div><font color="red"><b>Northeast Oregon & Northwest Oregon – Week of May 11</b><font color="black">: Inter-Mountain; Union-Baker; Region 18; Northwest Regional; Clatsop CC; Oregon Coast CC; Blue Mountain CC; Tillamook CC</font><font color="black"> </font></font></div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><b>Southeast Oregon – Week of May 18</b><font color="black"><b>: </b></font><font color="black">Lake; Southern Oregon; Klamath CC; Klamath County</font><font color="black"> </font></li></font>
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<div>We anticipate the presentations will last approximately an hour and we can allow an additional 30 minutes for questions. OEBB staff will provide an overview of all program and plan changes (including the timing changes for the Healthy Futures Program and
the mandatory open enrollment), talk about the impact of healthcare reform on the rates and program, summarize any pertinent rules or rule changes and answer all program, eligibility and healthcare reform questions that we can.</div>
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<div>We do not anticipate that carrier representatives will be participating in insurance committee meetings this year unless specifically requested by an entity, or we determine having a carrier representative available to speak to a specific change or changes
is in the best interest of the audience. This seems to work well last year. We know that benefit and benefit plan selections are very important decisions and OEBB’s goal is to provide this important information to every employee who participates in the plan
selection process for the 2015-16 plan year.</div>
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<div>Once the ESD has identified meeting dates and times for the entities in its area, we’ve asked them to <b>complete and submit a meeting request form (CLICK HERE FOR THE FORM</b><font size="3" color="red"><span style="font-size:12pt;">: </span></font><a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/50764996763978"><font face="Calibri" size="3" color="red"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>2015
Insurance Committee Meeting Request Form</u></span></font></a><b>) for each requested meeting no later than close of business on April 24, 2015</b>. If your entity would like to request an entity-specific meeting, we ask that you use this form and submit your
request by April 24 as well.<font color="#44546A"> </font>We will do everything we can to accommodate the specific dates and times that work best for you or the ESD; however, we may need to contact you to resolve any scheduling conflicts that may arise as the
requests come in. We anticipate having the final meeting schedule set by May 4, 2015, and will send out a meeting confirmation at that time. </div>
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<div>If you have any questions, please contact Linda Freeze at <a href="mailto:Linda.Freeze@oregon.gov"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Linda.Freeze@oregon.gov</u></font></a><font face="Calibri">,</font> or by calling 1-888-4MyOEBB (1-888-469-6322). Thank you for
your continued support and cooperation as we prepare for a successful 2015-16 plan year. </div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Sincerely,</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Brush Script MT" size="4" color="navy"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Denise L. Hall</b></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Denise L. Hall, Deputy Administrator</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Oregon Educators Benefit Board</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><u>http://egov.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB</u></span></font></a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Book Antiqua" size="2" color="red"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"><b>OEBB encourages all members to stay healthy and be happy!!!! Pass it on..... </b></span></font></div>
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