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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Benefits Administrators, Business Managers, and Premium Contacts:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the 2017-18 plan year, OEBB will be hosting <b>quarterly</b> BIE (Benefits Information Exchange) Meetings, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. on the first Thursday of November, February, and May. Each session has a unique registration link shown in
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<p class="MsoNormal">The agenda for the upcoming meeting (Thursday, Nov. 2) is attached and also contains registration links for all sessions.
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#010101">Join us for OEBB's BIE (Benefits Information Exchange) Meeting</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101">The purpose of OEBB's BIE Meeting is to facilitate communication between OEBB and participating employers. All interested employer representatives (business managers, benefit representatives, payroll staff, IT staff,
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#010101">Register for each session separately using the unique registration link below the date:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101">Nov 02, 2017 at 10:00 AM PDT <o:p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101">Feb 01, 2017 at 10:00 AM PDT</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101">May 03, 2017 at 10:00 AM PDT</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar and links to add the meeting to your calendar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope this new quarterly schedule will maximize everyone’s time while still maintaining a consistent opportunity to ask questions and share information.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We also plan to host additional topic-specific webinars throughout the year to provide trainings on various processes and reports, so you can tune in to those you need and skip those you don’t, with recordings available for later reference<b>.
If there are any processes/topics you would like more training on, please let us know by sending an email to:
<a href="mailto:OEBB.BIE@state.or.us">OEBB.BIE@state.or.us</a>.</b> We’re happy to provide whatever tools/resources we can to help you do your important jobs more efficiently.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for all you do, and we hope you’ll join us for the BIE Meetings! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jackie Cowsill<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Communications Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Health Policy and Analytics Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oregon Educators Benefit Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jackie.cowsill@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">jackie.cowsill@state.or.us</span></a><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phone: 503-378-5353<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.OEBBinfo.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">www.OEBBinfo.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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