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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I hope this email finds everyone well. I wanted to take a few minutes to let you know about our timelines and changes for the upcoming
<span style="color:red">PASSIVE</span> Open Enrollment for the 2024-25 plan year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Timelines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 20-June 14:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> MyOEBB EE Plan Management opens.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please watch for a communication about EE Plan Management.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We will continue to do EE Plan Management as we have these last few years with Carrie Cameron updating the system.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">June 25:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> “Getting Ready for OEBB Open Enrollment” webinar is from
10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6042199463879324248">
Register here for this webinar.</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">End of June:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Please take one last look at your plan selections prior
to our data pulls to ensure the correct plans and rate structures.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">July 4:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> OEBB pulls data the week after July 4 for all our Open Enrollment
mailings. <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please update your employees with correct Employment and Member Types and addresses.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please get your New Hires in the system so they are included in the data pull.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Week of July 29:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> OEBB starts sending out Pre-OE mailings (“heads
up” postcard and the personalized OE letter).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">August 1:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Please make sure salaries are updated for your employees
in MyOEBB prior to the start of Open Enrollment.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">August 2 and August 14:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:red">MyOEBB will be down:</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday, August 2 at around 8 a.m.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, August 14 for the entire day to do a planned rollover for Open Enrollment. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">August 15-September 15:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Enrollment opens in MyOEBB on August 15 and
runs until September 15.<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are ending Open Enrollment earlier than September 15, you must communicate this to your employees.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please inform OEBB of your entity’s Open Enrollment end date if it’s different than September 15.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Check out our OEBB Open Enrollment Guide for all the highlights of this open enrollment (available mid-July).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OEBB’s state website for information is <a href="http://www.oebbinfo.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.oebbinfo.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OEBB staff will be available from 8 am to 5 pm Monday-Friday
<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:oebb.benefits@odhsoha.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">oebb.benefits@odhsoha.oregon.gov</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phone: 888-469-6322
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fax: 503-378-5832<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Changes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Open Enrollment is <span style="color:red">PASSIVE (voluntary)</span>.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This means employees <b>may not need to re-enroll</b> to have medical, dental, and/or vision coverage for October 1.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If employees are satisfied with their current benefit plan selections, their enrollments will roll over to the next plan year. They'll be re-enrolled
automatically! They don't need to do anything. Benefits will stay the same.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Employees
<b>need to login to MyOEBB</b> during Open Enrollment if:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">They’re a new hire (they need to enroll)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You have eliminated a plan (members need to enroll if their current plan is going away)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">They need to change their dependents<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">They want to update their plan selections<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level3 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">They need to update their personal information or beneficiaries<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If your entity kept the exact same plans and only changed the rate structure, OEBB will roll those employees over during the rollover in August<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">NEW!</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) vendor — Canopy. Visit the
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/Pages/insurance-committee-information.aspx">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Insurance Committee Information Page</span></a> for details about Canopy.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 12-month wait for dental is going away effective October 1.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Members who currently have the 12-month wait will be rolled to whole plans effective October 1.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Members newly enrolling themselves or dependents in dental will not be subject to the 12-month wait effective October 1.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Newborns and newly-adopted children will have medical coverage for the first month at no cost. What does this mean?<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For example, a member gives birth or adopts (or their covered child gives birth or adopts) on October 15. The child will be covered on the current
medical plan for the first 31 days (Oct 15 – Nov 14). <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If the member wants coverage for the child beyond the first 31 days (and the child is eligible), the member must submit a Qualified Status Change
(QSC) for coverage effective November 1. Premiums will begin on November 1. <o:p>
</o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you for all that you do and let us know if you need anything!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#538135">Linda Freeze<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#538135">OEBB/PEBB Benefits Manager<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#538135">Oregon Health Authority (OHA)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Health Policy and Analytics Division (HPA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Public Employee’s Benefit Board (PEBB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:linda.freeze@oha.oregon.gov">linda.freeze@oha.oregon.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell: (503) 881-8740<o:p></o:p></p>
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