[OEBBBUSMAN] OEBB -- New Benefit Information Exchange Group and Champs!

[Business Managers-OEBB]

Dear Superintendents, Business Managers and Benefits Administrators:

 

 

The OEBB board and staff are looking for ways to improve how we
communicate and work with our educational entity partners on a daily
basis.  During the implementation process, we had several focus groups
that helped us understand the needs and differences of entities moving
onto the OEBB benefits program.  These groups helped by bringing ideas
to the table and talking through the upcoming steps and stages.  

 

Since implementation in 2008, we have continued to make benefit and
systems changes to accommodate the changing insurance environment,
respond to special requests and to further our goal of creating
additional administrative efficiencies.  To better meet the needs of our
customers (participating entities and education employees throughout
Oregon), we are creating two new groups to help OEBB staff improve our
communications and identify areas where we can do a better job in
meeting your needs -- the Benefit Information Exchange (BIE) and the
Health Engagement and Wellness Champions (Champs!).

 

The BIE group will be made up of all interested entity representatives
(business managers, benefit representatives, payroll staff, IT staff,
etc.), with an executive steering committee of 10 to 12 entity
representatives to assist us in setting the agenda and/or providing
feedback between regularly scheduled meetings of the Group.  We are
proposing to have a regular two-hour meeting each month, at least in the
beginning.  One of the first tasks of the executive steering committee
will be to help us determine the day of the month and time period for
the monthly meeting.  We anticipate that OEBB staff will provide a
summary of the previous Board meeting(s), status updates on current
projects and overviews of future projects and activities.  Other agenda
items will include topics of interest identified by the committee and a
roundtable for participants to ask questions and share what is working
well and what might work better.  The meeting will be held in the OEBB
board room here in Salem.  Entity representatives can attend in person,
or via a conference call.  We can also stream the meeting if that would
be more convenient or would work better for participants.

 

If you, or someone from your entity, are interested in being a member of
the BIE executive steering committee, please let Rose Mann know by July
7, 2011.  Rose can be reached by telephone at 503-378-4606, or via
e-mail at rose.mann at state.or.us.  We are hoping to schedule the first
meeting of the BIE in early August to provide updates on the upcoming
open enrollment period and we would like to know what else entities want
to talk about.

 

The second workgroup, "Champs!", will be made up of individuals in
educational entities that are enthusiastic about health and wellness and
interested in being the liaison between OEBB and their peers and
coworkers for health and wellness related updates and activities.  You
know the person - the one that is always involved in coordinating
activities or health fairs, the one that doesn't miss an opportunity to
participate in special events promoting health and wellness, the one
that many people look to when needing some positive reinforcement, the
one that has been looking for ways to implement (or has been involved in
implementing) a wellness program or activity for your entity.....  Our
hope is to have a representative from each participating entity to bring
us great ideas, share successes and to help inspire and engage their
fellow employees and peers to lead more healthful lifestyles.  We
anticipate moving forward with this new group sometime in late September
or early October when many of the "Champs!" in entities return from
summer vacation.  We will send out an invitation in early September
2011, but if you know of a specific person from your entity that fit one
or all of the descriptions above and may be interested in participating,
you can send their name and e-mail address to me at any time.

 

Thank you in advance for considering being one of the BIE executive
steering committee members and/or for sending along a name and contact
information for one of your "Champs!".  If you have any questions about
either of the two new groups, let me know.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Denise L. Hall

Deputy Administrator

Oregon Educators Benefit Board

http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB <http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB> 

(503) 378-5133

(503) 378-5832 FAX

 

OEBB has a new weight management program and the benefit will be
expanded to covered dependents beginning October 1, 2011!  Pass it
on..... http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB/WeightMgmt.shtml
<http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OEBB/WeightMgmt.shtml>  

 

 

 

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