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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good morning,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>IMPORTANT Request:</b> Please take the time to run a <b>September Draft Invoice Report</b> and<u> **verify your Salary Start Dates for any Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability <b>salary based</b> plans</u>. If your salaries were updated with an incorrect start date, it may adversely impact your September premiums, causing an imbalance in your August Payroll to the September final Invoice. Entities who updated their salaries using the “Perm File” format aren’t likely to have these issues but are still encouraged to check. If you find this to have happened you have two options.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Send OEBB a spreadsheet of the impacted employees’ names, Enumber, and what the salary effective date should be, and we will have our programmers correct the errors. If this option is chosen, your file needs to be turned into OEBB no later than 8/30/2011.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Your Entity MyOEBB Administrator can update the salary back to the previous salary using a 9/1/2011 start date. Then wait until after the September final invoice has been run, and re-enter your salaries with a 10/1/11 start date.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Contact Jody Bowyer (see contact info below) for questions regarding these two options.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Invoicing Dates:</b> OEBB will be producing and distributing your <b>September 2011 Excel Invoice Reports next Wednesday night August 31st</b>. You will find them in your Document Management section in MyOEBB the following Thursday morning<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>September 1st. We will send you the <i>Monthly Billing Statement</i> also on Thursday September 1st that will include the amount due for your September benefits, EAP Premiums, as well as any retroactive adjustments made in August. Jody Bowyer will distribute your <i>Retroactive Adjustment</i> <i>Report</i> at the member level so you’ll have the detail supporting the amounts due. This “Retroactive Report” will be placed in your Document Management Section in MyOEBB with notification by Jody. If you do not agree with the amount billed please contact her and she will<span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span>assist you in researching any discrepancies. <b>The due date for payment of your September invoice is **Monday, September 12th</b>. Please remember to <b><u>clear any unsaved QSCs</u> </b>that can be viewed on your home page prior to the invoicing report distribution on the night of August 31<sup>st</sup>. Please feel free to call or e-mail us with any questions you might have. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you very much and have a great day, <span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ali Hassoun - Financial Coordinator<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oregon Educators Benefit Board<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1225 Ferry St NE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Salem, OR 97301-4281<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ph: 503-378-4741<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 503-378-5832<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-mail: <a href="mailto:Ali.hassoun@state.or.us" title="blocked::mailto:Ali.hassoun@state.or.us
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mailto:Ali.hassoun@state.or.us">Ali.hassoun@state.or.us</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Jody Bowyer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Oregon Educators Benefit Board<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Senior Accountant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>1225 Ferry St. NE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Salem, Oregon 97304-4281<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Phone: 503-378-6583<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Fax: 503-378-5832<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jody.bowyer@state.or.us">jody.bowyer@state.or.us</a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rosie Chernishoff <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Accountant<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oregon Educators Benefit Board<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1225 Ferry St<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone (503) 378-6597<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax (503) 378-5832<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Rosie.chernishoff@state.or.us">Rosie.chernishoff@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>