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Learn about the challenges, options, and recommendations for retiree medical benefits. Discover the study objectives, eligibility criteria, plan details, and future projections for retiree medical plans.
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Retiree Medical Study Leadership Update October 2015
Retiree Medical Study Objectives • Ensure retirees and university are getting the most for their dollar • Affordable, accessible retiree medical plans are now available in the market • Taking advantage of options such as Medicare subsidies could lower costs • Ensure university can continue insurance benefits (medical, dental, life) for current retirees • By 2019 the liability for current and future retiree medical benefits will be over $1 billion, increasing to $4.5 billion in 30 years • Recent finalized Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) ruling means the university will need to begin to fund the liability • This is additional money that will increase the benefit rate 3 2
Our challenge: Current liability projection $4.5B in 2045 $808M 3 5
Project timeline Progress to Date Announce Study @ Launch Dedicated Website Conduct Listening Tour Develop Potential Designs Finalize Plan Analysis Develop Implementation/ Communication Strategy Announce Direction TRAC Review Conduct Focus Group Testing Retiree plan implemented Review Current Plan Conduct Benchmarking and Marketplace Review @ Guiding Coalition Meetings Website Updates Educational Resources 4
Current Retiree Insurance Program Eligibility for insurance benefits • Age 55 and at least 10 years of service, or age 60 with at least 5 years of service • Generally, spouses are eligible for lifetime coverage • Same eligibility applies to retiree dental and life • Must have UM benefits prior to retirement 5
Current retiree medical plans • Pre Medicare retirees • PPO Plan • Healthy Savings Plan • Post-Medicare retirees • myRetiree Health Plan • Healthy Savings Plan • Subsidy – UM subsidy varies based on age and years of service at retirement but averages 50% 6
Changes outside the university • Only 6 million of 45 million Medicare retirees have coverage through an employer plan • Market plans for Medicare-eligible are robust and offer universal access • Significant federal subsidies are available to complement or replace Medicare • Enhanced Medicare pharmacy benefit by 2020 (provided through Affordable Care Act) • Pre-65 options are developing 7
The “levers” for Retiree Medical Program • Eligibility and/or vesting (who gets benefits?) • Who receives the benefit (and for how long)? • How much of a benefit do they receive? • Are spouses covered; what about widow(er)s? • Plan design (what do they get?) • Cost sharing for medical expenses • Coinsurance, copays, deductible • Employer funding (how much does UM pay?) 8
Current retiree recommendations • Preserve plans (medical, dental, life) • Continue current UM subsidy of premiums • Take advantage of market options to increase value / lower cost 9
Status of future retiree medical benefitsfor active employees • Plan will likely close to new hires • Multiple options developed • Being reviewed by the Total Rewards Advisory Committee (TRAC), who will make recommendation(s) to VP of HR • Targeting December 2015 or February 2016 recommendations to Board of Curators • Ample time and support resources will be provided to faculty and staff to consider any changes 10
2016 Annual Enrollment HRC August 2015
Your role as a leader • Make sure you’re informed • Understand generally the when and what of Annual Enrollment so you can help inform your faculty and staff • Know that active enrollment could result in defaults if your employees do not take action • We need your buy-in and support for your employees during the process
Important dates to take action • Before enrollment: Choose insurance that is right for you Benefits guide Meetings & one-on-ones Plan comparator Campus Benefits Reps. / HR Service Center Be tobacco free http://umurl.us/enrollment
Important dates to take action • During enrollment: Select your plans Log into myHR Make your selections You’re not done until you click “Submit” Don’t default! https://myhr.umsystem.edu
Important dates to take action • After enrollment: Make the most of your benefits Review your confirmation Complete your HSA paperwork Keep an eye out for new cards Consider investing your premium savings http://umurl.us/enrollment
SECTION TWO: Insurance options
Medical options, cont’d. What’s different • Premiums • Tobacco discount & attestation • New medical plan administrator:United Healthcare • New HSA administrator: Optum Bank • Same prescription administrator, ExpressScripts, for all plans • RX Deductible on the custom network plan • Out of pocket maximum changes • Check provider lists – may have changed. What’s the same • HSA contributions Amounts prorated after 1st quarter • Custom Network remains in Columbia only • Active enrollment
Other insurance plans • Dental, vision, life, and accidental death & dismemberment • No change in plan structure • Premiums – no change • Long Term Disability (LTD) • During the two-week period of Annual Enrollment only, faculty and staff have a unique opportunity to enroll in Option A or Option B Long Term Disability (LTD) without providing evidence of insurability or otherwise going through underwriting • Those who currently have LTD coverage, will default to the same coverage but can make changes • Those who waived in previous years, will automatically be enrolled in university paid Option A • Privacy notices • We will be ensuring that all employees are alerted to our privacy notices • Always available at http://umurl.us/notices
SECTION THREE: Wellness Incentive
Tier 2: $350 * Tier 1: $100 * $450 incentive program 50 points • Take the Wellness Pledge in myHR with Annual Enrollment 350 points • Choose healthy habits and activities that work for your lifestyle. Examples: • Healthy eating • Join a Weight Watchers program • Mindful-based stress reduction classes • Participate in daily exercise 50 points • Take an online Personal Health Assessment * Taxable income. Voluntary retirement plan savings are also deducted. Must pay premiums for medical insurance to be eligible. Must be actively employed at time of payout to earn the incentive.
$450 incentive program, cont’d. What’s different • Rest of incentive program begins November 1, after taking the pledge during Annual Enrollment • No biometric health screening • Expanded activities • Either incentive points or prizes under the Million Step Pedometer Program; not both • Tobacco-free / tobacco cessation program no longer earn incentive points—replaced by premium discount What’s the same • Must be a primary subscriber to university medical insurance to be eligible • Must be an active employee at the time of payouts • Must earn the initial 100 points by April 30 to receive $100 in your May paycheck; and the remaining 350 points by September 30 to receive $350 in your October paycheck * Taxable income. Voluntary retirement plan savings are also deducted.