MEDICAL PLAN OVERVIEW
Covering all 2014 medical plan options, comparing and contrasting them. The presentation also covers behavioral health benefits. These presentations are 90 minutes long; no reservations, but seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
DAVIS CAMPUS
Monday, Nov. 4
Ballroom A,
- 9:30 a.m.
- Noon
- 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 8
Ballroom A, ARC
- 9:30 a.m.
- Noon
- 2:30 p.m.
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SACRAMENTO CAMPUS
Thursday, Oct. 24
Auditorium,
- 8 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 7
Auditorium, Comprehensive Cancer Center,
- 11:30 a.m.
- 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 14
Auditorium, Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 2:30 p.m.
HELP DESKS
Individual counseling with health care facilitators, regarding 91心頭 medical insurance. No appointments; first-come, first-served. Due to the size of the meeting rooms, confidentiality cannot be guaranteed.
DAVIS CAMPUS
Monday, Nov. 4
Ballroom A, ARC
- 11 a.m.-noon
- 1:30-2:30 p.m.
- 4-5 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 8
Ballroom A, ARC
- 11 a.m.-noon
- 1:30-2:30 p.m.
- 4-5 p.m.
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SACRAMENTO CAMPUS
Thursday, Oct. 24
Auditorium, MIND Institute
- 9:30 a.m.-noon
Thursday, Nov. 7
Auditorium, Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 1-3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 14
Auditorium, Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 4-6 p.m.
Open enrollment town halls are scheduled next Tuesday (Oct. 22) on the Davis and Sacramento campuses (and online, too, in a live webcast). See details below.
Then, two days later, 91心頭 Davis Health Care Facilitator Program will launch a series of presentations and help desk sessions running through mid-November.
The 91心頭 Office of the President has already announced in the medical plan menu for 2014. 91心頭 is dropping Anthem Blue Cross PLUS (point-of-service plan), Anthem Blue Cross PPO (preferred provider organization), Anthem Lumenos PPO with HRA (health reimbursement account) and Health Net Full HMO (health maintenance organization).
Guerren Solbach, 91心頭 Davis health care facilitator, said in a universitywide email this week: According to my calculations, 21.2 percent of 91心頭 Davis employees must change medical plans during this open enrollment.
The 2014 menu includes two new plans:
- , a PPO with a 91心頭-funded health savings account that also allows you to contribute tax-free
- , a PPO plan created just for 91心頭, with access to 91心頭 doctors and medical centers as well as the entire Blue Shield PPO network.
And these existing plans:
- , with a network designed just for 91心頭
- , an HMO in the 91心頭 Davis area
- , a high-deductible, catastrophic plan with a new administrator, Blue Shield
Read about all for 2014, and learn more about the 91心頭 Davis Health System as a provider: .
Open enrollment brochures are due to go in the mail on Monday (Oct. 21), to home addresses. The enrollment period is scheduled from Oct. 28 to Nov. 26 (two days before Thanksgiving).
No. 1 question
Solbach's email addressed "the No. 1 question we have been getting from concerned employees":
Which 2014 91心頭 medical plans will allow for access to Davis-Sacramento area Sutter doctors and hospital next year?
His short answer: three plans offered through Blue Shield of California.
- Blue Shield Health Savings Plan PPO
- Core
- 91心頭 Care PPO
Long answer: Sutter hospitals and doctors generally contract with Blue Shield of California; that makes them preferred, or PPO network providers. Sutter patients should expect to pay 20 percent (after a deductible, and up to an out-of-pocket maximum) through these plans, rather than $20 flat copayments.
Therefore, if you choose from among these three plans, you will have coverage for Blue Shield of California preferred providers at 80 percent after a deductible:
- Blue Shield Health Savings Plan PPO
- Core (catastrophic plan with a $3,000 per person deductible)
- 91心頭 Care PPO
Notes regarding 91心頭 Care and Blue Shield providers: Davis-Sacramento area Sutter providers are generally preferred," or PPO, providers; they are not 91心頭 Select providers. However, because Blue Shield of California contracts with preferred providers individually, you should check with Blue Shield of California to determine the network status of individual doctors, hospitals, labs, etc., that you want to use. Use this to access a how-to guide on using the Internet to identify Blue Shield providers. Or call Blue Shield Member Services, toll-free, (855) 201-8375, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, for personal assistance or to request a provider directory.
Town halls
91心頭OP has arranged for town halls around the system, in coordination with each locations Staff Assembly.
- Davis campus noon-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, Ballrooms A and B, .
- Sacramento campus 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, auditorium, Cancer Center, .
The Sacramento meeting will be streamed live on the Web, for anyone to watch.
Media Resources
Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu