State Employee Benefits Committee Votes on State Pensioner Healthcare Coverage
Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 24, 2022
Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 24, 2022
SEBC votes to extend current Medicfill coverage for 12 months
DOVER, Del.— The State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC) held its monthly meeting today, and to comply with Judge Calvin Scott’s interim ruling, the SEBC voted to extend the Medicfill contract for state pensioners for 12 months pursuant to the Emergency Procedures and Critical Need for Professional Services provision of the procurement code, 29 Del. C. §6907. Pending the resolution of the litigation, the SEBC will consider its options for Calendar Year 2024, which include renegotiation of the Highmark BCBS Delaware Medicare Advantage PPO plan contract and rebidding of the State Medicare health plan.
In the coming weeks, all State of Delaware Medicare eligible pensioners will receive additional information regarding Special Medicfill enrollment for the plan year that begins January 1, 2023. Enrollment in the Special Medicfill with prescription plan will automatically continue for individuals currently enrolled. Benefit eligible pensioners who are enrolled in the Special Medicfill without prescription plan or who have waived coverage for the current plan year, will be given the opportunity to make changes effective January 1, 2023.
As additional information becomes available, it will be posted on the DHR – Division of Statewide Benefits (delaware.gov) website and the Office of Pensions website.
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Media Contact:
Karen Smith, Communications Director
Department of Human Resources
Karen.M.Smith@delaware.gov
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Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 24, 2022
SEBC votes to extend current Medicfill coverage for 12 months
DOVER, Del.— The State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC) held its monthly meeting today, and to comply with Judge Calvin Scott’s interim ruling, the SEBC voted to extend the Medicfill contract for state pensioners for 12 months pursuant to the Emergency Procedures and Critical Need for Professional Services provision of the procurement code, 29 Del. C. §6907. Pending the resolution of the litigation, the SEBC will consider its options for Calendar Year 2024, which include renegotiation of the Highmark BCBS Delaware Medicare Advantage PPO plan contract and rebidding of the State Medicare health plan.
In the coming weeks, all State of Delaware Medicare eligible pensioners will receive additional information regarding Special Medicfill enrollment for the plan year that begins January 1, 2023. Enrollment in the Special Medicfill with prescription plan will automatically continue for individuals currently enrolled. Benefit eligible pensioners who are enrolled in the Special Medicfill without prescription plan or who have waived coverage for the current plan year, will be given the opportunity to make changes effective January 1, 2023.
As additional information becomes available, it will be posted on the DHR – Division of Statewide Benefits (delaware.gov) website and the Office of Pensions website.
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Media Contact:
Karen Smith, Communications Director
Department of Human Resources
Karen.M.Smith@delaware.gov
Keep up to date by receiving a daily digest email, around noon, of current news release posts from state agencies on news.delaware.gov.
Here you can subscribe to future news updates.
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