DAS/OUS Healthcare (PEBB & HEM)
The following articles are to keep you up-to-date on the Health Engagement Model and other recent and anticipated changes to healthcare coverage administered by the Public Employees’ Benefits Board.
Posted on April 8, 2013 by SEIU Local 503
SEIU members from all over the state are showing up to share their ideas at PEBB regional meetings this week. Last week, members in Ashland, Eugene, and Bend turned out to meetings and participated in some good conversations about our …
Posted on April 2, 2013 by juareza
With 40 members watching in a Capitol hearing room and that many more tossing play money at passers-by in the corridor outside, SEIU Local 503 witnesses told legislators to go after the bad guys on Wall Street before balancing the …
Posted on March 18, 2013 by SEIU Local 503
The Health Engagement Model (HEM) program is now in its second year and we succeeded in making the program less punitive: Members who have chosen not to participate should no longer be seeing a monthly surcharge and those who are …
Posted on February 11, 2013 by SEIU Local 503
Major Breakthrough on Organizing Emerging Occupations On February 1, SEIU signed a letter of intent with Addus and Family Care to employ enhanced homecare workers to provide medical care to their long-term care clients. To qualify as “enhanced,” homecare workers …
Posted on October 22, 2012 by SEIU Local 503
The implementation of the HEM taught the State something that we’ve known all along: health plans affecting state employees work best when they have thoughtful input from the workers. So when the PEBB board declared a few months ago that …
Posted on October 22, 2012 by SEIU Local 503
What is the PEBB RFP? The PEBB Request For Proposals (RFP) is the process by which the PEBB Board determines which health insurance companies will provide health insurance coverage to state employees. After receiving proposals from a number of companies, PEBB will select …
Posted on October 3, 2012 by SEIU Local 503
Open enrollment for our health benefits has begun. Even if you enrolled in the HEM in 2012, this is the time to enroll in the 2013 HEM program if you choose to participate. In our last update, we shared changes …
Posted on August 27, 2012 by SEIU Local 503
We want to share with you what’s happening with the HEM in 2013 and let you know what we’ve discussed as a committee around evaluating the HEM. Additionally, we want to encourage you to take the survey on workplace health …
Posted on August 24, 2012 by SEIU Local 503
(Statesman-Journal) For the first time since 2005, the state is looking for a new health care provider to manage its employees’ benefits. The goal is to save money by focusing on preventative and integrated care, instead of illness-by-illness services.
Posted on August 20, 2012 by SEIU Local 503
We want to know how you feel about workplace health and whether policies and practices in your workplace help or harm your health goals. Besides the positive personal improvements we can feel from improved health, a healthier workforce also means lower …
