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The Contact Us feature on the website is a secure way for members to contact the ASEA Health Trust Administrator. This protects your personal information and also allows you to view a history of your messages and the Administrator’s responses. This replaces the email option previously under “Contact Us”. Call the Administrator at 866-553-8206 (toll-free) if you have questions.
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Open Enrollment begins Monday, May 17 and ends on Friday, June 4 at 5:00 p.m. (AKT).
This is your annual opportunity to review your benefit choices and make changes, enroll in a HCRA, and update your dependents and other health coverage for the 2021/2022 Plan Year. Please be sure to read the materials in your Open Enrollment packet to learn about important Plan changes and understand how they may affect you. Click here for the Letter from the Trustees and Open Enrollment Guide.
Here is what you MUST do during Open Enrollment:
- Health Care Reimbursement Account (HCRA) elections do not roll over. If you want to have a HCRA in 2021/2022, you must enroll in a HCRA during Open Enrollment. (Remember, the IRS has a “use it or lose it” rule that limits the amount that you can roll over from year to year. While the IRS is allowing a full rollover of unused funds from the 2020/2021 Plan Year (due to COVID-19), you will only be allowed to roll over up to $550 of unused funds from the 2021/2022 Plan Year. Please calculate your contributions carefully.) Click here for the HCRA worksheet.
- If you are enrolled in Plan A and are enrolling your spouse, you must complete an open enrollment form each year and confirm if your spouse is employed and eligible to enroll in employer-sponsored coverage through his or her employer.
- ALL participants must complete a Family Information Form at the beginning of each Plan year. Claims cannot be paid until this form is completed and submitted. Click here for the Family Information form.
If you haven’t received your Open Enrollment packet by May 17, please contact the Administrative Office by phone at 866-553-8206 or by secure message on the website (aseahealth.org) via Contact Us.
UPDATED “SUMMARY OF BENEFIT PLAN CHANGES” POSTED
Click here to view the “Summary of Benefit Plan Changes”, updated April 2021. There are important updates to the Plan including coverage for telemedicine through your provider, coverage for COVID-19 related testing and inpatient admissions, and a temporary waiver for non-PPO penalties at Providence Hospital in Anchorage for Plans A, B, and D through June 30, 2021. Beginning July 1, 2021, non-PPO penalties will be applied if you use Providence for services that could have been provided at a PPO facility.
WAITING FOR YOUR HCRA OR HRA REIMBURSEMENT CHECK TO ARRIVE IN THE MAIL? SIGN UP FOR DIRECT DEPOSIT REIMBURSEMENT INSTEAD!
Your HCRA and HRA self-service tools make it easy to control how and when you get reimbursed. Reduce the wait time for reimbursements by registering your bank account to have funds directly deposited into your bank account. Click here to learn how.
Zenith’s Customer Service Team is available to assist participants with questions regarding the HCRA/HRA online portal and mobile application. They can be reached at (866) 553-8206 (toll-free), Option “2”, then “2”.
Click here for more information about Health Care Reimbursement Accounts (HCRA).
If you are enrolled in Plan D, click here to learn about your Health Reimbursement Arrangement.
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