Health & Welfare Information

HealthFlex:  A Comprehensive Approach to Healthy Living

HealthFlex is the managed care health program sponsored by the New Mexico Conference for its clergy, lay employees and their dependents.  But it's more than a health plan.  It's a comprehensive approach to a healthier lifestyle—with features that support disease prevention, physical vitality and emotional well-being.

The HealthFlex focus on prevention helps clergy, lay employees and their families prevent disease and improve their overall wellness. In addition to providing coverage for medical care, behavioral health, prescription medications and vision care, HealthFlex provides benefits that can help you overcome daily challenges, including:

      • stress management services,

      • financial and legal consultation,

      • a physical activity program that delivers financial rewards,

      • elder care services,

      • health screenings,

      • coaching services that address chronic conditions, and

       • health information tools and resources.

Click the link for a copy of ‘HealthFlex Wellness At-a-Glance: A Foundation for Healthy Living’

http://www.gbophb.org/TheWell/Root/HFLX/3699.pdf

HEALTHFLEX PLAN MONTHLY RATES FOR 2011 & 2012

 2012 HEALTHFLEX PLANS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS:

Click on link next to each plan for 2011 plan summaries.

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois --for medical and hospital services
  Active plans (those under 65 years of age)   
                 2011 BCBS PPO B1000
  Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP) 
                 2011 Consumer Driven Health Plan
  Retiree Plan (those age 65 and over):  Medicare Companion Plan
                 2011 Medicare Companion Plan   
  
   
• Medco Health Solutions -- for prescription drug benefits
  Pharmacy plan for PPO B1000      2011 Pharmacy Plan PPO
  Pharmacy plan for CDHP              2011 Pharmacy Plan CDHP
  
  
• Ceridian -- for administration of Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  for medical and dependent care reimbursements
  FSA Info                                   FSA info
  Debit Card Information for
       FSAs and HRAs                     2011 FAQ for Debit Cards
  Direct Deposit Information           Ceridian Direct Deposit 
  Claim Form                                Ceridian MRA Claim Form
  
  
• Vision Service Provider (VSP)-- for eye care benefits
                   VSP Exam Core Benefits 2011  
  
  
• United Behavioral Health (UBH) --  for mental and behavioral health services, as well as the Employee Assistance Plan
  UBH Plan for PPO B1000             UBH PPO
  UBH Plan for CDHP                     UBH CDHP

Access all your HealthFlex benefits and plan information through WedMD at:   

https://www.webmdhealth.com/gbophb/default.aspx?secure=1

• Virgin HealthMiles Walking Program -  The Conference-sponsored walking program can help increase your activity-- and you'll earn rewards for enhancing your fitness and overall wellness.  Strap on your pedometer and aim for at least 7,000 steps per day  Step up your commitment to health!  Click here to learn more and to enroll in the program. 

 Life Insurance, Disability Protection, and Long-Term Care Insurance

• Death and Disability Protection – Active Clergy

- Comprehensive Protection Plan (CPP) - Provides disability, death and other supplemental benefits to participating clergy and their families. This is a mandatory plan for all clergy serving in a fulltime appointment.

                 2011 Schedule of Benefits   2011 Schedule of Benefits

- UMLifeOptions Clergy Supplemental Life Insurance - Provides supplemental life insurance plans for eligible clergy. Clergy eligible for and enrolled in the CPP (see above) are automatically enrolled in the Clergy Supplemental Life Insurance plan upon appointment. The benefits include $50,000 life insurance and $50,000 Accidental Death & Dismemberment for the active clergy participant, and $5,000 life insurance for the spouse of the active clergy participant. The benefits in this plan are in addition to the life insurance provided to the active clergy through the CPP.

- UMLifeOptions Optional Life Insurance Plan – Provides an opportunity for eligible active clergy to purchase additional life insurance for themselves, their spouse and eligible children. This is in addition to the life insurance provided by the conference through the CPP and the Clergy Supplemental Life Insurance Plan.

•  Death and Disability Protection – Lay Employees

- UMLifeOptions Provides long-term disability and life insurance plans to eligible lay employees. This plan is available for lay employees through the General Board of Pension & Health Benefits. Local churches may elect to adopt this plan to provide a life insurance benefit, disability income protection, or both, for their lay employees. Local churches can contact Terry Shoemaker in the New Mexico Conference Office if they are interested in sponsoring this plan.

• Long-Term Care Insurance
  
  Provides supplementary benefits for extended care for persons with chronic illnesses or injuries that health plans and Medicare are not typically designed to cover.  The General Board offers a group long-term care insurance plan with John Hancock Life Insurance Company, one of the nation's top long-term care providers, underwriting the plan.  Click here for more information.

For other information on retiree benefits, life insurance, health insurance, benefits for lay employees and death and disability for lay employees contact the Conference Benefits Officer for additional information,