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Important Carrier Network Updates
UPDATED (12/8/23) NEW Notice from ParTNers for Health about Vanderbilt University Medical Center Facilities in Middle Tennessee Cigna and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have reached an agreement. The following facilities [&hellip
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UPDATED (10/2/2023) from the Partners for Heath website: NEW Notice about Parkridge Health System and TriStar Health, System, Inc. (HCA) Facilities for those enrolled in the Cigna Open Access Plus [&hellip
Read More »Important Notice: Clarification on State Employee Pay for Performance raises and Benefit Improvements
Pay for Performance clarification We want to clarify a statement in our Legislative Update Week Ending 4-21-23. In the update, we mentioned that based on the budget which just passed [&hellip
Read More »West TN Higher Ed Benefits Fairs
TSEA is attending many of the Higher Education Benefits Fairs in West TN this month. Come out and meet TSEA West TN Field Representative Gayle Williams at one of the [&hellip
Read More »Special Enrollment Period for TSEA members
TSEA is excited to announce a Special Enrollment for TSEA Members from August 16 to October 14, 2022! CLICK HERE to schedule an appointment to speak with a benefits counselor. [&hellip
Read More »Health Insurance Premium Holiday coming June 2021
(UPDATE: An early version of this article stated there would not be a deduction in June 2021; however, while the premium holiday is for June 2021, the deduction will not [&hellip
Read More »Limited Opportunity for Members to Change to Cigna Open Access Plus (OAP) Network
The IRS issued guidance and the Insurance Committees approved a special mid-year opportunity for certain plan members to enroll in the Cigna Open Access Plus (OAP) network from June 8-19, 2020. [&hellip
Read More »Cigna LocalPlus network changes
Effective June 1, 2020, HCA TriStar will no longer be part of Cigna’s provider network LocalPlus. Instead, LocalPlus members in Middle Tennessee will now have access to in-network hospital care [&hellip
Read More »Insurance Premium Holiday for Active State and Higher Ed employees coming in May
With all the stressful news lately, we wanted to remind state and higher education employees of some upcoming good news. Our Executive Director made a motion at a State Group [&hellip
Read More »Insurance committee waives cost-sharing for COVID-19 testing
Staff Report With concerns of COVID-19 spreading across Tennessee, many state employees are not only worried about exposure to the virus but how will testing for it be covered. State, [&hellip
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