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Important Carrier Network Updates

Important Carrier Network Updates

TSEA November 21, 2023 Comments Off on 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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Important Carrier Network Updates

Important Carrier Network Updates

TSEA September 28, 2023 Comments Off on Important Carrier Network Updates

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

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Important Notice: Clarification on State Employee Pay for Performance raises and Benefit Improvements

Important Notice: Clarification on State Employee Pay for Performance raises and Benefit Improvements

[email protected] May 9, 2023 Comments Off on 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

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West TN Higher Ed Benefits Fairs

West TN Higher Ed Benefits Fairs

TSEA September 30, 2022 Comments Off on 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

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Special Enrollment Period for TSEA members

Special Enrollment Period for TSEA members

TSEA August 16, 2022 Comments Off on 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

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Health Insurance Premium Holiday coming June 2021

Health Insurance Premium Holiday coming June 2021

TSEA December 4, 2020 Comments Off on 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

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Limited Opportunity for Members to Change to Cigna Open Access Plus (OAP) Network

Limited Opportunity for Members to Change to Cigna Open Access Plus (OAP) Network

TSEA June 1, 2020 Comments Off on 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

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Cigna LocalPlus network changes

Cigna LocalPlus network changes

TSEA May 22, 2020 Comments Off on 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

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Insurance Premium Holiday for Active State and Higher Ed employees coming in May

Insurance Premium Holiday for Active State and Higher Ed employees coming in May

TSEA May 4, 2020 Comments Off on 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

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Insurance committee waives cost-sharing for COVID-19 testing

Insurance committee waives cost-sharing for COVID-19 testing

TSEA March 18, 2020 Comments Off on 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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