We have received additional information from the Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS), the State’s health insurance administrator, concerning the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with the new Health Insurance Marketplace that opened on October 1, 2013. According to ERS, “…the Marketplace is for people who do not have […]
Flu season is just around the corner! Influenza (“flu”) is a contagious disease that spreads around the United States every winter, usually between October and May. Through collaboration with United Healthcare and Walgreens, we are now able to offer flu immunizations onsite at NO COST to benefits-eligible employees […]
Employees who have debit cards for TexFlex health care accounts or TexFlex day care accounts will see changes starting in April. Beginning April 1, 2013, TexFlex participants can use debit cards as either “debit” or “credit” cards. If participants choose debit, they will need a personal identification number, […]
The ERS Board of Trustees awarded the third-party administrator contract for the Texas Employees Group Benefits Program (GBP) disability insurance plans to Aon Hewitt Absence Management, LLC (Aon Hewitt). The contract will cover a four-year term from September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2017. Aon Hewitt’s offices dedicated to the GBP […]
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