OptimaHealth Online Medical Enrollment and Benefit Changes for 2008-09
You MUST have an Optima user name and password in order to enroll on-line. If you selected a user name and password last year and have forgotten/misplaced your user name, please contact Optima Health’s member services at (757) 552-7110 for retrieval. You will then be able to reset your password. If you are currently enrolled with Optima and have not created a user name and password in the past, please follow the link below to create your user name and password. If you are NOT currently enrolled in Optima coverage, please follow the appropriate link and you will be able to create a user name and password.
Note: You do not have to be enrolled in medical insurance through Optima to be able to take advantage of on-line enrollment.
On-line enrollment is only available for the following benefits:
- Medical Insurance with Optima Health
- Full time employees may choose from two Point of Service (POS) medical plans through Optima Health.
- Dental Insurance/Dominion Dental
- Full time employees may choose from three dental plans through Dominion Dental. Plan offerings include one Dental Health Maintenance Organization (DHMO) plan and two Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plans.
- Legal/Legal Resources
- The Pre-paid Legal Plan is available to employees to cover certain legal procedures. The employee pays a premium per paycheck for this service; however, does not pay an attorney when requesting a covered service.
- Long Term Disability/The Hartford*
- Long Term Disability provides income protection for employees who are out of work for more than 90 days due to their personal health status.
- Flexible Spending/WageWorks
- Medical Flexible Spending allows an employee to set aside pre-tax dollars for post-tax medical expenses. An employee may elect to have up to $4000 withheld annually. Dependent Care Flexible Spending allows an employee to set aside pre-tax dollars for post-tax dependent care expenses. An employee may elect to have up to $5000 withheld annually.
- Critical Illness Insurance/MetLife
- Policy pays a lump sum benefit if the employee experiences one of six covered conditions: cancer, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, major organ transplant or coronary artery bypass graft. You may use this payment as you desire.
- Reserve Pay
- Allows 10, 10.5 and 11 month employees to receive pay over 12 months.
- Sick Leave Bank
- Allows employees who have been out of work without pay due to their health status for more than 20 working days or 30 calendar days salary continuation for up to 45 working days per contract year. Employees are required to donate one sick day to join the sick leave bank.
*If you have been employed with NPS for more than 30 days, an Evidence of Insurability form must be completed. The form is available on-line. Enrollment is subject to approval or disapproval from The Hartford.
Please note some of the important changes for the 2008/2009 school year:
On-line enrollment for coverage effective October 1, 2008 (September 1, 2008 for flexible spending) will be held from June 2, 2008 through June 30, 2008. Changes made outside of open enrollment will require a change of life status or qualifying event.
Beginning this year, flexible spending deductions will be spread over 20 pay periods beginning with the first pay date in September and ending with the second pay date in June. As in the past, employees wishing enrollment in flexible spending MUST re-enroll/enroll each year.
Depending upon your Internet Service Provider, you may need to disable the pop up blocker on your computer in order to enroll on-line. Also, certain computers have higher Internet security settings that may require adjustment. You can adjust your security settings through Tools, Internet Options.
If you are currently enrolled with Optima Health, please click on the link below to proceed with on-line enrollment.
You may request a new user name and password on-line at www.optimahealth.com.
http://www.optimahealth.com/OptimaHealth/Members/Secured/default.htm (page will open in new window)
If you are NOT currently enrolled with Optima Health, please click on the link below to proceed with on-line enrollment:
http://www.optimahealth.com/enroll (page will open in new window)
For further information, contact:
Allison B. Myers, MS, PHR
Benefits Coordinator
Norfolk Public Schools
(757) 628-3912 phone/benefits department
(757) 628-3888 fax
amyers@npsk12.com
