Reminder – 2022 Flex and HSA Forms due Friday – November 12, 2021

Open Enrollment is now open for anyone who would like to make changes to their insurance coverage effective January 1, 2022.

If you do not plan to make any changes to your health insurance you do not need to complete any forms for health insurance.

Changes will not be made to the plan unless an employee completes the attached forms and indicates a change in enrollment. The HSA Election form must be completed if enrolling or already enrolled in an HSA-Health Savings Account and you would like to make changes to contributions to your HSA plan.

Employer Contribution Options:
100% VEBA
100% HSA
50% VEBA/50% HSA

Unless a new designation is made all employer contributions will continue to be made to your current VEBA or HSA plan.

FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT – Completed the attached form and you would like to contribute to a FLEX account for Medical or Dependent Care in 2022.

Keep the following in mind:

Your entire election amount is available to you at the start of the plan year, even if you haven’t contributed funds from your paycheck yet. This means that if you have medical expenses early on, you can use your funds in advance to pay for them.
Any unused funds over $550 in your account at the end of the plan year will be forfeited.
You cannot change your election amount throughout the year, unless there has been a qualifying life event.

Please review the attached forms and submit to Denise Nichols by November 12, 2021.
2022 Medica Insurance Election Form– This form must be completed only if changes are needed for change of coverage Single/Family and VEBA or HSA Election.
HSA Employee Contribution Election Form – This form must be completed if you would like to annually enroll or make changes to your HSA account through a payroll deduction. The attached form must be completed for 2022 elections even if the employee contribution amount will remain the same as the previous year.

HSA Contribution limits made by both employer and employee:  Single $3,650.00/Family $7,300. It is the employees responsibility to determine whether contributions to their HSA have or will exceeded the applicable maximum annual contribution limit.

Medica Benefit Summary and Coverage

2022 MEDICA Insurance – HSA and Flex Spending Contribution Forms

Medica Health Insurance Information

 

SWWC has provided the followings links to assist you with finding providers and Medica Health Insurance information.

Medica Choice Passport with United Healthcare Options

 100 miles of Windom Network Providers

 100 miles of Windom Network Hospitals

 

2022 Health Insurance Change from BCBS to Medica

 

HELLO!

We’re getting ready to welcome you to Medica in 2022!

We are working hard to make the switch to Medica easy for you and your family.  We know health care can be confusing, and changing health plans might seem concerning.

Get to know Medica

Medica is a Minnesota-based nonprofit health plan with a 45-year history. Our health plans and services are offered to nearly 1 million members across Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

We’re committed to building trust with our customers, members, and the communities where they live, work, and play. You can count on us to deliver great service, an extensive network of providers, and many resources to help you be your healthiest self.

What to expect

During the coming months, you will learn more about the Minnesota Healthcare Consortium plans with Medica including network options, pharmacy benefits, and more. Until then, we have prepared an informational website that will offer you a glimpse of what is to come. You can also go to the new mnhc.gov website for more information on all the programs and services from the Minnesota Healthcare Consortium.

Your provider network options

In addition to choosing your plan benefits (how your care is covered), you’ll also get to choose your provider network (where you go for care). You will have provider network options including Medica Choice Passport, a national network of providers that is one of the largest networks in the country with and includes the Mayo Clinic.

Visit the informational website to search for your providers. And check out the How to Find a Network Provider tip sheet for search tips.

Engaging and fun health and wellness programs

Your Minnesota Healthcare Consortium and Medica plan is about good health, not just about getting good care when you’re sick. Your plan will include a variety of programs and services that will help you live well, including:

  • My Health Rewards by Medica® features health assessments, lifestyle, and condition management coaching, and activity tracking to inspire behavior changes. Employees and their dependents ages 18 and over can each earn up to $160 annually in rewards!
  • Healthy Savings® provides employees with up to $50 in weekly discounts on healthy food items at many retail grocers across Minnesota.
  • Fit Choices℠ rewards employees for health club workouts. Employees work out at a participating health club eight time a month and earn up to a $20 credit each month toward their health club dues. That’s up to $240 a year!
  • Ovia Health™ provides maternal and parental guidance, support, and coaching through smartphone apps.
  • Sanvello offers guided help for stress, anxiety, and depression.
  • Omada helps at-risk employees as they work to lose weight and reduce their risk for diabetes and heart disease.

Talk to your Group Leader or Service Cooperative with questions you have about your plan and the upcoming switch to Medica.

We look forward to serving you!

2021 Wellness – Windom “Summer Well-Being” Activity Bingo

Windom “Summer Well-Being” Summer Activity Bingo

Please take advantage of as many activities as possible this summer!  Complete any five squares to earn a BINGO!

Windom Summer Wellness Bingo 2021 Card

Please return your completed BINGO CARD to Cheryl at City Hall by July 9th for participation credit toward 2021 $500 Incentive.

You can also enter into the Minnesota Health Care Consortium Bingo Challenge

Your friends at the Minnesota Healthcare Consortium have created this fun well-being bingo challenge. The first 500 Service Cooperative health insurance subscribers to let them know you’ve completed your bingo card will receive a small incentive (a handy double-sided spatula).

Complete 20 out of the 25 squares on your bingo card by June 30. (There is no limit to the number of squares that may be completed in a day. Feel free to print your card, , you won’t need to submit your actual card – we trust you!)

  • Let them know you completed your card by filling out a brief form by July 2 at MNHC.GOV.

Please take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy the Summer!

Questions:  Windom.wellness@windommn.com

2021 Wellness – Windom “Summer Well-Being” Activity Bingo

Windom “Summer Well-Being” Summer Activity Bingo

Please take advantage of as many activities as possible this summer!  Complete any five squares to earn a BINGO!

Windom Summer Wellness Bingo 2021 Card

Please return your completed BINGO CARD to Cheryl at City Hall by July 9th for participation credit toward 2021 $500 Incentive.

You can also enter into the Minnesota Health Care Consortium Bingo Challenge

Your friends at the Minnesota Healthcare Consortium have created this fun well-being bingo challenge. The first 500 Service Cooperative health insurance subscribers to let them know you’ve completed your bingo card will receive a small incentive (a handy double-sided spatula).

Complete 20 out of the 25 squares on your bingo card by June 30. (There is no limit to the number of squares that may be completed in a day. Feel free to print your card, , you won’t need to submit your actual card – we trust you!)

  • Let them know you completed your card by filling out a brief form by July 2 at MNHC.GOV.

Please take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy the Summer!

Questions:  Windom.wellness@windommn.com

 

 

2021 Onsite Screening – Windom Area Health

ONSITE SCREENING AVAILABLE – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
*FREE FOR EMPLOYEES WITH CITY HEALTH INSURANCE*

2021 WELLNESS SCREENING

 

Note: If you choose to do the screening with your primary provider, please have Physician Screening Letter 2021 completed and return to Chelsie.

Please email Windom.Wellness@windommn.com with any questions.

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