An Important Message for NC Health Benefit Representatives
June 2019
Initial Dental and Vision COBRA
Grace Period Extended

Recently the COBRA administration for dental and vision changed from the vendors to Benefitfocus. For NCFlex participants who received COBRA letters with a deadline of 5/31/19 to postmark premium payments, the grace period has been extended to 6/30/19.

The letters the COBRA members received had a May 31 due date to pay the premium with a May 31, 2019 postmark date which is the standard 30-day grace period. The letter stated that the account would terminate if payment was not received. The extended 30-day grace period provides COBRA members a new Latest Postmark Date (LPMD) of June 30, 2019 . COBRA members have to pay both May and June to be considered current.   
Sensible Savings Sessions 2019

Visit the Sensible Savings web page to view available dates and locations and to register or share with your employees.
Training for New HBRs

Registration is available on the HBR portion of the NCFlex website for quarterly NCFlex training for those new to NCFlex or who would like a refresher. The next trainings scheduled for early July.  
EyeMed 2019 Innovation Mailer

EyeMed is planning this year's innovation mailer, featuring special offers for new Transitions ® Signature ® Gen8 ® lenses and ACUVUE ® OAYSYS contact lenses with Transitions ® Light Intelligent Technology™. The message includes a special members-only discount, which may be retrieved by logging into or creating a member account.
 
This year's mailing will target members under age 40 who are still eligible to use benefits. EyeMed will not mail to members under age 18 and will only mail one per household. If there's more than 1 person in the household eligible for the mailing, it will default to the subscriber. The mailing excludes COBRA participants.
 
EyeMed’s innovation mailings are designed promote benefit features, tools and/or resources available to EyeMed members. 

The postcard will be mailed in late July. Select the Sample Innovation Mailer link below to view a draft of the offer.

NCFlex HBR Administration Manual Updated

Our HBR Administration Manual has been updated and can be found on the HBR portion of our website . This manual is updated periodically with new contacts (if applicable), therefore bookmarking this web page for reference is recommended.
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