Spotlight on Your Funds

November 2024

1199SEIU Employers and Members Increasingly Use Online Options for Ease of Processing Disability Claims

National Benefit Fund (NBF) employers are increasingly using the 1199SEIU Employer Portal’s new Employment Events Module to submit disability claims for their 1199SEIU employees. The module allows employers to submit Part C of the Disability Benefits Claim Form electronically with much of the member information prepopulated, including payroll information, saving employers significant time. For more information on how to streamline the employer reporting process, please contact EmployerServices@1199Funds.org.

Members who now apply for disability benefits through the Benefit Funds’ MyAccount member portal and sign up for direct deposit are accessing their benefits in record time. More than 3,700 members have submitted their applications for disability benefits via MyAccount since the function went live in January 2023. To apply for disability benefits, members can visit MyAccount and select the “Apply for Disability” option. Members may contact Member Services at (646) 473-9200 or their Outreach Coordinator for assistance.

Training and Employment Funds Hold Second Round of Career Pathways Training Program Orientations

The 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds (TEF) are offering the second in a series of orientations for members interested in receiving assistance through the New York State Career Pathways Training (CPT) Program. TEF is one of three organizations recently awarded a total of $646 million through the CPT Program to recruit and train healthcare workers in occupational shortage areas. The orientations—which begin November 7 and continue throughout the month either remotely or in person—will focus on members interested in careers as licensed mental health workers, social workers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselors. Participants will learn more about the CPT Program and the educational financial support they may receive, such as tuition assistance, tutoring support services and job placement assistance. Members may visit MyTEF to view the schedule and to register.

Annual Care for Kids Gala Will Be Held Wednesday, November 20

The 1199SEIU/Employer Child Care Corporation's annual Care for Kids Gala, honoring individuals and organizations committed to supporting children and families, will be held Wednesday, November 20, at 6:00 pm at Current, Pier 59 at Chelsea Piers. TD Bank will serve as the corporate gala chair for this year’s “Shaping the Leaders of Tomorrow” event. George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, and Marc Z. Kramer, President of the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York, will serve as honorary chairs. This year’s honorees are Dr. Danielle R. Moss Cox, Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Scholars, and Pamela J. Maraldo, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Girls Inc. of New York City. You may purchase tickets and make sponsorship donations up to the day of the gala online. For more information, email CareforKidsGala@1199Funds.org.

The Institute for Continuing Education Presents Upcoming Programs

The 1199SEIU League Training and Upgrading Fund strengthens the healthcare delivery system by offering 1199SEIU members training and education programs designed to help improve patient outcomes and provide quality care. Please share these opportunities with members at your institution or facility. (The full schedule is available on the program calendar.)

ICD-10 Update for AAPC 2025

Thursday, November 21

5:30 pm to 9:00 pm 

This seminar for medical coders will focus on ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT coding and HCPCS code set change updates for 2025.

For more information, visit the Institute for Continuing Education’s web page, call (212) 894-4390 or email Institute@1199Funds.org.

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Sofia Espinoza from Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health

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