Have You Distributed Your 2015 SBCs?

In mid-October, you should have received a Message Center alert linking to your 2015 Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) documents. Your cooperative should have received an SBC for all medical plans (except for the Retiree Medical Coinsurance Plan) as well as for the NRECA Dental and Vision Plans, if your co-op pays 100% of the premium. The deadline to give out SBCs was November 1, 2014.

The SBC gives participants important information about the NRECA medical, dental, and vision plans. Employees use it to compare plan features and make coverage decisions. If you haven’t yet distributed your SBCs, take time to do that now. You’ll find them on the Employee Benefits website in the section entitled Summary of Benefits Coverage. Or follow the link in the Message Center alert. If you need instructions for distributing your SBCs, review the guidelines on the BA Assistant section of the Employee Benefits website. You’ll also find a list of SBC Frequently Asked Questions in the Documents for Co-ops section of the Employee Benefits website.

Distribution acknowledgement is required
Once you’ve distributed the SBCs, fill out the acknowledgment form on the Employee Benefits website. Follow the link in the original SBC notification alert. A direct link to the acknowledgment form is on the Summary of Benefits & Coverage Distribution page. You can acknowledge distributing SBCs for multiple plans in one step.

If you have any questions about distributing your SBCs, contact the benefits compliance team at 866.673.2299, option 7, or at group.compliance@nreca.coop.