Welcome to your 2008 Health Benefit Plan!

Beginning January 1st, 2008, all Hughston Clinic employees that elect to re-enroll in the company's health plan and are compliant with the age/gender appropriate preventive guidelines by 12/31/2007, will remain in the ‘Healthy Choice’ option (Unless choosing otherwise).

As last year, this plan is designed to encourage members to adhere with nationally recognized guidelines for wellness and preventive care. Specifically, this requires each member (employee; spouse if applicable) to receive applicable age and gender specific wellness or preventative screenings or be moved into the ‘Core Option’ plan for the remainder of the year.  If one member of a family is compliant and the spouse is not, both members are moved to the 'Core Option' plan the remainder of the year.  For new plan members, the compliance deadline date is four months from the date of enrollment.

The ‘Healthy Choice’ plan pays for wellness and preventative health services at 100% and has a deductible requirement which is much lower than the ‘Core Option’ plan. The bottom line is that members in the ‘Health Choice’ plan pay less out of pocket for their health benefit than those in the ‘Core Option’ plan.

Maintaining compliance is not a difficult process and is well worth the investment.  The overall compliance rate for the Hughston Clinic plan members in 2007 was 86%! (Approximately double the rate from 2006).  After just one year, the plan and it's members are already realizing positive returns. 

Below is a summary of the preventive care compliance guidelines for 2008.  For more information or questions please contact your member service representative at (800) 470-1361.

Table 1: Compliance Guidelines for 2008