Rochelle Blindauer

Save the Date

Please mark your calendar for the upcoming Insurance Open Enrollment Meetings at the Warch Campus Center Cinema:

• Wednesday, November 1^st
  • 10:00 – 11:00 AM
  • 12:30 – 1:30 PM
• Thursday, November 2^nd
  • 9:00 – 10:00 AM
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Monday, November 6^th
  • 12:30 – 1:30 PM
  • 3:00 – 4:00 PM

Open Enrollment Meeting Agenda

Our agenda during the Open Enrollment Meetings will include discussion on:

• Plan Changes
• RN Educator
• Medical Plan Enhancement – Teladoc
• The Life and Processing of a Medical Claim
• Medical Cost Estimator
• Premium Review
• Action Items & Deadlines

Additionally, we are happy to welcome our vendor partners to the Open Enrollment Meetings.  These vendors will be available to meet with you before and after the Open Enrollment Meetings to answer any questions you may have.  They include:

• UMR – Health Plan Provider
• MedTrak – Pharmacy Provider
• Superior Vision – Vision Care Provider
• Hay’s Benefit Group – Health Plan Broker

October is a big month in wellness for us here at Lawrence. We started out the month with the annual PHA’s (Personal Health Assessments) and we’ll soon be in the midst of flu clinic season.

If you haven’t already, please take a few minutes this week to go online and complete the PHA questionnaire.  Once you’ve finished the questionnaire, you’ll immediately get your full PHA report. This report summarizes both your lifestyle habits and your biometric score (from your labwork, blood pressure, height and weight measurements) and provides individualized recommendations for improving your health.

Please email (laurie.ehlers@lawrence.edu) or call (832-7498) if you’d like to set up an appointment to review your report in person, or to discuss strategies for implementing any of the recommendations.  Also, please note Laurie will be reaching out to those with elevated results (glucose, cholesterol, PSA, or blood pressure) to make sure you are aware of the findings and have a strategy for addressing this with your healthcare provider.

Flu season is right around the corner! In fact, this year Wisconsin saw its first influenza cases earlier than usual, in September. The height of flu season typically occurs in November through March, and an annual vaccine is the best way to protect yourself from getting the flu and spreading it to others. Please stop by one of the upcoming flu clinics to get your vaccine and help keep the Lawrence community healthy this season.

Lawrence Wellness Fair                 10/18/17              11 am – 1 pm and 6 – 8 pm

Warch Campus Center                   10/24/17              11 am – 1 pm in the Esch Hurvis Room

Bjorklunden                                       10/27/17              Starting at 9 am and by appointment

The Con                                               10/31/17              1:30 – 3:30 pm in the Shattuck Lower Level Lobby

If you’re unable to attend one of the flu clinics but would like to get a vaccine, we will be offering individual appointments as well. As that time approaches, we’ll publish more info here on LU Insider regarding how to schedule your individual appointment.

Lawrence University is happy to welcome Transamerica’s Consolidation Team onsite to assist any staff or faculty with rollovers and consolidations only from TIAA or another retirement plan at this time.  Transamerica is happy to assist you with other plan questions you may have, however, these representatives are only able to assist in rollovers and consolidations.

Transamerica Representatives will be onsite during the following time periods:

• Wednesday, October 18^th
  • 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
  • Brokaw Hall, Conference Room Number 102
• Thursday, October 19^th
  • 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
  • Brokaw Hall, Conference Room Number 102

To reserve a meeting with Transamerica, please click here.

Mark your calendar for the upcoming health insurance Open Enrollment Meetings at the Warch Campus Center – Cinema. These meetings are strongly recommended to hear about benefit changes and deadlines for the upcoming year.  Watch the LU Insider and communications from Human Resources for further information.

• Wednesday, November 1^st
  • 10:00 – 11:00 AM
  • 12:30 – 1:30 PM
• Thursday, November 2^nd
  • 9:00 – 10:00 AM
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Monday, November 6^th
  • 12:30 – 1:30 PM
  • 3:00 – 4:00 PM

Those who participated in the personal health assessment, employees and spouses/domestic partners, need to complete the questionnaire 5 days after your screening.

Once you have completed the questionnaire, you will have access to your report immediately. We encourage you and your spouse/domestic partner to set up individual appointments with Laurie Ehlers, RN Educator (ext. 7498 or laurie.ehlers@lawrence.edu) to read and discuss your results. Laurie can also help create an action plan if you would like to see improvements in certain areas.  It is also recommended to take your report to your next regularly scheduled visit with your primary care physician to discuss.

Directions to Complete the Questionnaire:

1. Go to www.thedacarepha.net
2. Click Start Your Online Questionnaire, located in the yellow box.
3. Enter your Access code: hbv4mdcv
4. Enter the required account information. Click Proceed to Registration. Please use your legal first and last name.
5. Enter the required information:

First Time User – Enter email address and create login and password.

or

Repeat User – Enter your email (if entered previously) and the login information will auto populate. Enter a New Password and confirm password.

6. Click Sign up.
7. Choose the most current lab date and click Go.
8. Click Begin your Questionnaire. Complete all questions and click Submit Questionnaire and View Results.
9. From the main menu, click Online Report or Printable Report to view your Personal Health Assessment individual report.

If you haven’t already signed up for your Personal Health Assessment (PHA) appointment you still can! We have open times available next week 10/4 – 10/6.

Scheduling directions can be found in the 2017 PHA Instruction Sheet or click here to sign up:  https://www.thedacare.org/pha. To ensure you receive your preferred appointment time, do not delay in scheduling your appointment.

Note for Medical Plan Participants – Participation by employees covered under the medical plan and spouses/domestic partners covered under the medical plan will provide discounts to the medical plan premium.  All participants must complete both the biometric screening and the lifestyle questionnaire to receive the premium discount. The questionnaire can be completed 5 days after your biometric screening appointment.