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It's Your Choice Health Guides

These guides offer detailed information on your health insurance benefits, including
what may be covered through your specific plan choice.

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2010 It's Your Choice Health Guides

Notable Changes to Format for 2010

  • All State Employees, Graduate Assistants, and Annuitants and Continuants will reference same guide
  • Information is split up into two separate books: Decision Guide and Reference Guide

ETF online video providing overview of new Decision and Reference Guides:
http://www.etf.wi.gov/publications/dc_content/dc_2010/Its_Your_Choice_2009/player.html

2010 It's Your Choice Decision Guide includes:

  • Important, Notable changes
  • Brief Frequently Asked Questions section
  • Health Fair Lists (State only)
  • Map & Rates
  • Comparisons of Benefit Options & Features at
    a Glance
  • Plan Description Pages (PDPs)
  • Brief Report Card & Grievance/Quality
  • PDPs for Navitus, ERA (State only), Life insurance
  • Glossary
  • Plan Addresses and Phone Numbers (inside back cover)

Pay particular attention to the benefits changes, enrollment instructions for adding a domestic partner to your coverage and expanded eligibility for dependent children over age 19 but under age 27.

Note: Tax liability may apply to adding a domestic partner or dependent, read carefully!

Correction in Decision Guide:
Humana phone number, (888) 393-6765

2010 It's Your Choice Reference Guide includes:

  • State & Federal Notifications including:
    • Medicare Notice of Creditable Coverage (State only)
    • Patient's Rights & Responsibilities
  • Large Frequently Asked Questions section
  • Uniform Benefits

More 2010 health insurance information:
http://etf.wi.gov/members/health_ins.htm

 

Imputed Income Tables -- Fair Market Value of health insurance for Non-Tax Dependents:
etf.wi.gov/employers/benefit_programs_imputed_income.htm

 

Check available physicians, by plan, for 2010 by checking the health provider directories


2009 It's Your Choice Books

State Employees:
Click here to view the It's Your Choice Book for 2009
2009 corrections

UW Graduate Assistants and Short Term Academic Staff:
Click here to view the It's Your Choice Book for 2009
2009 corrections

Important Information to consider when viewing the 2009 It's Your Choice Book:

  • Notable Plan and Program Changes (click here for a summary of 2009 notable changes)
  • Important Considerations
  • Changing Health Plans Flowchart - Quick Reference on how to select a plan and use the It's Your Choice Book
  • Health Plan (Premium) Rates (Section A)
  • Common Questions and Answers
  • Notable Changes & Clarifications to Uniform Benefits
  • Uniform Benefits (Section D)
  • Plan Descriptions (Section G)
  • Plan Address and Phone Numbers (Inside Back Cover)
   
 

Questions about the website? Contact Becky Beahm at beahm@uwosh.edu

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