For the 2012-2013 Plan Year

Welcome to the PEEHIP Open Enrollment web page.  This web page was designed to make it easy for you to find all the information you need to make an informed decision about your health plan selections.  We encourage you to review your PEEHIP coverage(s) and choose the plans that are right for you.  This is your once-a-year opportunity to enroll, make changes, or terminate coverage during this Open Enrollment period.

Online Open Enrollment Tutorials – click here to view the online tutorials which will open a step-by-step video to help walk you through the online enrollment process.  You will be able to watch what to do along with each step explained to you on the video.

Click here to enroll online!

Open Enrollment Packets:  The packets will be available July 1. IMPORTANT:  Just as last year, PEEHIP will not be mailing an Open Enrollment packet to its members.  Instead, active and retired members can view and/or download a copy of the Open Enrollment packet from this page beginning July 1. Members can make their insurance changes through Member Online Services as well beginning July 1.  For those members who do not have internet access and cannot download the information, an Open Enrollment packet can be mailed if the member contacts a customer service representative in the RSA Member Services department at 877.517.0020 and makes a request.

For members who are applying for the Federal Poverty Level premium reduction, they will be required to use a paper form as these changes are not available through the Online system.  All other changes can be made through the member online system. 

Open Enrollment begins July 1, and will end by the following deadlines:

	The deadline for submitting paper Open Enrollment forms is August 31.  Any paper forms postmarked after August 31, will not be accepted.
	The deadline for submitting online Open Enrollment changes is midnight of September 10.  After September 10, online Open Enrollment changes will not be accepted and the Open Enrollment link will be closed.
	The deadline for enrollment or re-enrolling in a Flexible Spending Account online or on paper is September 30.

Effective Date of Coverage: All open enrollment elections approved by PEEHIP will have an effective date of October 1.

THIS YEAR, MAKE YOUR OPEN ENROLLMENT CHANGES ONLINE!  Say good-bye to paperwork as PEEHIP’s Member Online Services offers a simple, convenient way to enroll and make changes to your benefits electronically.  More than 60% of all open enrollments submitted last year were made online and we anticipate and encourage an increase in online enrollments again this year! 

Click here to enroll online!

The online system is fast, free, secure and accurate!  The online system operates in real-time. This means that by the time you receive your Confirmation page, your open enrollment elections are already processed and in our system.  Your Confirmation page confirms the date and time that your elections were saved and submitted to PEEHIP; gives a recap of your elections; displays your actual PEEHIP coverages; and provides your premium calculation so that you will know what your monthly out-of-pocket premium will be! To enroll online:

We encourage you to use the online system to make your Open Enrollment changes this year! Learn more about Member Online Services - click here

One-Page Mailer:  During the middle of June, PEEHIP will mail a one-page statement to active and retired members indicating the type of PEEHIP coverage(s) they are currently enrolled in, and informing them about the open enrollment period.  To continue the current insurance coverage you are enrolled in, members do not need to complete new forms.  You will automatically remain in your present insurance coverage.  Exception:  Members must re-enroll each year to renew the Flexible Spending Accounts or Federal Poverty Level Premium discount.

Learn how to View your Current PEEHIP Coverages online - click here

Frequently Asked Questions about Open Enrollment – click here

Frequently Asked Questions about Adult Child Coverage up to age 26 - click here

Other Frequently Asked Questions – click here

New PEEHIP policies, benefits & premium changes effective July 1 and October 1 - click here

PEEHIP Member Handbook 2012-2013 (available July): Use this handbook as a reference throughout the year.

HELPFUL INFORMATION ABOUT OPEN ENROLLMENT: 

	If you wish to continue the current insurance coverage you are enrolled in and do not want to make changes to your PEEHIP Hospital Medical or Optional Coverage plans, members do not need to complete new forms.  You will automatically remain in your present insurance coverage.
	Exception:  Members must re-enroll each year to renew the Flexible Spending Accounts or Federal Poverty Level Premium discount as these programs do not automatically renew.
	Members enrolling in new insurance plans should receive their new ID cards no later than the last week in September.
	The new payroll deduction for changes made to your PEEHIP insurance coverage during open enrollment will be reflected in your September paycheck.
	All members covered by PEEHIP insurance should review their paycheck stub each month to ensure the proper amount has been deducted for their PEEHIP premiums.
	Active members electing to enroll in the Flexible Spending Accounts will have their first Flex contribution amount deducted from their October paycheck.
	You are not required to complete the Tobacco Certification form every year unless you or your spouse have a change in your tobacco usage status.  You can certify changes in tobacco usage status to PEEHIP by completing the tobacco usage questions on the Health Insurance and Optional Status Change form and mailing the form to the PEEHIP office.
	Waiting periods for pre-existing conditions will be waived for all new coverages effective October 1.