REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE REVIEW
(The Rev. Ernesto Badillo, Regional Representative for the Synod's of Boriquén, Covenant and Trinity)
December, 2011
"News from the Board of Pensions"
Note: This newsletter offers highlights, information and news from the Board of Pensions. Please feel free to share this information with your communications director, newsletter editor and/or webmaster.
Benefits Connect Tip:
Church treasurers and business administrators can securely confirm or change their members' salary information online.
Just click on the "Register" button under the Benefits Connect logo on the Pensions.org home page. In Step 1 of the registration process, you must specify your role. Click on the button for "Authorized Web Representative." Then just complete the rest of the registration information and establish your user ID and password. It's that easy.
Walgreens Plans To Exit Express Scripts Network on January 1
Beginning January 1, 2012, Walgreens will no longer participate in the Express Scripts network. As a result, all Medical Plan members, whether active or retired, who fill prescriptions at a Walgreens-owned pharmacy will have to pay full price up front.
This announcement affects all Walgreens-owned pharmacies, including Duane Reade, Happy Harry's, and Option Care - all of which will be nonparticipating as of January 1, 2012.
If you have questions regarding the Walgreens matter, please visit Express-Scripts.com or call Express Scripts at 877-508-1379. For further information, please read the recent Pensions.org article.
Learn about Healthcare Reform at Pensions.org
The Board of Pensions has launched a new Web page about healthcare reform for plan members and church treasurers and business administrators. The page, Pensions.org/healthcarereform, summarizes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or federal healthcare reform, and explains its impact on the Medical Plan of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and, in turn, on plan members and PC(USA) churches and employing organizations.
The new page helps members and church treasurers and business administrators understand:
- the major provisions of the PPACA, by year of implementation
- what the PPACA requires of consumers and employers, and how the law affects coverage under the Medical Plan (Those provisions requiring employing organizations to take action are highlighted.)
The Board will update the Healthcare Reform page as the law and its implications unfold. Please bookmark the page, Pensions.org/healthcarereform, in your Web browser so you can refer to it quickly.
If you have any questions, please call Member Services at 800-773-7752 (800-PRESPLAN).
Winter 2012 Issue of EducationTalk Published
The winter 2012 issue of EducationTalk is now available on Pensions.org. This informative quarterly newsletter provides Board-specific and other information that helps support your Stewardship of Self efforts in the four components of life: spiritual, vocational, financial, and health.
As your Regional Representative, I am available to work with your presbytery leadership by offering: Retiree Luncheons, Church Treasurers Workshops, Clergy Terms of Call Seminars, CPM/COM Consultations, Benefits Overview Workshops and Pre-Presbytery Workshops. I am currently scheduling events for 2012. If you want to schedule any of these events or something customized for your presbytery's needs, please contact me.
Ernesto
The Rev. Ernesto Badillo, Regional Representative
The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church, (USA)
Suite 2049
2000 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-3298
Tel: 1 215 587-7346 or 1 800 773-7752 Ext. 7346
Fax: 1 215 587 6215
Visit our website at www.pensions.org
