Offer Your Clients the Full Package
Bundling makes sense for your clients and it makes dollars and cents for you. So, sell your clients a convenient, full-package deal that includes a medical, dental and FSA plan from HealthPartners. Don’t forget about our HRA, HSA and VEBA capabilities, too. We provide single-source responsibility so that you and your clients have to deal with fewer contacts, less paperwork, less hassle and less headaches!
What’s more – you’ll improve your bottom line by bundling your client’s medical and dental plans with us. HealthPartners Accelerator program increases your medical and dental commission by 25% for 12 months when you combine services.
- By cross-selling services, your clients will benefit from simpler plan administration, consolidated billing and a single renewal package.
- Your client’s employees will benefit from one-stop shopping for all of their customer service needs and account management tools.
- By bundling medical, dental and FSA services, you eliminate the hassles of filing FSA claims, because we’ll do it for members – automatically and immediately. No other dental plan can match that.
- We’re making it easier to add dental with our new Preferred Open Access Dental option, which is available exclusively for bundling with new or renewal medical plans and features preferred pricing.
To learn more please contact your HealthPartners Sales Executive.
Enjoy the Preferred Pricing of Preferred Dental
Our new Preferred Dental plan is priced to move – an offer that's almost too good to refuse. Take advantage of special pricing for new groups who purchase this Open Access product with a medical plan or add dental to existing their current medical offering.
Preferred Dental details:
- For clients with more than 50 enrolling in medical
- Gives client’s access to the state’s largest dental PPO network – we’re 30% larger than the competition
- Members can choose from 1,600 providers – that’s 80% of Metro providers
- Negotiated discounts helps members save an average of 15% when they visit a network provider
- Fast, accurate claims processing with automatic submission from network providers
- Superior customer service – 9 of 10 calls to Member Services get resolved on the first call and our members rate our service significantly higher than our national competitors
- All HealthPartners dental members – whether they have orthodontic coverage or not, are eligible for a 20% discount on ortho services through are partnership with Orthodontic Care Specialists
- Pricing is included in the Preferred Dental overview and the EZ Portfolio Cheat Sheet.
Your clients already know and trust our medical solutions. So, if they’re ready to add a great, flexible dental plan that’s priced right, talk to them about HealthPartners.
To learn more please contact your HealthPartners Sales Executive.
Jump Start II – Coming in 2007
Jump Start is on track to reduce health care costs by $6 million annually – that’s a huge chunk of change for your clients! In 2007, we’ll be releasing an upgraded Jump Start program, which could mean even more savings for your clients.
Currently, Jump Start participants are invited to take our online health assessment and receive our award-winning 10,000 Steps® fitness program – FREE! This winning combination means big savings for your clients. Each employee who takes the assessment and completes the eight-week 10,000 Steps program realizes an average savings of $280 annually in future claims costs. Members found at-risk for diabetes or heart disease experience a $3,000 to $5,000 savings in future claims costs because they’re given the care they need to prevent or delay disease on-set.
What’s next?
Jump Start has been so successful that we’re expanding the program for 2007.
Here’s what that means for your clients:
- The current version of Jump Start ends October 31, 2006.
- Make sure your clients encourage their employees to enroll now to take advantage of the program and the current incentive. (Members can re-enroll in the program in 2007 to take advantage of the new incentive offer).
- Employees can enroll in Jump Start at healthpartners.com/jumpstart until October 31, 2006.
- A new and improved Jump Start launches January 1, 2007.
Benefit from Jump Start value-adds
Here’s what your clients can do right now to move toward lower claims and better cost control:
- Promote Jump Start in the workplace. Use our ready-to-go emails, posters, flyers and paycheck stuffers. Review now.
- Request a Workforce Wellness Profile. Your clients will receive this insightful report once 50 or more of covered employees and dependents have participated in Jump Start. It includes a summary of your employees’ health risks, plus tips on how to create a healthier workplace and cut your long-term costs.
Want to get started? Contact your HealthPartners Sales Executive now.
HEADLINES
Multiple Product Policy
On January 1, 2007, our policy regarding mid-year plan additions will change. Small employers wishing to add a plan may do so upon renewal without penalty. Should an employer require a mid-year addition, a 3% penalty will now apply.
View all Multiple Product Policies regarding:
- 1.25 Groups in Minnesota and 1.30 Groups in Wisconsin
- Groups with 5 or fewer employees
- Groups with 30 or fewer employees
- Groups with greater than 30 employees
Review the entire Multiple Product Policy.
Plan Ahead to Fight the Flu
When people catch the flu, it means lost work days and doctor visits for employees — and lost productivity and rising health care costs for your clients.
HealthPartners Corporate Influenza Prevention program is the ounce of prevention your clients need to help stop the flu before it starts. For maximum convenience, we’ll even provide vaccinations on-site.
Employers can even choose who to offer flu shots to – HealthPartners covered employees, dependents (including children over age nine) or all employees. The shots are a covered benefit for HealthPartners members and their dependents; the cost for non-members ranges from $20 to $30 per person. Additional costs may apply for groups of less than 30.
Signing up is easy. Employers simply fill out an online Employer Registration form and send it back to us. We’ll do the rest.
To learn more information or to help your client schedule an appointment, please contact Chantelle Prine by October 6, 2006, at 952-883-7364.
Formulary Exception Plan to Change
Do you have groups transitioning from a closed-formulary plan to a preferred/non-preferred drug benefit? If so, the formulary exception process for member will change as of January 1, 2007, when they transition to the new plan.
Members will no longer need a physician-approved exception. They may now use their non-preferred drug benefit to get their medication. To ensure a smooth transition, members will be allowed to refill their prescription for non-preferred drug at the preferred copay level for four months. These members will then receive a letter from HealthPartners explaining that they can either switch to a preferred medication or they can continue taking their current medication and pay the non-preferred copay level.
To learn more please contact your HealthPartners Sales Executive.
Preexisting Condition Exclusion
Make sure that your new clients have all the information they need to ensure a smooth transition to HealthPartners. Members who have a preexisting medical condition may have to wait a certain period of time before the plan will provide coverage for that condition. This exclusion applies only to conditions for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received within a six-month period. The preexisting condition exclusion does not apply to pregnancy or to a child who is enrolled in the plan within 30 days after birth, adoption, or placement for adoption.
Review the entire Preexisting Condition Exclusion.
State Eliminates “Partial” CE Credit
As of January 1, 2007, the State of Minnesota will no longer allow partial credit for partial attendance at CE courses. All participants are now required to attend a class in its entirety to receive CE credit, which means if you arrive late or leave early, class administrators cannot allot credit. According to the State of Minnesota, "Continuing education courses must be attended in their entirety in order to receive credit for the number of approved hours." (Minnesota Rules - Chapter 2809.0060 Continuing Education, Subp.4.)
In light of this new ruling, we will continue to ensure classes are convenient for attendees.
For more information, please review our current class list.
HealthPartners New Address
We didn’t move, but our address did change. On June 26, 2006, the City of Bloomington changed the address of our corporate headquarters to:
HealthPartners
8170 33rd Avenue South
Bloomington. Minnesota 55425
Please update your records accordingly even though mail will be forwarded for 18 months following the change. Our P.O. Box address will remain the same (P.O. Box 1309, Minneapolis, MN 55440).
Network Updates
No referrals? No kidding! HealthPartners provides unrestricted access to more than 27,000 providers regionally, including 12,000 specialists. No gatekeepers, no restrictions. Maybe that’s why in U.S. News & World Reports’ current rankings consumers rank us highest in Minnesota for access to care.
Find a network provider quickly and simply by conducting a Provider Search.
Our network continues to grow. Recent additions include:
Medical – Wisconsin
Bloomer Medical Center – Bloomer
Bloomer Medical Center – Colfax
Dental – Minnesota
Cherokee Dental, PA – West Saint Paul
Glasgow Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, LLC – Eagan
Metro Dentalcare, PLC – Maple Grove
Stanley G. Haas, DDS – Worthington
Dental – Wisconsin
Purdy Family Dentistry, SC – Hudson
LIBRARY: QUICK LINKS TO GREAT RESOURCES
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