Help your clients and their employees cash in on the benefits of a HealthPartners Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plan. You already know about the advantages of our automatic claims reimbursement and our competitive pricing. Now you have these great new features to talk about for 2007 that are sure to increase customer satisfaction:

• Enhanced Web Capabilities: Enhanced online claims and account information including at-a-glance balances for all accounts, claims payment details and links to medical and dental plan EOBs for claims automatically submitted to the FSA and/or HRA
• New Claim Forms: Separate claim forms for dependent care and health care FSAs
• Email Notification: Members submitting paper claims can choose to receive an email notification when their claim has been received by HealthPartners
• Eligible Expenses Table: Updated for 2007 with more clarity on over-the counter drugs and eligible versus non-eligible expenses
• Enhanced EOB: New EOBs will include date of service, expanded comment section and legend of claim/payment type
• Updated FAQs: More useful information to help your clients administer their FSA plans

Encourage your clients to sign up for a HealthPartners FSA today. Their employees will thank them!

To learn more please contact your HealthPartners Sales Executive.

Recommend HealthPartners with confidence. HealthPartners is the top health plan in the state and among the best in the nation, for the third year in a row according to eValue8 – the top national survey for large employers conducted by the National Business Coalition on Health.

• HealthPartners HMO scored best in the state in 9 of 9 categories
• HealthPartners PPO scored best in the state in 5 of 10 categories – that’s more top scores than any other provider in Minnesota. 
• No other health plan in this region had better overall scores.
• We excelled in operations, provider performance measurement, disease management, health improvement, pharmacy and information technology.

eValue8 Results

Learn more about eValue8.

Did you know that Life Time Fitness joins our Frequent Fitness program on January 1, 2007? That means members have more than 235 health clubs to choose from. And, we’ll reimburse qualifying members (two per household) $20 each. Frequent Fitness is standard for your fully insured clients and optional for your self-insured clients.

Learn more about Frequent Fitness.

Starting January 1, 2007, members will have to work just a little harder to participate in our Frequent Fitness program. Members must work out 12 times per month (rather than eight) to earn their $20 discount on health club dues. Why are we making this change? Because studies show that adults averaging three workouts per week are healthier, enjoy better quality of life and go to the doctor less often. The financial result is fewer copays, fewer doctor visits and reduced medical expenses, which ultimately means a more productive workforce and lower health care claims for your clients.

View Frequent Fitness FAQs.

We’ve got a great new savings option for clients with members who don’t live near a participating Frequent Fitness club or who work out less than 12 times per month. Our new GlobalFit program offers discounts on joiners’ fees and monthly dues to both fully and self-insured groups – FREE.

Here’s what GlobalFit has to offer:

1. Access to more than 2,000 top fitness clubs nationwide, including select World Gym, Bally Total Fitness, Ladies Workout Express and more
2. Guaranteed lowest rates up to 60% savings on monthly dues
3. Month-to-month membership options with no long-term contracts
4. Additional discounts for family members/domestic partners
5. Membership transfer and freeze options available at selected clubs
6. Online Diet Programs, plus exclusive discounts on home fitness equipment, workout videos and more.

Learn more about the GlobalFit healthy discount.

Do your clients know that Jump Start will be even bigger and better in 2007? That’s right – we’re increasing our incentive offerings to encourage new and repeat participants. In the meantime, don’t forget to remind your clients that the current Jump Start promotion ends on October 31, 2006.

Make sure your clients encourage their employees to enroll now to take advantage of the program and the current incentive. We will be promoting the new program to members in November. Members can then re-enroll in the program in 2007 to take advantage of the new incentive offer.

For more information, please visit Jump Start.

If you have groups with retirees, here’s what you need to know about the regulations and deadlines set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):

• October 1: Rate and benefit information may be released to retirees
• October 2: Annual application deadline for groups registering for the Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Program. For more information, go to www.rds.cms.hhs.gov.
• October 15: Final plan offering notification deadline. This applies to groups that include Part D with their HealthPartners Medicare group retiree program (Freedom or Classic) and renew on January 1, 2007. Groups that do not notify their sales representative before October 15 will be renewed with the same plan including any 2007 plan changes. Affected members will receive their 2007 Annual Notice of Change letters in late October.
• November 15 – No pharmacy benefit / Creditable Coverage notification deadline. This applies to groups that offer HealthPartners® Freedom plan without the pharmacy benefit or that are considered Creditable Coverage groups (eligible for the 28% subsidy). Groups that do not notify their sales representative before November 15, we will be renewed with the same plan including any 2007 plan changes. Affected members will receive their 2007 Annual Notice of Change in late November.

Please note that for Creditable Coverage disclosure – all groups must complete their Creditable Coverage Disclosure Notice at the CMS website no later than 60-days prior to their renewal date. Go to www.cms.hhs.gov/creditablecoverage/.

Contact your sales representative if you have any questions about these deadlines.

To learn more please contact your HealthPartners Sales Executive.

Please note the following small group rate area changes effective January 1, 2007.

Midwest Assurance Company (insurance corporation):

• Cook, Itasca, Koochiching and Lake Counties move from Area 1 to Area 2
• Lake of the Woods County moves from Area 3 to Area 2
• Todd County moves from Area 2 to Area 3

HealthPartners, Inc. (HMO):

• Dodge and Fillmore Counties move to Area 2

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.

We’re committed to providing access to the providers your clients demand. Our Open Access network now includes approximately 31,000 providers regionally, including 12,000 specialists. Our alliance with CIGNA gives members access to 470,000 providers nationwide. That means we offer your clients and their employees the best access to the providers they prefer.

Find a network provider quickly and simply by conducting a Provider Search.

Our network continues to grow.  Recent additions include:

Medical – Minnesota
MeritCare-Ottertail – Ottertail

Medical – Iowa
Marcus Clinic Avera – Marcus

Medical – South Dakota
Avera Big Stone City Clinic – Big Stone City

Dental – Minnesota
Cities Dentistry – Shakopee
Harold J. Mason, DDS – Eagan
E.T. McNiece, DDS, PA – Worthington
The New Art of Dentistry, PA – Hastings
Walker Methodist Health Center Senior Dental Clinic – Minneapolis

Important Contacts
Our Group Medical Plans
Our Group Dental Plans
Our Individual and Medicare Plans
Our Achieve ^SM Health Improvement Programs
Our CareSpan ^SM Disease Management Programs
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