• A special opportunity to end their deduction sooner if they sign up May 7-18
• The opportunity to sign up any time beginning July 1, with the deduction ending with their start date
  

• If PEBB receives the form by July 15, it will be processed with that month’s payroll, giving you a start date of Aug. 1.
• If PEBB receives the form after July 15, it will be processed with the next month’s payroll, giving you a start date of Sept. 1.

The form for this option will be available July 1, and your health assessment will be due 45 days from your start date.

The goal of the HEM program is to engage as many people as possible in improving their health, which can help to contain health care costs over time. Participants take a confidential, online health assessment and two e-lessons on health topics of their choice.

Click here for an FAQ. See page 2 for additional additional HEM changes.

• Allow employees to sign up to participate at any time during the year (see page 1)
• Recognize that part-time workers should pay less if they choose not to participate, by reducing their deduction amount to $10 per individual
• Reward individual participation by unlinking the deduction for couples if one member of a couple participates but the other doesn’t

Lower deductions for part-time employees

You may be one of 2,000 PEBB members, along with thousands of other Oregonians, randomly selected for a public-health phone survey this spring.

This is isn’t a marketing call – it’s an important opportunity to understand Oregonians’ overall health status, including the PEBB population.

All participants are completely anonymous.

A trained survey caller asks participants to rate their overall health status along with questions on physical activity, eating habits and other health-related behaviors.

The survey is conducted every two years, and the updated research results support health policy in Oregon and around the country. They also help your Benefit Board in making informed decisions on plan designs and programs.

If you’re among those randomly selected to be in the survey pool, you’ll get an introductory email. If you receive a call, you’ll be able to schedule the 15-minute interview at the phone number and time you choose.

The survey firm uses randomly selected contacts only for this survey and then destroys the records. Results are reported as a group, and no person can be individually identified.
Click here to see report to the Board based on input from the last survey.