Local 5097 The Harborage Member Update: Complete Care Insurance

We meet with Complete Care on October 6 with regards to the roll out of the health insurance. There have been questions from the members, and we wanted to give an update from that meeting.

Health Insurance with New Owner:

• No one needs to sign up currently. Those that signed up, no worries, complete care transition team will be coming back for sign up once everything is finalized.
• Complete care said at the meeting that they are trying to bridge the gap between what you have now and what they will offer. They are working with their insurance broker on a new plan.
• There is a moving target with regards to the transition to the new owner since the State Board of Health and the State Attorney General have not signed off yet on the sale. We expect this to happen but no solid date yet.
• There will be no insurance change prior to that approval so it will not be effective October 1.
• If the approval is mid-month Complete Care is working with HMH to make sure your current insurance remains in effect until 11:59pm of the last day of the month then Complete Care Insurance would kick in at 12:00am
• There will be no lapse in coverage
• After reviewing the Benefit Guide from Total plan Concepts, the proposed medical options are not “comparable” to what is presently being provided by HMH. It is the Unions position that the best way to “bridge the gap” is to establish a Health Reimbursement Account so no member has out of pocket expenses until we bargain a new contract and expressed that to Complete Care last week.
• A membership meeting will be held at a date to be determined after we meet with Complete Care so that we can update all members and explain the benefits
• We also bargained new language with HMH that any current employee in the bargaining unit will have one-hundred and twenty days (120) after the completion of sale to transfer to a similar open position at Palisades Medical Center and maintain seniority at 100%. Salary and benefits shall be consistent with Palisades applicable CBA.

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Local 5097 Executive Board