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How to resolve US HPInc or HPE medical benefits issues -- and how to escalate Advice and reference info from members. (Updated Sep 17, 2020.) This topic is covered in the HPAA Benefits Forum. Discuss HP and HPE COBRA and retiree benefits, including Annual Enrollment and transition to Medicare.. Questions or comments to: info@hpalumni.org Steps to follow Step 1. Call the phone center for the specific carrier or provider. (UHC, UHC/AARP, Aetna, Anthem, Express Scripts, Medco, OptumRx, Kaiser, Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts, etc.) If the first-level phone agent can't help you, ask to escalate your problem. Use the magic word "escalate." Step 2. If the provider has incorrect information about your eligibility or coverage -- or otherwise can't resolve your issue -- call the appropriate phone center -- the HPInc Benefits Center, HPE Benefits Center, or Aon Retiree Health Exchange -- as listed below. The key: All that a provider knows about your specific coverage is in files that were transmitted to them by the HPInc Benefits Center, HPE Benefits Center, or Aon. Step 3. If the first-level Benefits Center or Aon phone agent can't resolve your issue, ask them to escalate your call. Use the magic word "escalate." We get very good reports from members who have escalated within the phone centers. The Benefits Centers and Aon each have a special group that deals with provider issues -- for example, they can set up a three-way phone conversation with an expert troubleshooter at the provider. Step 4. While the HPAA is an independent volunteer organization and is not officially endorsed or supported by any company, we have informal escalation paths into HPInc Corporate, HPE Corporate, and Aon Retiree Health Exchange. https://www.hpalumni.org/escalate Benefits Centers The Benefits Centers are the "cosmic glue" for health benefits.
HPInc Benefits Center:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Benefits Center:
Medicare plans purchased via Aon Retiree Health Exchange
If you have a problem with a company-subsidized
open-market Medicare plan purchased through Aon Retiree Health
Exchange,
contact your Aon Retiree Health Exchange Advisor. If the
Advisor can't resolve your problem, they can escalate it to
Aon's special group of Advocates.
ARHE for HPInc
ARHE for Hewlett Packard Enterprise
If there are problems with the subsidy payments paid via your HPInc or
HPE Retiree Reimbursement Account, contact the appropriate HPInc or HPE
Benefits Center, as given above.
More on Medicare plans:
https://www.hpalumni.org/medicare-HP Not always obvious: Which HP-related companies am I a retiree or former employee of?
Given HP's complex history of acquisitions, divestitures, and spinoffs, the company or companies that you are legally a former employee of may
not be obvious. If any doubt, check here:
Which Company Note: The confusing
term "Pre-2003 HP Medical Program" refers to the year in which
Hewlett-Packard's US retiree medical program was redesigned to be much
less generous -- not
the year you retired. Regardless of when you retired, depending on your
length of service and other factors, you may qualify for the US
"Pre-2003" program. Details:
https://www.hpalumni.org/Pre2003 Background details: Once you know who does what, you will know who to call. Alight Solutions and Bswift perform these functions for HPInc and HPE, respectively: - Receives employment status information transmitted from HPInc and HPE for all current US employees -- plus the more than 54,000 US retirees, and thousands of people on COBRA. - Runs the benefits websites where you select your healthcare coverage. - Bills you for health plan premiums. - Manages the health savings and reimbursement accounts. - Administers the health plans provided by UHC, Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, etc. (Depends on your situation and which state you live in.) Alight Solutions or Bswift transmits files to them with coverage details. Each of these companies has their own website and call center -- and each is a giant outfit. (UnitedHealthCare covers 38 million people. Aetna 37 million. Anthem 40 million. Cigna 80 million worldwide.) - Administers the prescription plans from the pharmacy benefits management companies, such as Express Scripts. Alight Solutions or Bswift transmits files to them with coverage details. - Administers the group plans provided by the various regional HMOs, such as Kaiser, Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts. Alight Solutions or Bswift transmits files to them with coverage details. - Administers the company subsidy provided to Aon Retiree Health Exchange. - Runs the phone centers for HPInc and HPE to resolve problems. Health insurance agents. Many ex-HPers do not qualify for an HP health insurance plan -- or, even if they do, have low years-of-service such that they should consider non-HP alternatives. An experienced independent insurance agent licensed to sell health insurance in your state can help you sort through the complexity -- and adds nothing to the cost of the plan you purchase from them. |
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