From former employees of HP and HPE. (Oct 27, 2023)

This is a supplement to HPAA's contact directory for former employees of HP, HPE, and related companies: hpalumni.org/contacts

Join the HPAA Benefits Forum Covers topics such as COBRA and retiree health benefits, annual enrollment, and transition to Medicare.

Question? Email: info@hpalumni.org 

Leaving HPE   Official "Leaving HPE" site  [Note: Depending on age, years of service, and other factors, you may qualify for what HP calls the Pre-2003 HP Retiree Medical Program]    Member checklist

Benefits Center  (Bswift/Aetna) 1-844-537-5304.  (Outside US, Puerto Rico, Canada 1-312-843-5219) Bswift/Aetna Ask for a "Retirement Specialist." With any phone center, if the first-level agent can't resolve your issue, ask them to "escalate" your call.

Official HPE Retiree Contact List  https://leavinghpe.com/media/pdfs/hpe-leavingsite-contacts.pdf 

Contacts for open-market company-subsidized Medicare policies: Alight Retiree Health Solutions

Non-US Contacts  HPE Worldwide Former Employee Sites [Allow several minutes for page to load.]  If difficulty: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, 1701 E Mossy Oaks Rd, Spring, TX 77389. 1-678-259-9860. (At a Post Office window, you can specify Certified Mail combined with Return Receipt.)

Death or disability of a former employee. Member advice

Member advice

Which HP-related companies have me classified as a retiree or former employee? Due to acquisitions and spinoffs, this may not be obvious. Check here: Which Company

(Some HPE retirees -- depending on age, years of service, and other factors -- may qualify for the "Pre-2003 HP Retiree Medical Program"  ("2003" refers to the year when HP implemented the program, not necessarily your year of retirement.) Legally retirees of HPE. However, HPE has paid HP to administer health benefits for those HPE retirees. How to tell if you are qualified for Pre-2003: hpalumni.org/Pre2003)

Be sure to consider alternatives to company coverage -- as recommended in the Annual Enrollment Guide. Even if you qualify for company-subsidized health insurance, you may have low years-of-service. An experienced independent insurance agent licensed to sell insurance in your state can help you sort through the complexity -- and adds nothing to the cost of any plan you purchase from them.

The Benefits Center is the "cosmic glue" for health benefits. The HPE Benefits Center has been outsourced to Bswift/Aetna, a company that administers health coverage for 15 million people, since April 1, 2019.

HPE transmits employment status information for all current U.S. employees, most retirees, and those on COBRA to the Benefits Center. The Benefits Center handles the details from there on -- including mailings, billing, website, and phone center.

The Benefits Center transmits enrollment information to the carriers (such as UHC and Aetna), the pharmacy benefits companies, the regional HMOs (Kaiser, Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim) and administers the company subsidy provided to Alight Retiree Health Solutions. The Benefits Center has people experienced in resolving issues with the other companies.

If there is a problem, contact the Benefits Center.

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 -- contact the appropriate phone center -- the HPE Benefits Center or ARHS -- as listed below.

The key: All that a provider knows about your specific coverage is in files that were transmitted to them by the Benefits Center or ARHS.

Step 3. If the first-level Benefits Center or ARHS 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 ARHS 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. How  to escalate to HPE Corporate or ARHS.  hpalumni.org/escalate 

Alight Retiree Health Solutions (ARHS)

Critical details and member advice: Medicare via HP or HPE

However, if there are problems with the subsidy payments paid via your HPE Retiree Reimbursement Account, contact the HPE Benefits Center.

How  to escalate to HP Corporate, HPE Corporate, or ARHS.  hpalumni.org/escalate