Are you pumped for a successful Open Enrollment?! MedCost Benefit Services is stacking the odds in your favor with our comprehensive Open Enrollment Guide. Even if you haven’t carved time out of your busy fall schedule to focus on open enrollment yet, our guide can give you best practices and helpful tips for all aspects of enrollment.
Here are some highlights from our Open Enrollment Guide:
- For clients with a January 1 plan renewal date, the deadline for submitting enrollment data to MedCost is November 21, 2019.
- Submit only updates or changes, along with new enrollees.
- Collect all enrollment data and submit it to MedCost at one time, not piecemeal or in multiple spreadsheets or as a single spreadsheet with multiple tabs. See our standard enrollment template for reference and the preferred Excel format.
- Stress the importance of entering good (clean) data, especially if members enter their own enrollment information into a benefits administration system or enrollment tool.
- Ease requests for HR support by encouraging health plan members to create a secure online account on www.MedCost.com and use the many tools and self-service capabilities available there. Download and share this flyer with your plan members to let them know the advantages of having a secure online account.
- Make it easier to share information with plan members about current benefit offerings and future plan enhancements by collecting employee email addresses and mobile numbers.
MedCost is here to support you and help your open enrollment fall into place! Please contact your MedCost Benefit Services Account Manager if you have any questions. And, if you haven’t yet done so, remember to sign and return all renewal contract documents as soon as possible