Reminder: You can electronically view and manage your personal information such as home address, phone numbers, emergency contact information and payroll tax withholding through Employee Online.
Employee Online is accessed through the Employee Dashboard and appears at the top of the page as a tab along with other tabs such as Leave Online and the Intranet. When you click on the Employee Online tab, you will be directed to its home page. You can move about Employee Online by selecting any of the options on the left hand navigation menu.
In preparation for the winter months and the need to contact staff members in the event of office closings due to inclement weather, we need to make sure that we have all staff members’ current phone numbers on file. Please login to the Employee Online system and review/update your phone information. This will ensure that you receive a call if your office should close due to inclement weather.
We will review the process for communicating about office closings due to inclement weather in an upcoming Connection article.
Monday, November 5, 2012
November 2012 Newsletters From the Iowa Department of Education
Many Compound Drugs No Longer Covered by Wellmark
Effective October 1, 2012, Wellmark has made a change to the Wellmark Drug List that will affect member coverage of compound drugs.
The Wellmark Drug List is a list of drugs that have been approved for members by a group of community physicians and pharmacists. Wellmark continually reviews the Wellmark Drug List and makes changes based on new findings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and drug makers and other factors including cost.
Several products used for compounded drug preparations were determined to not be FDA approved. Wellmark is removed these products from the Wellmark Drug List effective October 1, 2012. Compound prescriptions incorporating these products will no longer be covered by Blue RxSM or Blue Rx PreferredSM benefit plans. Members who receive a compounded prescription with these products should expect to pay the full retail cost after October 1.
Members who had filled compound prescriptions with one of the affected products were alerted to the formulary change in early September. For questions about how this will affect you, please contact Wellmark at (800) 355-2031.
The Wellmark Drug List is a list of drugs that have been approved for members by a group of community physicians and pharmacists. Wellmark continually reviews the Wellmark Drug List and makes changes based on new findings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and drug makers and other factors including cost.
Several products used for compounded drug preparations were determined to not be FDA approved. Wellmark is removed these products from the Wellmark Drug List effective October 1, 2012. Compound prescriptions incorporating these products will no longer be covered by Blue RxSM or Blue Rx PreferredSM benefit plans. Members who receive a compounded prescription with these products should expect to pay the full retail cost after October 1.
Members who had filled compound prescriptions with one of the affected products were alerted to the formulary change in early September. For questions about how this will affect you, please contact Wellmark at (800) 355-2031.
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Enrollment Begins Today
If you are eligible to participate in the dependent care flexible spending plan, you should have received an e-mail on November 2 that provides information about the plan and instructions on how to enroll for 2013. Enrollment will open on November 5 and will close November 30 at 4:00 p.m. If you have any questions, contact Kathy Martin, Benefits Specialist, at kmartin@aea11.k12.ia.us or ext. 14385.
Adel-DeSoto-Minburn CSD Has New E-mail Addresses
ADM has changed its district’s e-mail addresses to firstinitiallastname@adm.k12.ia.us (Ex. jsmith@adm.k12.ia.us). Please make any needed changes to your contacts and distribution lists.
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