Posted Mar 29, 2019
Enloe Medical Center has agreed to extend its Commercial Hospital contract with Anthem Blue Cross through midnight April 15, 2019.
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Posted Mar 29, 2019
Enloe Medical Center has agreed to extend its Commercial Hospital contract with Anthem Blue Cross through midnight April 15, 2019. The parties have agreement-in-principle on a deal, including [Read More...]
Posted Mar 29, 2019
Enloe Medical Center has agreed to extend its Commercial Hospital contract with Anthem Blue Cross through midnight April 15, 2019. The parties have agreement-in-principle on a deal, including [Read More...]
Posted Mar 19, 2019
Sutter Medical Group has renewed their contract with Anthem Blue Cross Traditional HMO effective April 1, 2019. The transitional contract still allows members to continue to access the [Read More...]
Posted Feb 14, 2019
A commentary authored by Dan Walters ("Could California pension system be underwater?," February 3, CalMatters) has raised some questions among employers that participate in CalPERS about how the pension system calculates unfunded liabilities. At issue is a new methodology adopted by the Federal Reserve last year that increased unfunded liabilities for state and local government plans to more than $4 trillion. Walters loosely throws around government actuarial speak so let us break it down.
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Posted Feb 04, 2019
CalPERS is sharing this information regarding a change in health provider access that may impact CSR members if they have the Anthem Blue Cross HMO plan.
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Posted Jan 25, 2019
*This message is from CalPERS*
Anthem is actively negotiating their contract with Enloe Medical Center, located in the city of Chico and Butte County.
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Posted Jan 25, 2019
CSR ANNOUNCEMENT: TEMPORARY DISRUPTION OF SERVICES
5:00 PM THURSDAY JANUARY 31 - through - 8:00 AM MONDAY FEBRUARY 4
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Posted Jan 23, 2019
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – The CalPERS Board of Administration elected Henry Jones as board president and Theresa Taylor as vice president. Jones is serving his third term on the CalPERS Board and first term as its president.
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Posted Dec 07, 2018
CalPERS has stationed representatives in Chico to aid members with any CalPERS-related matters in an effort to aid those affected by the tragic fires in Butte County.
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Posted Dec 03, 2018
Every year, about 25,000 California Public Employees’ Retirement System members retire. Their average monthly income in retirement will be $2,876. These professionals dedicated their careers to the public good. In return, they deserve the same commitment from California. That comes in the form of security in retirement.
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Posted Nov 13, 2018
A message from CalPERS:
We’ve been working to pull together a document for members impacted by the terrible fires raging across the state. The attached document answers three questions, with specific resources for each of the health plans...
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Posted Nov 09, 2018
A message from CalPERS:
Dear Valued Stakeholders,
As you know, many Californians have been impacted by the Camp (Butte County), Hill (Ventura County) and Woolsey (Los Angeles County) wildfires. To address potential concerns about health coverage for members, HPAD reached out to our health plans to ensure their readiness and business continuity.
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Posted Oct 04, 2018
Nearly 200 Southern California retirees who lost a share of their pensions last year didn’t know their retirement income was at risk until it was too late. By the time they heard from CalPERS, their former employer had long since quit paying its bills and set up an inevitable decision for the pension fund to cut their benefits.
A new bill Gov. Jerry Brown signed last week aims to at least ensure that public workers and retirees have some time to protest if their former employer moves to break from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System in a way that would jeopardize their incomes.
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Posted Sep 14, 2018
A message from CalPERS:
Dear Valued Stakeholders,
In the recent months, the topic of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, or ASCs, has been discussed. We invite you to join us for an engaged dialogue next Thursday, September 20th regarding ASCs. We will have senior members of our Health team hosting this meeting to be able to educate and answer any questions or concerns regarding these Centers.
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Posted Sep 05, 2018
CalPERS members affected by the Blue Shield Access+ Bay Area exit have the option of enrolling in several other health plans. And through conversations with their providers, most members will find their doctors are in-network under other CalPERS plans.
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Posted Aug 13, 2018
This year’s 2018-19 Open Enrollment Newsletter is the most comprehensive issue that provides health program highlights, notable health premium updates, service area changes and PPO benefit changes. [Read More...]
Posted Aug 01, 2018
Posted Jul 31, 2018
Attention Members: PERSCare members received a letter indicating the 2019 Health Premiums were enclosed. Unfortunately, the letter did not include the enclosures
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Posted Jun 07, 2018
Please see the attached memo from our Legislative Advocate, Ted Toppin regarding CSR’s primary election results.
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