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Direct Deposit Dates
There are five months in 2012 in which the 1st of the month falls on a weekend. Please make a note of the direct deposit dates for the following months:
- January 2012 - deposit Monday, January 2nd
- April 2012 - deposit Monday, April 2nd
- July 2012 - deposit Monday, July 2nd
- September 2012 - deposit Tuesday, September 4th
- December 2012 - deposit Monday, December 3rd
News & Announcements
- Tax Time, Lab Vouchers, Flu Shots, and a Retiree Reunion! Tax Time, Lab Vouchers, Flu Shots, and a Retiree Reunion - learn about upcoming events and your benefits.
- HCCMA Summer 2011 Newsletter
(union coalition) IN THIS ISSUE
- Visit HCCMCA on the Web
- An EPIC Approach to Hearing Health Care
- Mat-Su Borough Joins HCCMCA
- Calendar
- Contractor Testifies Workers' Comp ADR Legislation Saves Money - Retiree's Reunion Please save the dates: February 27, 2012 through March 1, 2012 in Laughlin, NV.
- Summary of Plan Benefit Changes Effective July 1, 2011 The Board of Trustees have adopted several changes to the Welfare Plan owing to the recently enacted Healthcare Reform legislation.
- Enrollment Notice and Benefit Changes Effective July 1, 2011 Dependent coverage now extends to adult children up to age 26.
- Important Notice - Our Telephone Numbers Have Changed! The Trust Customer Service Office telephone numbers have changed.
- Fall 2011 Teamsters Health Fairs Dates and locations for the Fall 2011 Teamsters Health Fairs.
- New Interim Final Rule on Requirement to Provide Health Plan Coverage to Adult Children The Reconciliation Act requires grandfathered health plans to continue coverage only for those adult children who are not eligible for other employer-sponsored health plan coverage beginning with the first plan year after September 23, 2010. (For the Alaska Teamster-Employer Welfare Trust, this is July 1, 2011).
For plan years beginning after January 1, 2014, grandfathered health plans must make this coverage available to all eligible children regardless of whether they are eligible for other employer-sponsored coverage (such as through the adult child's job). - Tax Notice The new state tax tables are effective January 1st and the new 2011 federal tax tables are effective January 31, 2011 per the IRS guidelines.
- 2010 Annual Benefit Statements Due to the recent pension rehabilitation plan adopted by the Board of Trustees, as required by the Pension Protection Act (PPA), the Alaska Teamster-Employer Pension Trust will not be mailing out an Annual Benefit Statement (ABS) for Plan Year 2010 (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010).
- Preventative Lab Vouchers Available These vouchers are to be used to obtain preventative labs year round at a reduced cost through Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage and Fairbanks Urgent Care in Fairbanks. For those members who want to request a Preventative Lab voucher, you can call the Trust Customer Service Office at 800-478-4450 (toll free) or 907-565-8300 and we will mail you one.
- Alaska Teamster-Employer Welfare Trust Modifications At their meeting on December 8, 2008, modifications were made to the Plan, which includes increases to the annual deductible and annual out-of-pocket limits and a change to the prescription drug benefit co-payments. These changes are effective January 1, 2009.
- Trust Fund News In This Issue: The Biggest Myth, PPOs, How To Talk to Your Doctor, and more!
- New Logins Required to Access Benefit Data Alaska Teamsters Trusts is no longer using MediWeb. Features previously offered through MediWeb are now spread out across two separate programs: MediClaims and NETime. MediClaims provides information on medical and dental claims history, payment, and deductibles; it also allows participants to request new ID cards and print temporary ID cards. NETime provides information on contribution history. Participants must create new logins for each program.
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Useful Wellness/Finance Articles
- Why Some Children May 'Grow Out' of Autism Some kids with autism will no longer qualify for that diagnosis as they grow older.
- Natural Trans Fats Less Unhealthy Than Manmade Variety All trans fats are not created equal. Some are manmade, and have been added to all sorts of foods to increase their shelf life, but others can be found naturally in beef, pork, lamb, butter, and milk. Artery-clogging, manmade trans fats do increase the risk for heart disease, and efforts have been made to get them out of our food supply. Natural trans fats, however, are another story.
- FDA Permits Marketing of First Test for Risk of Rare Brain Infection in Some People Treated with Tysabri Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of the first test to help determine the risk for a rare brain infection called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in people using the drug Tysabri (natalizumab) to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) or Crohn's disease (CD).
- FDA Approves Voraxaze to Treat Patients with Toxic Methotrexate Levels The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Voraxaze (glucarpidase) to treat patients with toxic levels of methotrexate in their blood due to kidney failure.
- Take Concussions Out of Play: Learn to Prevent, Recognize, and Respond to Concussions CDC encourages you to take this opportunity to talk with your coaches, parents, athletes, and others about concussion in sports and the steps to take to help prevent, recognize, and respond to this serious injury.
- Prevent the Spread of Norovirus Noroviruses spread easily, causing more than 20 million gastroenteritis cases each year in the U.S. There's no vaccine to prevent norovirus infection and no drug to treat it. Wash your hands often and follow simple tips to stay virus-free.
- Weight Loss: Is Bypass Better Than Banding? Gastric banding doesn't work as well as bypass surgery, according to a new study in the journal Archives of Surgery.
- Why Coffee May Reduce Diabetes Risk Coffee drinking has been linked with a reduced risk of diabetes, and now Chinese researchers think they may know why.
- FDA Completes Work on Three Drug User Fee Programs The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has completed its recommendations for three user fee programs that will help speed safe and effective drugs and lower-cost generic drug and biosimilar biological products to patients, FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. said today.
- FDA Expands Use of Endovascular Graft to Treat Aortic Tears The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved usage for an endovascular graft manufactured by W.L. Gore and Associates Inc. to include treatment of life-threatening tears or ruptures of the aorta (thoracic aortic transection).
- Chickenpox Can Be Serious: Protect Your Child Most children with chickenpox completely recover. But it can be serious, even fatal, for babies, adolescents, and adults. Be proactive. Get vaccinated if you are not protected against chickenpox.
- Are You at High Risk for Serious Illness from Flu? If you are at high risk, flu vaccination is especially important to decrease your risk of severe flu illness. Get your flu vaccine today.
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