What's new for 2024

What’s new at UMP (PEBB) for 2024 For details about these changes, visit the UMP website at ump.regence.com/pebb/benefits/oe-2024 or read your UMP open enrollment newsletter. For questions about changes to medical benefits, contact UMP Customer Service at 1-888-849-3681 (TRS: 711). For questions about changes to prescription drug benefits, contact Washington State Rx Services (WSRxS) at 1-888-361-1611 (TRS: 711). General changes The 24-hour nurse line phone number is changing for most plans The phone number for the 24-hour nurse line for the UMP Classic, UMP Select, UMP Consumer-Directed Health Plan (CDHP), and UMP Plus–Puget Sound High Value Network (PSHVN) plans is changing to 1-877- 375-2599 (TRS: 711). Members on these plans will receive new member ID cards for 2024. The 24-hour nurse line phone number is not changing for the UMP Plus–UW Medicine Accountable Care Network (ACN) plan. UMP Notice of Privacy Practices updated The UMP Notice of Privacy Practices is being updated and will be effective November 1, 2023. To find the notice, visit the UMP Notice of Privacy Practices webpage at hca.wa.gov/ump-privacy. Changes to existing medical and prescription drug benefits To learn more about these benefits, check your plan’s 2024 certificate of coverage by visiting forms and publications at hca.wa.gov/ump-pebb-coc. All changes are effective January 1, 2024, unless otherwise noted. The UMP Consumer-Directed Health Plan (CDHP) deductible is increasing The deductible for UMP CDHP members is increasing to $1,600 for a single subscriber and $3,200 for a family. This is an increase from $1,500 for a single subscriber and $3,000 for a family. This deductible increase is required to maintain compliance with IRS rules, so that a subscriber can make eligible health savings account (HSA) contributions in 2024. UMP CDHP members will be receiving a new ID card for 2024 with the updated deductible amounts. Changes to coverage for hearing aids Starting January 1, 2024, you will pay $0 of the $3,000 benefit limit per ear every 3 calendar years for prescribed hearing aids. You will be responsible for any charges exceeding the $3,000 benefit limit. Other covered hearing-related services such as ear molds and the initial batteries, and cords will be paid at the standard rate. Hearing aids are subject to the deductible under the UMP CDHP plan. Changes to coverage for family planning services Starting January 1, 2024, you pay the preventive rate for covered voluntary and involuntary termination of pregnancy (abortion or miscarriage) from a network provider. If you receive covered services from an out-of- network provider, you pay the standard rate. These services are subject to the deductible under the UMP CDHP plan.