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1. What Is Essential Staff Care
2. Essential Staff Care Provider
3. Essential Staffcare Copay Program
4. Essential Staff Care Payer Id

The highly customizable Limited Medical Benefit Plans are a fully insured product. This Plan is a cost effective option for employers that want to offer basic coverage for their employees. This plan provides first dollar benefits for out-of-pocket medical expenses.

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Customized to help employees with medical expenses associated with a covered accident or illness, and can include a variety of medical, pharmaceutical, and ancillary benefits alongside.

Minimum Essential Coverage – MEC

• Preventive Care covered at 100% through an in-network provider
• No Copays, deductibles, or coinsurance
• No pre-existing condition limitations
• Guaranteed to issue
• 1st dollar benefits
• Eliminates the Employer 4980 H(a) penalty
• Eliminates the Individual Mandate penalty

Minimum Essential Coverage Plus – MEC Plus

• Preventive Care covered at 100% through an in-network provider
• No pre-existing condition limitations
• Guaranteed to issue
• 1st dollar benefits
• Eliminates the Employer 4980 H(a) penalty
• Eliminates the Individual Mandate penalty
• Medical Benefits for:
  • Physician Office Visits
  • Diagnostic Benefits
  • Telemedicine
  • Prescription Drug Coverage

What Is Essential Staff Care

Minimum Essential Coverage Advantage Plan – MEC Advantage

• Preventive Care covered at 100% through an in-network provider
• No pre-existing condition limitations
• Guaranteed to issue
• Eliminates the Employer 4980 H(a) penalty
• Eliminates the Individual Mandate penalty
• Medical Benefits for
  • Physician Office Visits
  • Diagnostic Benefits
  • Telemedicine
  • Prescription Drug Coverage
  • Hospitalization
  • Term Life & AD&D Insurance

Essential Staff Care Provider

Minimum Value Plan (MVP)

• Preventive Care covered at 100% through an in-network provider
• Catastrophic Major Medical Coverage
• Guaranteed to Issue
• No participation requirements
• Eliminates the Individual Mandate Penalty
• Eliminates the employer penalties if paid at the affordability level

Open Enrollment for Essential StaffCare

Essential Staffcare Copay Program

Open Enrollment Period: December 13 2016 - January 12 2017
We are now offering Essential StaffCARE! Your annual Open Enrollment opportunity to add, drop, or change any of your benefit plan options starts December 13 2016. Click here for your open enrollment dates and your personalized plan options.
The Essential StaffCARE Enrollment Forms must be completed by electing Yes or No to benefits. Details of the plan are available here: (1) Fixed Indemnity Medical Plan (2) MEC Wellness/Preventive Plan
If you are already enrolled in the Fixed Indemnity Medical Plan or the MEC Wellness/Preventive Plan and would like to make any changes such as adding dependent(s) etc, please use the change forms below:

Please return the signed enrollment form to:
Certified Employment Group
2000 Powell Street Suite 540
Emeryville, CA 94608
You can also email the forms to mis@certifiedemployment.com or fax it to (510) 420-3757.
Also, please be advised that there will be a change in pricing for the MEC Wellness/Preventative Benefit coverage, effective 01/01/2017.
Below is a breakdown of current MEC monthly premiums, and the rate increases that will take place at the beginning of the New Year:

Monthly MEC Premiums
Current MEC Rates	Updated MEC Rates (effective 01/01/2017)
Employee Only: $ 60.00	Employee Only: $ 62.00
Employee + 1: $ 90.87	Employee + 1: $69.02
Employee + Family: $111.29	Employee + Family: $73.67

Drivers allwinner a83t. Because you are charged a month in advance before your coverage takes effect, you will see the updated MEC rates in your monthly deductions.
All information pertaining to your MEC benefits can be found online at www.essentialstaffcare.com/FAQMEC or by phone at Essential StaffCARE Customer Service: 1-866-798-0803.

Essential Staff Care Payer Id

Please note:
This Fixed Indemnity Medical Plan does not qualify as minimum essential coverage as defined under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This plan is a supplement to health insurance and is not a substitute for major medical coverage. Lack of major medical coverage (or other minimum essential coverage) may result in an additional payment with your taxes.
The MEC Wellness/Preventive Plan is a self-funded plan that has been deemed to be in compliance with ACA rules and regulations.