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- WELCOME Garrison Hughes Team Member
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- VISION
- VOLUNTARY BENEFITS
- Wellness Programs
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WELCOME Garrison Hughes Team Member
Helping you and your family reach and maintain good health is very important to Garrison Hughes. Your employer is pleased to offer a selection of benefits designed with your health and financial wellbeing in mind. We review our benefit programs each year to ensure we consider the best combination of benefit coverage, network access and affordability for employees.
Eligibility
Employees working at least 30 hours per week are eligible to participate in benefits offered by Garrison Hughes. When you enroll in the benefits program, you may also cover your eligible dependents. Dependents include your legal spouse, child(ren) up to age 26 (regardless of student status, marital status, residence, or financial dependence on you), and an unmarried child incapable of self-support.
OVERVIEW
Garrison Hughes' remains committed to providing competitive, comprehensive world-class full coverage programs. Please see information contained on this site to show you the amazing benefits offered to all full-time employees.
ENROLLMENT
If you are newly hired, you are eligible for benefits on your 1st day of employment. You must complete the appropriate enrollment forms in order to be set up with the coverages. Once completed, please submit them to your employer to sign and to process.
- UPMC HP- Medical Coverage
- Guardian- Dental and Vision Coverage
- Colonial Life Voluntary Life, Accident, Cancer or Hospital protection
- Pet Partners Voluntary Pet Insurance
You can modify your elections under certain circumstances, called "Qualifying Events" These are events such as marriage, divorce, birth or adoption of a child, loss of eligibility under another plan. If you experience a qualifying event, you may make changes to your benefits within 30 days of the event .
Refer to your Employee Benefits Guide or contact Human Resources if you have questions about Qualifying Events.
MEDICAL/RX
UPMC HealthPlan will continue to administer your medical and prescription drug benefits this year.
You have the choice between 2 plans:
- $1000 Deductible (Buy-Up Option)
- $5000 Deductible (Base Plan Option)
Note, the deductible does not apply to RX, Doctor's Office Visits, and Emergency Care.
To find out if your provider is in-network, please visit the UPMC HP website below.
DENTAL
Garrison Hughes' dental plan provides comprehensive coverage to help you and your family maintain good dental health. Providers are part of the Guardian National network, or you may see an out-of-network dentist of your choice. Be aware if you go out-of-network, your out of pocket costs will be higher.
To find out if your provider is in-network, please visit the Guardian website below.
VISION
DID YOU KNOW?
- Eye exams can help detect serious eye and general health conditions sooner: high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol
- Babies should receive their first professional eye exam at 6 months
- 80% of learning in the first 12 years comes through the eyes
Garrison Hughes' offers vision coverage through Davis Vision to help pay for eye exams. You receive a higher level of benefits when you see a provider in the Davis Vision Network. Review your coverage details in your Benefit Guide.
To find out if your provider is in-network, please visit the Davis Vision website below.
VOLUNTARY BENEFITS
Garrison Hughes provides a competitive benefits package for all employees as part of our total compensation package. We realize you make benefit choices based on what’s important to you and the needs of your changing lifestyle. Therefore, along with the core benefits, we offer these additional benefits which help to provide financial support to employees. Additional benefits include:
- Accident Care
- Life Insurance
- Critical Illness
- Short Term Disability
These are some of the many products available through Colonial Life.
Plans are able to be customized by each employee. Please reach out to Kati for any specific questions.
KATI NAIRN
Account Coordinator/ Colonial Life
- 724.612.1064 (mobile)
Kati.Nairn@coloniallifesales.com
- Garrison Hughes also offers Pet Insurance.
Wellness Programs
There are wellness programs to help you maintain your emotional wellbeing included with your UPMC HP Benefits.
From an Employee Assistance Program, to Wellness Coaches, there are many resources available to help you take care of any needs.
Whether you are looking for strategies to increase your current physical activity, quit smoking, help resolve financial/credit issues, heal a personal relationship, or looking for assistance for a family member, there is help out there for you, just one call away
Contact Us
As you consider your benefit options, please be sure to review all available information: Employee Benefits Guide, Intranet, and other videos and flyers found on this webpage. If you don't understand your benefits or need any assistance, please contact:
Client Contacts
Billie Kellar
bkellar@garrisonhughes.com
4123380123
Debbie Zappia
dzappia@garrisonhughes.com
(412) 338-0123
Account Team Contacts
Michelle Ruff
Producer / Sales Consultant
michelle.ruff@nfp.com
412-600-2341
Additional Contacts
Erica Jones
NFP Benefits Coordinator
erica.jones@nfp.com
724-940-9466
Kati Nairn
Colonial Life Benefits /Account Coordinator
Kati.Nairn@coloniallifesales.com
724-612-1064