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- Introduction
- Open Enrollment
- Changes This Year
- Benefits Overview
- How To Enroll and Forms
- Medical Benefits
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Dental & Vision Benefits
- Life & Disability Benefits
- Identity Theft Protection
- Accident, Cancer, Specified Disease, etc.
- Contact Us
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Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment is your opportunity to evaluate your current benefit elections and make changes for the new plan year. You are given an Open Enrollment opportunity each year for a July 1 renewal.
There will be some changes to our benefits this year. Meetings will be conducted to discuss updates and to assist you with any questions you have or changes you need to make.
Changes This Year
The Kiowa Casino is committed to offering a comprehensive employee benefits program that helps our team members stay healthy, feel secure and maintain a work-life balance. However, we have learned that the Kiowa Tribe has a law that prevents our benefits from being self-funded, which requires a vote of tribal members to revoke. Until that happens, we are switching back to our previous medical plans. We hope this will be temporary and will be able to reintroduce the NativeBlue plan once the law is changed.
Your Cost Per Paycheck: Our medical and vision premium increased, and our dental premiums decreased. You may also see an increase to your Voluntary Life and Short-term Disability payroll deductions, if you advanced to a new age band or had a change in salary.
Benefits Overview
As a full-time Team Member of the Kiowa Casino, you are eligible for the comprehensive benefits available to you and your family.
Resources Available
Your Benefits Microsite contains all your benefit summaries and additional educational pieces. Also available are some Health Plan Compliance Notices. Please review these notices to learn about your rights pertaining to your benefits.
Please be sure to:
- Review your personal Benefits Statement, included in your open enrollment packet, and report any discrepancies to HR. Note: Your benefits statement might not reflect any recent election changes.
- Review your benefits open enrollment guide, which highlights the comprehensive coverage available to you and your family.
- Refer to your Summaries of Benefits and Coverage, for more benefit details.
- Read the Benefits Compliance notices to learn about your rights pertaining to your benefits.
How To Enroll and Forms
Be sure to attend one of the in-person presentations to get your enrollment packet.
Enrollment Instructions
For currently enrolled Team Members, your benefits packet includes your personal Benefits Statement, which reflects your current benefit elections and payroll deductions. Please review for accuracy and report any discrepancies to HR. Note: Recent election changes may not be reflected on your statement.
If you are an active Team Member and don’t enroll or make any changes to your benefit elections during this Annual Open Enrollment period, your current benefit elections will automatically carry over to the next plan year. This feature is designed to make the enrollment process as easy as possible for Team Members who want to keep current coverage for another year.
For newly benefit eligible Team Members, your packet includes a benefits application. Please complete this form and return to HR no later than your 60th day of employment.
For anyone interested in enrolling in the NortonLifeLock Identity Theft Protection plan, you must complete their application included in your benefits packet. If you enrolled in April, that election will automatically renew.
Open Enrollment elections/changes must be submitted to HR by May 30th.
Medical Benefits
Having access to high quality, affordable health care is a great concern for most people. That’s why we are pleased to offer Team Members, and their families, comprehensive medical coverage administered by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Oklahoma (BCBS).
Dental & Vision Benefits
Too often people forget about dental and vision care. That’s unfortunate, because having healthy teeth and eyes are an important part of your overall well-being.
Your Summaries of Benefits can be found, below.
Life & Disability Benefits
As your employer, we automatically provide a certain level of coverage for you and give you the opportunity to purchase additional coverage for you and your dependents.
Newly eligible Team Members may purchase up to $100,000 Voluntary Life Insurance without providing Evidence of Insurability (EOI). EOI is required for any election that exceeds $100,000 and for members that elect this benefit after their initial enrollment period.
In addition, Team Members that elect coverage for themselves, can elect coverage for their spouse and dependent children. Newly eligible Team Members may purchase up to $50,000 Spousal Voluntary Life insurance without providing EOI. EOI is required for any election that exceeds $50,000 and for late enrollees. Children can be insured for $10,000.
Team Members that elected this coverage during their initial enrollment period, have the option to elect $10,000 additional coverage during open enrollment, not exceed $100,000 or 5x your annual salary, whichever is less. EOI is required for any election that exceeds $100,000.
Identity Theft Protection
Cybercrime has become the number one threat facing our world today. With the amount of our personal information online, it’s become easier for your identity to be stolen. The need to protect yourself and your family is more important than ever. NortonLifeLock protects your financial, personal, and social identity. They will monitor online resources and alert you of any threats. They will also help recover your lost information and insure you for up to $1 Million in stolen funds!!!
When you get enrolled, you will receive an email to activate your account. If you didn't receive that email, you can activate your account at norton.com/ebsetup.
Accident, Cancer, Specified Disease, etc.
Contact your Aflac Representative regarding these benefits. They will answer any questions you may have, and take care of enrolling, changing or cancelling your policies.
Your Aflac Representative is Larry Bacon. He can be reached at 405-361-1923 or larry_bacon@us.Aflac.com.
Contact Us
While we are interested and concerned about the health of our Team Members and their dependents, we have HIPAA Privacy Compliance obligations which limit the information shared with us. NFP is available to assist you with claims issues or any other issues you have concerning our benefits. If you are experiencing a claim issue, please contact Customer Service with the appropriate insurance company, first, to see if you can resolve it on your own. If not, then you need to contact our broker for further assistance.
Account Team Contacts
Jon Stafford
Account Manager
jon.stafford@nfp.com
405-513-8932