Welcome to The Pencil Grip’s Employee Benefits Overview Page! Here you can review your benefit offerings, make qualifying event changes and access employee resources that are available to you. Helping you and your family reach and maintain good health is very important to The Pencil Grip. The Pencil Grip 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.
Important Things to Know:
The benefit choices you make during your initial enrollment or annual enrollment remain in effect for the entire year.
You can, however, 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 or 60 days if the event is due to birth or adoption of a child.
Medical | Anthem
Dental | Reliance Matrix
Vision | Lensabl
Basic Life and AD&D | Reliance Matrix
Voluntary Life and AD&D | Reliance Matrix
Long Term Disability | Reliance Matrix
Need help finding an In-Network provider? Check out the network links below.
If you'd like to change your existing coverage or make new elections during open enrollment, you must do so by completing the appropriate carrier form located below.
Please Note: You will not be able to make changes outside of open enrollment unless you have a qualifying event (marriage, birth, divorce, etc).
California State Disability Insurance (DI) provides short-term wage replacement benefits to eligible California workers. Check out the link below for more information.
New York State Disability Insurance (DI) provides short-term wage replacement benefits to eligible New York workers. Check out the link below for more information.
Upon enrollment in The Pencil Grip benefits, you will have access to a variety of employee resources from Anthem & Matrix.
Check out The Sydney Health Mobile App!
The Sydney℠ Health Mobile App gives you 24/7 access to your benefits, claims information, and ID cards. Plus, you can use it to find doctors, set up virtual care visits, track your health, and receive important information about your plan.
Through signing up for Live Health Online, you and your family can visit with a doctor or therapist by video on your smartphone, tablet or computer using our free app. It’s easy, convenient and lets you to get the care you need when it fits into your schedule. Live Health Online provides access to a board-certified doctor 24/7. Click the link below to sign up for free.
MyHealth Advantage is a free service that helps you save money and stay healthy. You can access this service through Sydney℠ Health Mobile App. Here’s how it works:
Asher Provda
Finance@thepencilgrip.com
310-315-3545