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Month: September 2016
Life Events – Where do I start?
When life circumstances change they tend to all change at once. That’s why the Office of Group 
Insurance (OGI) designed this website to help employees navigate the most commonly asked about events and questions related to medical, dental and life insurance coverages.
The Life Events page is the best place to start if you aren’t sure where you need to go or what you need to do regarding your insurance benefits if you are: having a baby, planning for retirement, transferring jobs from one state agency to another, and MORE!
Don’t see a particular life event linked on our page? Contact the OGI team and we will gladly walk you through the process for applicable insurance coverages.
OGI’s goal is to ensure that employees have access to resources so that when life happens employees can make the best decisions for themselves and their families. 
The OGI website also has a link on the Life Events page for the HR offices to help agencies as they help employees.
Using your Vision Benefit
Each active employee medical plan includes a Vision Benefit. Blue Cross of Idaho contracts with Vision Service Plan (VSP) to administer this benefit.
Participants can choose a VSP network provider or non-network vision care provider; the benefit payable is identical, the difference is the method in which claims are submitted.
A VSP network provider should be able to submit the claim to VSP directly, where a non-network vision care provider may require payment in full from you at the time of service and then it’s up to you to self-submit your claim to VSP for reimbursement of the benefit amount.
Vision care providers may offer additional discounts to patients on products and services, but the benefit paid by the State’s plan under the Vision Benefit does not change.
For detailed information about your Vision Benefit, view the medical plan contracts or visit the VSP website where you can set up an account to submit your claim, www.vsp.com.
You are also welcome to contact the Office of Group Insurance with any questions.