Whether you are enrolling in benefits as a new hire, changing benefits during open enrollment, or opting out of PCC benefits altogether, you must complete the process by using MyOEBB.
Choosing a Plan
Selecting the best health plans for you and your family can be challenging. Over time, both your personal circumstances and plan provisions may change. For that reason, you are encouraged to review the current plan offerings and revisit the plan selection decisions you previously made. This section offers some tips and guidance on things that may be important to you.
Choice: Each plan offers a choice of physicians, clinics, hospitals and other providers. If you have strong preferences about providers, make sure the ones you want to use are in the provider network associated with the plan you choose.
Covered Services: Plans differ in what they cover. Consider which plans are best for the treatments you prefer. If you have other coverage available, you may want to compare the PCC plan with your other plan to determine whether they duplicate services and, if so, how benefits are coordinated.
Service: Plans and providers offer varied service levels. They are not all equally responsive to patient needs.
If you are a new hire, you will be assigned the Benefits Orientation Course in MyCareer@PCC. If you are enrolling during annual open enrollment, read your open enrollment materials.
If you have other group medical insurance, you may opt out of PCC insurance. To opt out you must log in to MyOEBB, select opt out, and provide your other coverage information. If you opted out in the past, you must go to MyOEBB each open enrollment to verify that your other insurance information is still valid. Participation or enrollment in the Oregon Health Plan/Medicaid, Veterans medical benefits, Medicare or student health insurance does not qualify as other group coverage.
Eligible employees who opt out of medical, dental and vision insurance will receive up to $200 per month (prorated for part-time employees) as an opt out incentive. The opt out incentive is taxable income. Part-time faculty may opt out if they are covered by another individual or group medical plan, but they are not eligible for the opt out incentive.
Part-time faculty eligibility requirements
Part-faculty members who are eligible for benefits receive open enrollment information in early August, and must log on to MyOEBB between August 15 and September 15 each year.
Mid-year changes
Outside of open enrollment, PCC employees may add or drop insurance for themselves and their dependents only within 31 days of a qualified status change. See guidelines for mid-year changes.
Employees who retire from PCC may retain their group coverage on PCC’s health plans, with certain restrictions, until they reach age 65 and become eligible for Medicare. Retirees pay the full cost of premiums based on the rate for active employees unless they are eligible for a PCC contribution under the applicable labor agreement or PCC policy. Retirees are not eligible for the health insurance opt out incentive. In general, to continue on a PCC retiree group plan after retirement the employee must be receiving PERS retirement benefits. For retirees with Kaiser, that coverage will terminate if the retiree permanently moves outside the Northwest Kaiser Service Area. You may switch to Moda at that time.
Domestic partners are currently permitted to participate in nearly all of PCC’s benefit programs. The only restrictions occur in cases where the federal government or state does not recognize domestic partnerships, which typically affects taxability of benefits. You must submit a completed Certificate of Domestic Partnership for your domestic partner to participate in benefit programs. The domestic partner benefits website provides additional information and a link to the certificate.
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