Please note that your December paychecks will reflect your Open Enrollment selections for 2025 benefits. This is because we pay for premiums a month in advance.

2025 Benefits

What’s New for 2025

CVS Caremark- 90 Day Prescription Options

With our prescription benefit, you can obtain a 90-day supply of maintenance medications for conditions like high blood pressure, heart issues, or diabetes. These medications can be filled for 90 days through the Caremark mail-order pharmacy or at a CVS retail pharmacy. New this year, you can now get a 90-day supply at Kroger and Costco.

Hinge Health

Hinge Health offers personalized care for chronic back, knee, hip, neck, and shoulder pain. Through the convenience of a mobile app, you’ll have access to:

  • Personalized Exercise Therapy: Tailored exercise programs to improve strength and flexibility.
  • 1-on-1 Coaching: Support from a dedicated health coach to guide and motivate you.
  • Digital Programs: Evidence-based content and education to help you understand and manage your pain.
  • Technology: Motion-tracking technology that provides real-time feedback on your exercises, ensuring you’re performing them correctly.

Why Hinge Health?

Musculoskeletal issues are one of the leading causes of discomfort and missed workdays. Hinge Health provides a proven solution that is convenient, flexible, and effective in managing and alleviating pain without the need for surgery or prescription medications.  It’s personalized pain care that gets you moving!

How to Get Started:

  1. Enroll: hinge.health/epcschools. Simply follow the instructions to create your account.  No physician treatment or referral is required.
  2. Complete a Short Survey: This will help Hinge Health tailor the program to your specific needs.
  3. Start Your Program: Once enrolled, you’ll be matched with a personalized program and a health coach who will guide you every step of the way.

Additional Information:

  • Cost: This program is provided at NO COST to all eligible employees.
  • Confidentiality: All your interactions with Hinge Health are confidential and secure.
  • Eligibility: Hinge Health is available to all employees, spouses, and adult dependents.  Each participant MUST be enrolled in an EPC Schools Health Plan.
  • Mental Health & Movement Webinar
    • In recognition of World Mental Health Day on Thursday 10/10, Hinge Health Coaches will be hosting a webinar to share information on what pain is, why it occurs, and how movement can simultaneously improve your physical and emotional well-being.

Real Appeal

For staff members enrolled in the UHC medical coverage, along with enrolled spouses and adult dependents to Eat Healthier, Stay Active & Develop Healthy Habits. This weight manage support once a week live coaching sessions, digital tools, and success kit to track progress.

For more information visit: EPC Wellness Programs- Real Appeal

Hello Heart

For staff members enrolled in the UHC medical coverage, along with enrolled spouses and adult dependents this digital support program for members with high blood pressure. Comes with a blood pressure monitor that connects to an app that you can download on your phone.

For more information visit: EPC Wellness Programs-Hello Heart

 

Support

Human Resources
human.resources@mcesc.org

American Fidelity
Christina Howard
859-663-0035
christina.howard@americanfidelity.com

McGohan Brabender
937-260-4300
mbadvocates@mcgohanbrabender.com

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