Employee Benefits (General Overview)

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Health Insurance

Grant Wood Area Education Agency employees are offered Wellmark health insurance products. The website has many self-service tools for members. Employees can view benefits and personal claims status/history, search to find providers and medication information, and order ID cards from the website.

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Machine Readable Files

Under the Transparency in Coverage Rule (TCR), health plan insurers are required to post聽. Please note, machine readable files are not readily interpretable by consumers. Health plan members are encouraged to use the more member friendly Find Costs聽tool available through聽. The tool can help you find providers and determine how much a visit will cost you before you receive services. The machine readable files do not provide information on a member's out-of-pocket charges.

Dental Insurance

Grant Wood Area Education Agency employees are offered Delta Dental insurance. The website provides many services. Employees can view benefits information and claims history, search for providers, order ID cards and download claim forms from the website.

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Vision Insurance

Grant Wood Area Education Agency employees are offered vision insurance that includes routine eye exams and eyewear benefits.

EyeMed Vision Care
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Life Insurance

Eligible Grant Wood Area Education Agency employees are provided group-term life insurance coverage. Employees may also apply for supplemental life and dependent life coverage at their own expense.

New York Life Insurance Company, Inc.
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Long Term Disability

Eligible Grant Wood Area Education Agency employees are provided long-term disability coverage.

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Accident & Health

Chubb Accident & Health
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Pre-Tax Flexible Spending Accounts

Grant Wood Area Education Agency employees are able to tax-defer a portion of wages and set up a medical account for out-of-pocket health care expenses not paid by insurance and/or a dependent care assistance account.

IRS - Section 125 - Pre-Tax Flexible Spending Accounts 鈥� ASI Flex, Inc.
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Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS)

Grant Wood Area Education Agency employees have contribution rates of 6.29% employee share and 9.44% employer share. The website 聽has the most current IPERS publications and forms for employees to access. (Member handbook, retirement planning session schedules, beneficiary designation forms, change of address forms, etc.)

Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS)
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Retirement Investors Club (RIC)

Grant Wood Area Education Agency employees are able to participate in a voluntary retirement savings program administered by the RIC.

Retirement Investors Club (RIC) - 403b Program
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