Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage became available on January 1, 2006. If you or any of your dependents are eligible for Medicare, please see the relevant section below for information on how this will affect your health care coverage through the University.

Employee Health Plan (all options):

The University of Utah has determined that the prescription drug coverage offered in the University of Utah Employee Health Care Plan is, on average for all plan participants, expected to pay out as much as the standard Medicare prescription drug coverage will pay and is considered Creditable Coverage. As a result, those enrolled in the University of Utah Employee Health Care Plan are being advised that they do not need to purchase a separate Medicare prescription drug plan as long as they remain enrolled in the Universitys active employee plan.

For more information on coverage for those enrolled in the University of Utah Employee Health Care Plan, please see the IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH REGARDING YOUR PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE AND MEDICARE.

Retiree Health Plan UU Option:

Prescription drug coverage available under the University of Utah Retiree Health Care Plan UU option changed effective January 1, 2006, for those eligible for Medicare. (For those not eligible for Medicare, prescription drug coverage continues unchanged.) Those individuals enrolled in the Retiree Health Plan UU Option who are eligible must enroll in Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage through Regence Life and Health Medicare Script.

Please see the IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH REGARDING YOUR PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE AND MEDICARE.

• All Plan UU members who are or become eligible for Medicare must complete an Election Form and the Regence Life and Health Medicare Script Individual Enrollment Form. Please also review the Medicare Script Summary of Benefits.

• Completed forms must be submitted directly to the University Benefits Department. Do not send the RLH Medicare Script Enrollment form to Regence.

• If you wish to cancel coverage or change your coverage to the Plan H option, complete the Election Form and submit it to the University Benefits Department.

Retiree Health Plan H Option:

Prescription drug coverage in the Retiree Plan H option terminated on December 31, 2005.

Additional Medicare Script Information Links:

• Regence Life and Health Medicare Script Home Page

• Plan Overview, Benefits, Glossary and FAQs

• Summary of Benefits

• Participating Pharmacy Directory

• Covered Prescription Drug Formulary Search

Contacts:

For questions regarding your coverage through the University, contact the University Benefits Department or the University of Utahs dedicated customer service team at Regence BlueCross BlueShield at (801) 333-2110 or (866) 849-6956.

For questions regarding Medicare Script network pharmacies and covered prescription drugs, contact:

Regence Life and Health Insurance Company
RLH Medicare Script
PO Box 12625
Salem, OR 97309-0625

www.regence.com/MedicareScript

Toll-free: 1 (800) 541-8981
TTY: 1 (800) 382-1003

For more information about Medicare prescription drug plans and the coverage offered, visit www.medicare.gov or call (800) MEDICARE (800-633-4227) or TTY users call (877) 486-2048.

Help for people with limited income and resources:

There are circumstances when Medicare will waive Part D premiums and beneficiaries dont have to pay Rx out of pocket costs (Part D premiums and co-pays). If you think you might meet the Social Security Administrations low-income criteria, you should contact them on the web at www.socialsecurity.gov or call them at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).