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  Retirement enrollment guide for new hires 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2023-01-03)

  Making informed enrollment decisions about your retirement plan in a timely manner is your responsibility. As a new hire, you have an important decision to make. Before making your retirement plan election you should ...
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  Retiree insurance eligibility, funding 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2023-01-11)

  Eligibility for retiree group insurance is not the same as eligibility for retirement. Determining retiree insurance eligibility is complicated, and only PEBA can make that determination. It is very important to contact ...
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  Prescription coverage reviews 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-30)

  Sometimes a prescription isn’t enough to determine if the State Health Plan will provide benefits. Express Scripts, the Plan’s pharmacy benefits manager, might need more information to determine coverage. Coverage reviews ...
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  Paying retiree group insurance premiums 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-30)

  As a new retiree who meets the eligibility requirements for retiree group insurance, the type of employer from which you retired determines how you pay your premiums in retirement.
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  Locating enrollment documentation you might need 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-30)

  This is a list of acceptable documentation to prove the relationship of dependents you are adding to insurance coverage.
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  Insurance enrollment guide for new hires 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)

  Making informed enrollment decisions about your insurance benefits in a timely manner is your responsibility. As a new hire, there are valuable benefit options, and you have important decisions to make.
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  How the state health plan measures up 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)

  The State Health Plan is a self-funded insurance plan. That means employees’ and employers’ premiums are held in a trust fund, which pays for claims. PEBA regularly benchmarks the State Health Plan against other public ...
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  Traditional Medicare and the Medicare supplemental plan 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)

  This chart is a summary of how PEBA’s Medicare Supplemental Plan coordinates (pays secondary) with traditional Medicare when Medicare is your primary coverage.
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  You’re covered with membership ID cards 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)

  You receive insurance cards for health, prescription, dental and vision benefits. You can also access your digital identification cards from the BlueCross, Express Scripts and EyeMed apps. Only the subscriber’s name will ...
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  Generics : the store brand of prescription drugs 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)

  Many brand-name prescription drugs have a lower-cost, just-as-effective generic alternative. This means you can often pay less for the medication you need.
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  Comparing dental plus and basic dental 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)

  State employees have two options for dental coverage. Dental Plus pays more and has higher premiums and lower out-of- pocket costs. Basic Dental pays less and has lower premiums and higher out-of-pocket costs. Changes to ...
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  What you need to know about adult well visits 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-09-14)

  The State Health Plan offers many value-based benefits at no member cost to its primary members through PEBA Perks. Learn how to coordinate your PEBA Perks benefits with your adult well visit here.
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  Your 2023 vision coverage at a glance 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)

  This paper describes the the State Vision Plan, In-network member costs and Out-of-network reimbursements.
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  State ORP at a glance 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-10-21)

  This document explains the benefits, eligibility and enrollment and contributions to your State Optional Retirement Program account.
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  Your 2023 dependent spending account at a glance 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-09-09)

  A Dependent Care Spending Account (DCSA) allows you to set aside money from your paycheck pretax to pay for child day care expenses and, in some cases, elder care expenses. When you pay less in taxes, you have more money ...
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  Use a health savings account to save for future expenses 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-09-09)

  State Health Plan Savings Plan members can contribute to a Health Savings Account, or HSA. An HSA helps you get the most out of your health plan by reducing your taxes while saving for future medical expenses.
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  Comparing the 2023 standard plan and savings plan 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-09-09)

  The State Health Plan gives you two options to cover your expenses: the Standard Plan or the Savings Plan. The Standard Plan has higher premiums and lower deductibles. The Savings Plan has lower premiums and higher deductibles.
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  Your 2023 medical spending account at a glance 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-09-09)

  A Medical Spending Account allows you to set aside money from your paycheck pretax to pay for out-of-pocket health care expenses, such as copayments and coinsurance. When you pay less in taxes, you have more money in your pocket.
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  South Carolina National Guard plan at a glance 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-06-20)

  The South Carolina National Guard Retirement System (SCNG Plan) is a defined benefit pension plan established to provide supplemental benefits to National Guard members who served in South Carolina. As a National Guard ...
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  How the earnings limitation works 

  South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-06-20)

  To retire from the South Carolina Retirement System or Police Officers Retirement System, you must have a complete, bona fide severance of employment.

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