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Medical and Prescription Insurance

The District participates in the Bucks Montgomery County Schools Healthcare Consortium, a management-labor consortium of schools and entities which have joined together in a unique self-funded arrangement as a large group purchaser of medical insurance, prescription drugs and other employee benefits. The purpose of the arrangement is for consortium members to group together to get the best price possible for health care and employee benefits while also focusing on collectively improving employee health and wellness, potentially leading to even greater cost savings. 
 
Website info: http://www.bmshc.org/
 
Trustees: 
  • Joe Langowski, Management Trustee
  • Chris Sterman, Labor Trustee
 
 
 
Questions regarding medical benefits should be directed to Jenien DeSilvis, Benefits Secretary at Ext. 4001.
 
Open Enrollment is an eligible employee's annual opportunity to join a District insurance plan, change a plan, leave a plan, or add or remove eligible dependents. This window typically occurs in May of each year.  Such changes are prohibited during the rest of the year unless there is a qualifying life event. 
 
It is the Employee’s responsibility to notify Human Resources of any “life event/status change” such as marriage, divorce, birth/adoption of child(ren), death of a family member who is covered by district insurance, etc.  There is a 30 day window from the date of a “life event” to make changes to your coverage.  Changes not made within the 30-day window have to wait until the next open enrollment.
 

Open Enrollment Memos and Enrollment Forms Medical/Rx

Medical and Rx Plan Summaries
Medical and Prescription plans are tied together as listed below. 

Medical                                               Rx

BMCS Point of Service (POS)           10/15/30      

BMCS Open Choice 1                        5/20/35
BMCS Open Choice 2                        5/35/50
BMCS Open Choice 3                        5/35/50
 
Please review the Medical Plan Summary Comparison Chart for a side by side comparison of the plans including most frequently used services.  More specific information is included in the plan summaries. Summaries for Medical and Rx plans are attached below. 

Lab Work Cost Comparisons:

Know before you go: All members should be aware of the costs associated with lab work.  Members on the Open Choice 3 should especially be cognizant of the different costs that may be incurred based solely on where the work is done. 

Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp. are Aetna’s preferred lab vendors which allows Aetna members to receive low contracted rates. Check out these comparisons showing that the same test at an area in-network hospital may be a thousand ($1,000) dollars more than at a Quest lab.  

Remember to use the member payment estimator tool located in Navigator (Aetna’s secured member portal) to research lab services as well as many other lower cost options for MRIs, CT scans, etc.