Site last updated on: 6/19/09
Your APSCURF Leadership
Local APSCUF Office Managers
To see the contact information for each APSCUF Office Manager and Chapter President, click here!
Dental and Vision
* Are you newly retired? To read a letter that explains options for COBRA benefits under the PA Faculty Health and Welfare Fund, plus dental and APSCURF's dental and vision plans, click here!
* DAVIS VISION INFORMATION: For a description of what Davis Vision has to offer, click here!
*DAVIS VISION CLAIM FORM: For a Davis Vision Claim Form, click here!
*DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE RATES: For a description of the rates for dental and vision insurance, click here!
*DENTAL COVERAGE: For a complete description of the dental insurance coverages, click here!
*NEW CLAIM FORM FOR UNITED CONCORDIA DENTAL COVERAGE: To download a copy of the new United Concordia Claim Form, click here!
Planning to travel abroad?
Are you a retiree, enrolled under Medicare and plan to travel abroad? If medical assistance/services are required while travelling outside the United States, secure those medical services and retain all necessary documentation from the provider/facility. Upon returning home submit copies of the bills and documentation to (foreign claims do not have to be submitted to Medicare for a denial prior to submission to Highmark Blue Shield):
Highmark Blue Shield
Foreign Claims
Attn: Joyce Schmidt
PO Box 898845
Camp Hill, PA 17089-8845
Attention APSCURF members enrolled in the dental and vision plan
Those APSCURF members (retirees) who purchase UCCI Dental and/or Davis Vision coverage should be receiving new coupon booklets from NCAS within the next few weeks. The new coupon booklets will be generated on Saturday, January 10 and mailed to the plan’s participants on Monday, January 12, 2009. The coupon booklet will provide payment coupons from February 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010.
The good news is there will be no premium rate increase within the plans so the monthly premium for the upcoming contract year will remain the same.
External Links
*SOCIAL SECURITY WEB SITE LINK. To visit the US Social Security Administration site, click here!
* MEDICARE/MEDICAID LINK. To visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services site, click here!
* MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE: To visit a site on this topic, click here!
* "STAY HEALTHY" SECTION OF THE MEDICARE SITE. To visit the "Stay Healthy" section of the Medicare Web Site, click here!
* PARA - Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans. To visit PARA's site, click here!
* ARA - Alliance for Retired Americans. To visit ARA's site, click here!
* National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare NCPSSM. To visit this site, click here!
*QUALITY INSIGHTS OF PA is an organization that provides information and free brochures on Medicare for senior residence of Pennsylvania. APSCURF members (or APSCUF members) not residing in the Commonwealth of PA will need to a search to locate their state’s organization retained to provide this type of service for Medicare. To visit their web site, click here!
Long Term Care
*QUESTIONS ABOUT LONG-TERM CARE? click here!
*LOOKING TO PURCHASE LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE? If you are, contact Sandy Curlee at 1-866-218-5007 or email her at sandycurlee@comcast.net, or check-out her home page by clicking here!
Medicare Issues for Retirees
*FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING MEDICARE, HIGHMARK, AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: To read staff member Nancy Koutris' latest FAQ document on these important categories, click here!
*To read important SURVIVOR BENEFITS information, click here!
*MEDICARE BENEFITS SUMMARY: To read a review of Medicare regulations for retired faculty members, click here!
* AUGUST 26, 2005: IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR APSCURF MEDICARE RETIREES: To read an important notice from Nancy Koutris, click here!
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