The Benefit Funds Support Members on Their Next Steps on Their Health Journeys
The Benefit Funds have partnered with WeightWatchers® to support members’ health journeys, including helping those with chronic conditions. According to WeightWatchers, its programs are proven to help those with diabetes control their blood sugar (measured by HbA1c) compared to standard care. If your patients need additional resources to support their health journeys, please encourage them to learn more about the Benefit Funds’ partnership with WeightWatchers by visiting www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/WW.
More Provider Connections
Change Healthcare Is the Benefit Funds’ Exclusive EDI Partner Effective May 15
The Benefit Funds previously shared information about consolidating Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) clearinghouses into a single gateway through our partnership with Change Healthcare. This consolidation became effective May 15. All clearinghouses and billing...
The Benefit Funds Have Partnered with Healthix for Access to Health Information Exchange
Through our partnership with Healthix, the Benefit Funds have access to key health information about our members’ healthcare. This allows the Benefit Funds to identify health gaps and enable clinical outcome trend analysis for its “Healthy Living” initiative. Please...
The Benefit Funds Offer Virta to Help Members Potentially Reverse Their Type 2 Diabetes
In April, the Benefit Funds launched access to Virta, a program with a medically based approach to reduce A1C levels and potentially even reverse type 2 diabetes without medications or surgery. Virta will be offered at no cost to eligible 1199SEIU members and their...
Important Alerts and Reminders
Effective March 1, 2023, Aetna Choice POS II is the wraparound network supplementing the Benefit Funds’ directly contracted network for coverage outside New York City. On March 1, 2021, the Benefit Funds upgraded the comprehensive claims auditing software to...