COVID-19 Updates

For Faculty/Staff

 

State of Tennessee Group Insurance Program COVID-19 Resources (PowerPoint)

Message from Governor Lee  - June 26. 2020

Employee Benefits

**Watch for emails from Benefits Administration (Edison) regarding any updates to this announcement.  Contact your insurance carrier (BCBS / Cigna) directly if you have specific questions.

Due to COVID-19, from March 17 – July 31, 2020:  

  • Members won’t pay for Telehealth online consultations through carrier-sponsored Telehealth programs, (Cigna: MDLive/AmWell and BCBS: PhysicianNow) even if the visit is for something other than COVID-19.
  • Members will have no copayment, no deductible, and no coinsurance for COVID-19 in-network testing and in-network outpatient visits associated with testing.
  • Members won’t pay for in-network visits to provider’s offices, urgent care facilities, convenience clinics, or emergency rooms that lead to a COVID-19 test.
  • Members won’t pay for in-network visits to provider’s offices, urgent care facilities, convenience clinics, or emergency rooms if a COVID-19 test is performed during the visit, even if they receive other services during the same visit.
  • Benefits waivers described above do not apply to monthly coverage premiums or any COVID-19 treatment that follows outpatient testing and associated visits that lead to testing.
  • Members who believe they have been charged costs that should be waived should call their insurance carrier (BCBS / Cigna) directly at the number on the back of their insurance card and ask for help.

 

More COVID-19 Information

Working Remotely Policy - COVID-19

Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) - form

Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) - form

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) - Employee Rights  (Poster)

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) - Employee Paid Leave Rights

Stay up-to-date with on COVID-19 - the State of Tennessee (Office of the Governor)

Department of Labor - COVID-19 and the American Workplace