New Dental-Vision Plan

THE CITY’S CURRENT DENTAL & VISION PLAN THROUGH ANTHEM WILL TERMINATE ON JULY 31, 2023.

ALL EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE ANTHEM DENTAL/VISION PLAN WILL AUTOMATICALLY HAVE DENTAL & VISION COVERAGE THROUGH GUARDIAN, THE CITY’S NEW DENTAL/VISION PLAN CARRIER, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023. A COPY OF THE NEW (GUARDIAN) SUMMARY OF DENTAL/VISION BENEFITS IS ATTACHED. ALL BENEFITS ARE EQUAL TO OR BETTER THAN THE CURRENT ANTHEM BENEFITS.

CURRENT PAYROLL DEDUCTION AMOUNTS WILL NOT CHANGE.

YOU WILL RECEIVE NEW CARDS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SO PLEASE WATCH YOUR MAIL FOR INFO FROM GUARDIAN.

UNDER THE NEW GUARDIAN VISION PLAN, ALL EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE EITHER THE VSP NETWORK OR THE DAVIS NETWORK FOR ALL VISION COVERAGE.
THEREFORE, PLEASE REVIEW THE 2 SEPARATE VISION NETWORKS VIA THE LINK BELOW, TO DETERMINE WHICH NETWORK YOUR CURRENT VISION PROVIDERS (FOR EYE EXAMS, GLASSES, CONTACTS, ETC.) ARE IN. IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I WILL SEND ANOTHER EMAIL WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO REPORT WHICH VISION NETWORK YOU HAVE CHOSEN.
FAILURE TO CHOOSE A VISION NETWORK WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT IN A DEFAULT NETWORK (EITHER VSP OR DAVIS).

Guardian: Select your vision network (Avesis network is NOT one of our choices; only VSP or Davis)

TO SEE IF YOUR CURRENT DENTAL PROVIDERS ARE IN THE GUARDIAN NETWORK (PPO: DENTALGUARD PREFERRED), USE THIS LINK…. Guardian: Search for a dentist in your area.

IF YOU ARE AN AFSCME 2312 OR AFSCME 2726 UNION MEMBER, YOUR DENTAL/VISION COVERAGE IS THROUGH THE AFSCME CARE PLAN, SO YOU ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.