The Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) is holding annual public hearings
during the month of November in multiple locations around the state. These hearings
allow the public to learn more about PEIA’s proposed changes for Plan Year 2024;
and to voice their concerns and comments.The Morgantown hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 17 at the Holiday Inn on Pineview Drive.
Registration begins at 5 p.m.
If you can't attend the hearing in person, please submit your comments to the PEIA
Finance Board in writing to
PEIAComments@wv.gov.
Employees enrolled in
PEIA health plans should note that PEIA’s claims administrator UMR is transitioning its portal secure login process to HealthSafe ID to
stay up-to-date with the latest security protocols and user experience. A
cloud-based platform, HealthSafe ID enables a secure, single sign-on with
multi-factor authentication, high levels of Protected Health Information (PHI)
and HIPAA security, consumer alerts, and notifications.
Beginning today, August 19, members will no longer be able to use their
existing login credentials on the UMR website (this change DOES NOT affect
PEIA's Manage My Benefits login, only a member's UMR login) and will either
need to:
WVU employees enrolled in a PEIA (Public Employees
Insurance Agency) health insurance plan should note that PEIA’s most recent
COVID-19-related updates and policies are available on PEIA’s centralized COVID-19 resource
page. Enrolled employees with questions about COVID-19-related coverage are
encouraged to reach
out to PEIA directly for assistance. Employees enrolled in the Health
Plan may visit the
Health Plan’s COVID-19 resource page and contact the Plan directly for
COVID-19 coverage guidance.
Last week, Gov. Jim Justice signed two proclamations declaring two additional half-day state holidays on Thursday, Dec. 23 and Thursday, Dec. 30.
Dec. 23 is already a scheduled holiday for West Virginia University; however, Dec. 30 is not. The University, including WVU Research Corp., will combine the two additional half-day state holidays and observe them on Dec. 30.
The Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) is holding annual public hearings
during the month of November in multiple locations around the state. These hearings
allow the public to learn more about PEIA’s proposed changes for Plan Year 2023 and
to voice their concerns and comments.
The Morgantown hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wed., Nov. 17 at Erickson Alumni
Center.
Registration begins at 5 p.m.; you must register to attend. Masks and
social distancing are recommended at the live hearings.
If you can't attend the hearing in person, please submit your comments to the PEIA
Finance Board in writing to
PEIAComments@wv.gov.
West Virginia University, including the WVU Research Corp., will close Friday, June 18, following a Presidential Proclamation and separate declaration issued by Gov. Jim Justice proclaiming a state holiday in recognition of Juneteenth.
Juneteenth, which is held on June 19 each year, celebrates the ending of slavery in the U.S. This year, June 19 falls on a Saturday. As a result, Friday, June 18, will be recognized as a full-day holiday for all public employees of the state.
On
Dec. 16, 2020, a 7.5 hour floating holiday (pro-rated by FTE) was announced for
all WVU and WVURC leave-eligible employees (pro-rated by FTE). The holiday was
granted to eligible employees through the Applaud system, effective on Thursday,
Dec. 24, 2020.
Effective July 1, 2021, any WVU
employee
who has not used all available floating holiday hours through Applaud will
forfeit those hours. The hours will be removed from the employee’s available
floating holiday balance in the system.