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Health & Wellness Center

Pharmacy Contact Information

The PBC FF's Health & Wellness Center Pharmacy now has its own email and phone number. Any questions about prescriptions or prescription refill requests should go through one of these methods.

Also I would like to introduce Chrystal Estremera our pharmacy tech; many of you know Chrystal from the front desk where she was helping out until the pharmacy became a reality.

Please feel free to contact Chrystal about anything pharmacy related.

Pharmacy Direct Line 561-337-3353

Pharmacy Email - pharmacy@myffbenefits.com

Computed Tomography (CT) Scan Status

Construction for the CT suite is progressing rapidly, as is witnessed by occasional noisy days in the clinic as construction progresses. The CT is scheduled for delivery on Monday, February 17th (Presidents Day) and it's a good thing the clinic is closed for the holiday as it will be quite an undertaking getting the machine into the building. The rest of that week will dedicated to the installation of the machine and the closing up of the wall that has been temporarily opened to get the machine inside. The following week will be dedicated to training and fine tuning of the equipment, which should leave us ready to scan our first real patients the 1^st week of March. We expect to be ready to start making full body scan appointments for the 3^rd week of March. We will announce when we are ready to take your calls for those appointments.

NEW CLINIC HOURS

As a reminder new Health & Wellness Center hours.

Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm

*Saturday 9am - 5pm

*Saturday hours reserved for non-firefighter physicals,

Primary Care and Urgent Care visits.

What's New at Benefits Fund

Unscheduled Health & Wellness Center Visits

Unscheduled Health & Wellness Center Visits One of the main goals of the Board of Trustees of the Employee Benefits Fund when they opened the Health & Wellness Center was to provide our people with a better medical experience. That goal is a never ending work in progress. Read More...

Prescription Medication Notice

Prescription Medication Notice In preparation for handling a majority of your prescription medication needs through the Health & Wellness Center, if you chose to have your medications dispensed here please read the following information………. Read More...

New Premium Rates for 2014

To View 2014 Rates click here..... 2014 Medical Plan 2014 Dental Plan 2014 Summary of Benefits and Coverage To All Plan Participants, The Board of Trustees had their annual Plan Document meeting last month. Read More...

Flu/Shingles Shots

A limited supply of Flu Vaccines are still available, adult & children, once they are gone, they are gone, we are unable to get any more supplies as manufactures make a limited supply of the vaccines each year. Read More...

Marketplace Insurance Notice

When key parts of the health care law take effect in 2014, there will be a new way to buy health insurance: the Health Insurance Marketplace. To assist you as you evaluate options for you and your family, this notice provides some basic information about the new Marketplace and employment based health coverage offered by your employer. Click here for notice

EXPECTING?

If you are currently expecting a new baby in your life don’t forget about the Benefits Fund Cord Blood harvesting and cryogenic storage program. For only $100 out of your pocket you can protect your newborn from numerous health issue’s. The Fund will pick up the balance of the cost for harvesting the stem cells and storing them for 18 years…….. It’s well worth the small investment on your part.

Call the Fund office to get a brochure and contact information for the Stem Cell Cryobank located at the Bethesda Health City on Hagen Ranch Road in Boynton Beach.

We will also cover your future storage fees if you had your child's cord blood stored with another vendor prior to the Fund implementing the program in January 2011, call the Fund office for more details.

UMR.COM Access

We hope that you have had an opportunity to experience the enhanced services on umr.com and will find that the new features increase the productivity of your day-to-day benefit-related tasks.

Please remember to use your new login information to access umr.com.

Effective at the end of the day on November 30, 2011, your old login information will be disabled. This means that you will no longer be able to access the portal with your old user ID and password. You must use your new login information.

Click here for a flyer that you can use as a reminder to set up your new access to umr.com.