Employee Benefits Fund

Benefit Fund News

Effective March 26, 2012

The Fund offices have moved to our new location to better serve you. Offices are located just down the street from Fire Rescue HQ. To read about the move and our future plans. CLICK HERE

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Lipitor Users

For those of you who are on the medication Lipitor you are probably aware that the patent on this medication expired 11-30-11. Currently there is no true generic medication available for this drug.

Plan Changes

Palm Beach County Firefighters Employee Benefits Fund MyFFBenefits.com Summary of Medical Plan Document Changes for Plan Year 2012 Effective January 1, 2012 This is only a summary of the changes for plan year 2012, for exact changes please refer to the posted Medical Plan Document, revised and restated, and Summary Plan Description (SPD), effective January 1, 2012.

Life Insurance Benefits

All employee’s and retiree’s who are participants of the Fund receive life insurance benefits, the amounts are as follows: Active Employee’s—$100,000 Retiree’s under age 70—$50,000 Retiree’s over age 70—$25,000 Are your beneficiary designations up to date.

E.A.P. Employee Assistance Program

It’s not just for employees! All participants of the PBC FF’s Employee Benefits Fund are eligible to use the EAP network of over 20 local providers. Wide variety of counseling services are available, and the best part………… …….

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.