Public Employees Retirement System

NOTICE OF CHANGE TO PHIP MEDICARE PLAN OFFERINGS

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EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2025

Beginning January 1, 2025, the PERS PacificSource Medicare Advantage Essentials 803 RX retiree health plan will no longer be available for PHIP members.

If you are enrolled in the PacificSource Medicare Advantage Essentials 803 RX retiree health plan you will automatically move to either the PERS Providence Medicare Advantage Flex Group Plan + Rx (HMO-POS) or the PERS UnitedHealthcare® Group Medicare Advantage (PPO) plan, depending on the county you permanently reside in.

If you live in the following counties, you will automatically move to the PERS Providence Medicare Advantage Flex Plan + Rx (HMO-POS) plan effective January 1, 2025:

  • Oregon: Crook, Deschutes, Hood River, Jefferson, Lane, and Wheeler

If you live in the following counties, you will automatically move to the PERS UnitedHealthcare® Group Medicare Advantage (PPO) plan effective January 1, 2025:

  • Oregon: Clackamas, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Grant, Klamath, Lake, Multnomah, Sherman, Wasco and Washington
  • Idaho: All counties
  • Montana: All counties
  • Washington: Clark, Pierce and Spokane

For more information about all 2025 PHIP plan offerings, please contact a PHIP Customer Service Representative between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday at (800) 768-7377.