New Employees
Welcome to employment with the State of Missouri! Please read and follow the New Employee Checklist to help you understand your MCHCP benefits and enrollment requirements.
| To Do | Why? | Helpful Links |
|---|---|---|
| View the New Employee Enrollment Video | To receive a narrated summary of new employee health benefits and requirements. | New Employee Video |
| Review Member Handbook information | To find detailed information about MCHCP medical, dental and vision plans, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and the Lifestyle Ladder Wellness Program. | Member Handbook Medical Benefits Dental Plan Vision Plan Employee Assistance Program Lifestyle Ladder |
| Review Plans and Premiums | To determine available plans and monthly premiums for each plan. | Premiums UMR Coverage Advisor (Guide to help you make coverage choices) |
| Review the Provider Directory | To locate participating hospitals and physicians in your plan. | Provider Directory |
| Read the Proof of Eligibility Requirements | To find information about the documentation MCHCP requires for dependent coverage. | Proof of Eligibility |
| Enroll in or waive coverage through the Statewide Benefit Enrollment System (SEBES) | To complete benefit enrollment within 31 days of your hire date. (If you are a recent hire and have not received a temporary password for access to SEBES, contact your Human Resource or Payroll representative immediately.) |
SEBES |
| Pay your first month's premium | Double deductions may be taken from your payroll to pay for your first month's coverage depending on your enrollment date. Subsequent premiums are payroll deducted. | Failure to Pay Premiums |
| Visit myMCHCP | To view personal benefit information, update demographics, complete the Health Assessment (HA), and make changes to your coverage during Open Enrollment. | myMCHCP |
| Event | Information | Helpful Links |
|---|---|---|
| New employee coverage date | Your coverage becomes effective the first of the month coinciding
with or following your eligibility date and the date your enrollment is received by MCHCP.
Your eligibility date is the first of the month following your hire date and the earliest
date that MCHCP coverage can begin. Example: Your eligibility date is June 1 and you completed your enrollment on June 20. Your effective date is July 1. If enrollment is received by MCHCP on May 31, your coverage goes into effect on June 1 or (if requested) July 1. |
Eligibility and Effective Dates |
| Take the Health Assessment Available one month after MCHCP receives enrollment information | Take the online Health Assessment (HA) through myMCHCP to qualify for the incentive premium. You and/or your spouse have until December 25, 2009 or March 25, June 25 or September 25, 2010 to take the HA in order to receive the incentive premium for the following quarter. No other points for program participation will accrue until you take the HA. | myMCHCP Lifestyle Ladder |
| Annual Open Enrollment | Open Enrollment occurs October 1-31 each year for coverage effective the
following January. Open Enrollment allows you to:
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Open Enrollment Other Enrollment Periods |
Additional Resources
- New Employee Enrollment Chart
- Overview of Benefits for State Employees
- Dental and Vision Brochure (MODOT, Conservation and Highway Patrol)
