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Claims Requiring Pre-approvals
For medical services and equipment in excess of $5,000, a pre-authorization is required. Please refer to page 18 of the Policy Booklet (2017 edition).
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Benefits of Being Online: Sun Life’s Marketplace and Lumino Health
As a RSB member, did you know that you can access corporate discounts and health resources through two Sun Life digital platforms: Marketplace and Lumino Health?
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Humans of Human Resources: Jacky Ivans
In this issue, we profile Jacky Ivans, the new Relocation & Benefits Associate in Human Resources at UBC Okanagan. Learn about her passion for supporting others, whether it’s her HR colleagues, new and existing staff and faculty, or her volleyball-playing twin teenagers. For Jacky, “life is all about relationships.”
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Preauthorizations and Predeterminations Explained
Under the UBC Extended Health plan, claims for medical equipment costing $5,000 or more require preauthorization prior to purchase.1 Under the UBC Dental Plan, any major treatment of $500 or more requires a predetermination prior to the treatment.2
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Humans of Human Resources: Danielle Samuels
In this issue, we profile Danielle Samuels, Manager of Work Life Relocation, Faculty Staff Housing and Relocation Services in Human Resources.
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Online Assessments Optimize Your Time for Optimal Health
When life gets busy, our health and wellbeing take a backseat to competing priorities. Thankfully, technology can make it convenient for us to check-in and check-up on our health.
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- Benefits FYI
2018 Tax Info: Medical Expense Claims and T4/T4A Receipts
If you or your eligible dependents have any Extended Health and/or Dental claims from the 2018 calendar year that were not reimbursed by Sun Life (or another benefit plan), you may be able to claim these expenses on your income tax return depending on you or your dependents’ net income.
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- Benefits FYI
The Importance of Updating Your Personal and Beneficiary Information
Changes in life and relationships can happen in the blink of an eye. With this in mind, it’s important to notify the university and update personal information such as your designated beneficiaries or address.
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- Benefits FYI
Help Recognize and Prevent Benefits Fraud
Fraudulent benefit claims cost Canadians between one and six billion dollars every year, but did you know that benefits fraud can be committed by health or dental service providers, plan members or both?
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