DAS releases health care contribution rates for FY24
The Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) has announced the employee and employer shared health care contributions rates for the 2023-2024 enrollment year. This includes an increase for employees who participate in the Ohio Med Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Plan as well as the other health plans. Medical cost increases occurred because the amount of claim payments were greater than the amount of contributions from both employees and the state. The employee/state contribution percentages as outlined in the OCSEA contract remain at 15% (employee)/85% (employer).
The FY24 biweekly rates for Ohio Med PPO employee contributions are as follows:
- Single: $56.00 per employee ($2.40 difference per pay)
- Family No Spouse: $153.40 per employee ($6.59 difference per pay
- Family With Spouse: $162.63 per employee ($6.59 difference per pay)
The Joint Health Care Committee (JHCC), which includes OCSEA members, continues to monitor health care costs and works jointly on avenues that can bring about health care savings. The costs for employees and the state is increasing by 4.5 percent, below the 6 percent national average.
Updates to Employee Assistance Program kicks off April 1
The state’s Employee Assistance Program, Ohio EAP, will have a new third-party administrator beginning April 1 that will deliver services 24/7. ComPsych will assume management of the Ohio EAP program.
Ohio EAP and DAS say the new administrator and updates are the result of requests by employees for more privacy, more availability to clinicians, and a more robust EAP program. ComPsych will deliver new services, which will be available 24/7 to all state employees and their family members, including the following:
- 24/7 access to behavioral health clinicians;
- Six sessions per incident per year;
- Well-being Coaching Program.
The Ohio EAP contact phone number will remain the same: 1-800-221-OEAP (6327). Online, mobile app support services will be available 24/7 beginning April 1. The ComPsych mobile app GuidanceNow is available via the App Store and Google Play.