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Re-enrolling, or enrolling in the UnitedHealthcare^® Group Medicare Advantage (PPO) for the first time? CMS requires that you provide a street address, and not a P.O. Box, in order to process your enrollment in this plan. Note that after annual open enrollment ends, UnitedHealthcare will mail additional plan information, along with new member ID cards, to all UnitedHealthcare Group Medicare Advantage (PPO) members for 2016. (Your plan number will not change.)
Is a POS option not listed as a coverage option on the YBR website? You may live in an area with limited access to doctors and hospitals in a POS network. If a POS option is not shown as an available option on the YBR website and you are not eligible for Medicare, you can still enroll in a POS option if you are comfortable with the distance between you and POS network doctors and hospitals. If you are currently enrolled in a POS option for 2015 under these circumstances, your POS coverage will not automatically carry over to 2016. You must take action to re-enroll.
- If you are eligible to enroll in a POS option for 2016 and it is not listed as a coverage option on the YBR website, call the Alcatel-Lucent Benefits Center at 1-888-232-4111 during the annual open enrollment period to enroll. Please note: POS options are not available to survivors in the Family Security Program (FSP).
If you are eligible for dental coverage but the DMO option is not listed as a coverage option on the YBR website: You may live in an area with limited access to dentists in the DMO network. If the DMO option is not shown as an available option on the YBR website, you can still enroll in it if you are comfortable with the distance between you and the dentists who participate in the DMO network. If you are currently enrolled in the DMO option for 2015 under these circumstances, your DMO coverage will not automatically carry over to 2016. You must take action. To re-enroll, call the Alcatel-Lucent Benefits Center at 1-888-232-4111 during the annual open enrollment period.
Looking for an in-network UnitedHealthcare^® POS provider? Use the information below when you are looking for an in-network POS provider on the UnitedHealthcare website (remember, you can also find in-network providers using the YBR website):
- On www.myuhc.com, click on “Find Physician, Laboratory or Facility” and then choose your plan: if you live in Maine, Massachusetts or New Hampshire, choose “UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus with Harvard Pilgrim”; if you live in any other state, choose “UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus.”
Keep in mind: Changes in your doctor’s or healthcare provider’s network participation are not considered qualified status changes. Medical carriers’ contracts with network providers may expire at any time during the year. You will not be able to make changes to your coverage and/or add/drop dependents outside of the annual open enrollment period due to these types of changes. Visit the BenefitAnswers Plus website for more information about qualified status changes.
Are you dropping a dependent from coverage? (What you should know about COBRA.) COBRA is not offered to dependents removed from coverage during the annual open enrollment period. If your dependent is experiencing a qualified status change and you remove him or her from your coverage during the annual open enrollment period, your dependent will not be eligible for COBRA continuation coverage. To be eligible for COBRA, dependents experiencing a qualified status change must be removed through the “Life Events” section on the YBR website (or by calling the Alcatel-Lucent Benefits Center) within 31 days of the qualified status change.
You are eligible to participate in the Vision Discount Program, as one of the “voluntary benefits” offered by Added Benefits. As an Alcatel-Lucent retiree, you can enjoy discounts on a wide variety of eye care services, including comprehensive eye exams, eyeglasses, contact lenses and LASIK surgery at participating providers. The Vision Discount Program is available to you at no cost, and enrollment is not required. Note that voluntary benefits are offered through Added Benefits; they are not sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent nor provided under the Alcatel-Lucent plans. To learn more or to print your Vision Discount Program ID card, visit www.addedbenefitsaccess.com. You can also call Added Benefits at 1-800-622-6045.

You may also be eligible for additional voluntary benefits (identity management services and auto and home insurance). You can enroll in or drop these coverages anytime during the year. The enrollment information in this guide does not apply to any voluntary benefits that may be available to eligible retirees. Information about voluntary benefits, which are not sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent nor provided under the Alcatel-Lucent plans, may be found at www.addedbenefitsaccess.com or by calling Added Benefits at 1-800-622-6045.
Do you receive a Form W-2? The Affordable Care Act (ACA; healthcare reform) requires that employers disclose the value of the employer-provided benefit for health insurance coverage on each participant’s Form W-2. This means that plan participants who receive a 2015 Form W-2 from Alcatel-Lucent will see the cost of their coverage reported on their Form W-2 in box 12. This is an employer reporting requirement only.
You may receive and need to file a new ACA-required form in 2016. Starting with the 2015 tax year, the ACA requires that employers provide Form 1095-C to certain (but not all) plan participants by the end of January 2016. No action on your part is required at this time. If you are required to receive and file a Form 1095-C, you will receive the form by the end of January 2016.
Be sure your beneficiaries are up to date. Take care of the people who matter most. Use this annual open enrollment opportunity to review, add or update your beneficiary designation(s) on file. Visit the BenefitAnswers Plus website for information.
Review your permanent address on file. As a reminder, the Alcatel-Lucent Benefits Center recognizes your permanent address on file as your mailing address. Please be sure to keep it current.

Help Us Go Green(er)!
As part of our corporate commitment to the environment, we will continue to provide more of your benefits information online instead of in print. So if you have not yet signed up to receive communications from the Alcatel-Lucent Benefits Center electronically, please take a few moments to do so now. You do not need to wait until annual open enrollment to choose this option. Just log on to the YBR website anytime. Select “Your Profile” and click “Personal Information.” Follow the steps to provide your preferred email address and update your preferred method of delivery.

Help Us Go Green(er)!

As part of our corporate commitment to the environment, we will continue to provide more of your benefits information online instead of in print. So if you have not yet signed up to receive communications from the Alcatel-Lucent Benefits Center electronically, please take a few moments to do so now.

You do not need to wait until annual open enrollment to choose this option. Just log on to the YBR website anytime. Select “Your Profile” and click “Personal Information.” Follow the steps to provide your preferred email address and update your preferred method of delivery.

¹Includes COBRA participants and survivors in the Family Security Program (FSP).