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Category Archives: Health & Wellness
Don’t Lose Out on Reimbursement for Qualified Expenses Under Your 2021 FSA Accounts!
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account  Qualified healthcare expenses incurred between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021 must be submitted to SMU’s vendor, Discovery Benefits/Wex, no later than March 31, 2021 to be considered for reimbursement. This year, up to $570.00 … Continue reading
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Update on COVID-19 testing locations for SMU employees
With the return to in-person classes on campus this fall, the Dr. Bob Smith Health Center is providing COVID-19 testing as needed for students and will be unable to accommodate testing for SMU employees beginning on September 7. As offered … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Health & Wellness, HR General, Resources, Working at SMU
Tagged Covid-19, Mustang Strong, screening, testing
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Midyear Reminders for Health FSA and Dependent Care FSA Participants
Health Care FSAÂ Expanded Health Care FSA Carryover Provision If you enrolled in the 2020 Health Care FSA, the plan will allow you to carry over any unused funds from the 2020 plan year into the 2021 plan year. The … Continue reading
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Tagged carry over, Dependent Care, Discovery Benefits, FSA, Heath Care, HSA, Wex
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Important Updates to SMU Pharmacy Benefits Effective August 2021
Beginning in August 2021 there will be a couple of changes in pharmacy benefits. These changes will ONLY impact the following individuals: Those who use AllianceRx mail order pharmacy for prescriptions, generally for ongoing or maintenance medications Those who use … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance Rx, mail order pharmacys, mail order prescriptions, pharmacy benefits
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Updated COVID-19 Awareness Course for Employees
Last May, SMU launched its COVID-19 Return to Work training program. This course provided new guidelines for current and newly-hired employees so the University could stay healthy and continue its mission amid the pandemic. A refreshed version of the course is … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, HR General, Total Orientation Process for New Employees, Working at SMU
Tagged Covid-19, Employee Awareness, new employees, training
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SMU Vaccine Update
SMU recently received approval from the state to be a COVID-19 vaccination provider for the campus community through the Dr. Bob Smith Health Center. Plans are in place to offer the vaccine to all staff, as well as their partners … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Smith Health Center, Covid-19, Health Center, Vaccine
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Resources for Flu Shots for SMU Employees
During the COVID-19 pandemic getting your flu shot is more important than ever, especially if you are in a high risk group. The influenza vaccine will not prevent the coronavirus, but reducing the overall burden of respiratory illnesses is vital … Continue reading
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Tagged flu shot, high dose flu shot, seniors
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Wellpower Launch Coming Soon – Rewards, Challenges, Recipes, and More
The new SMU Wellpower portal will launch September 1, 2020 for all benefit-eligible faculty and staff. The new portal will be available online and as an app for your mobile device. Sync with a wearable device to help with tracking … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, health, launch, wellpower
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Magellan EAP Introduces BetterHealth Virtual Therapy
Magellan Healthcare’s Employee Assistance Program, (EAP) offers comprehensive virtual therapy options through BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling service. BetterHelp provides counseling for the entire family—individuals, couples and teens (with parental consent and in accordance with applicable law and clinical … Continue reading
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Tagged BetterHelp, EAP telehealth, Magellan, therapy
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SMU Benefits Available for You to Utilize!
Over the last few months, the Department of Human Resources has worked diligently with several of our vendors to offer additional benefits to our SMU benefits-eligible employees as well as extend several of our programs to allow further coverage. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, Blue Cross Blue Shield, FSA, HSA, LegalEASE, MD Live
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