We are excited to introduce a brand-new Benefits Landing Page to serve as your benefits hub! This new resource center provides you and your family with an easy-to-use platform where you can access plan documents, carrier information and enrollment information, all throughout the year!

We encourage you to explore the site, bookmark the link and share it with your dependent family members. 

Click here to check it out!

Our medical carrier is changing from Florida Blue to United Healthcare effective Jaunuary 1, 2027. What does this mean:

UHC will offer 2 medical plans for employees to select from: the HMO Plan and the Surest Plan. 

The HMO plan helps keep healthcare costs lower by providng coverage through a specific network of doctors, hospitals, and providers. There is no out-of-network coverage, so you'll need to use a Florida based in-network provider. Below is the HMO Plan overview:

• Has a $3,500 individual and $7,000 family deductible
• Has set copays, keeping costs predictable
• Includes free preventive care
• Referrals are not required for specialists

The Surest plan gives you choice, flexibility, and cost tansparency. With Surest, employees will take greater ownership of their healthcare decisions by researching providers and identifying physicians with lower copays. This approach empowers employees to make informed choices about both their healthcare and financial needs. Here are a few highlights on the Surest plan:

• There is no deductible or coinsurance
• Includes free preventive care
• Offers upfront pricing for services

Want to search for your providers and view copays? Follow the steps below for both the UHC HMO plan and the Surest plan.

UHC HMO Plan:

• Click here
• Select "explore coverage" under Employer and individual
• Select "explore" under medical
• Enter location and select NHP HMO/POS Access plan

Surest Plan:

• Click here
• Access code is:PCSD2027

Click here for the 2027 rate chart

We're pleased to announce that The Hartford will become the new provider for your voluntary benefits, replacing The Standard. Your accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity benefits will remain the same, with rates staying the same or decreasing. 

Click here to read more about the plans!

Your disability coverage is transitioing from Unum to The Hartford. With this change, you'll receive an enhaced short-term disability option, while your long-term disability options will remain the same. 

Click here to learn more about your short-term disability options.

Click here to learn more about your long-term disability options. 

Pasco Schools has partnered with FedLogic. FedLogic is an advocacy service that gives employees access to a team of experts who can assist you in understanding federal and state benefit options. Their experts have worked for the Social Security Administration and have spent years mastering these policies from the inside out. If coverage under the District's plan is too expensive for your dependents FedLogic can assist you with other programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and plans through Healthcare.gov just to name a few. If you are interested in talking with a team member from FedLogic you can either call them at (877)837-4196 or scan the QR code to schedule a phone consultation. Our Employee Access Code is: pasc25.

Any surgery completed during 2027 will have a $750 copay per procedure. This copay will be collected at the time of the surgery. The copay is strictly for those employees that will require a surgery. The $750 copay will go toward the employees out of pocket maximum for the 2027 plan year under United Healthcare.

Lantern covers thousands of planned, non-emergency procedures, including orthopedic, cardiac, spine and more. If you are interested in learning more about Lantern please contact their Customer Service Number at (833)700-2286 or visit lanterncare.com/for-members. Employees that are currently enrolled in the medical plan through the District are eligible to access services through Lantern. Click here to learn more about Lantern.