Important Points

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Labor Management Healthcare Fund (LMHF)

LMHF is a coalition of local municipal management and union leaders that have combined their efforts to create a team with a collaborative approach and shared responsibility between labor and management to produce and administer a plan of benefits that offers choice, flexibility and manageable costs for the members.

What can they do for you?

Assist you through any unresolved issues regarding your member ID cards, unpaid claims, etc. and answer any questions you have regarding your medical, Rx and dental benefits.

• Education – surrounding the plan components, design and history
• Customer Service – Specific to plan understanding, enrollment, and member ID card issues.
• Wellness Initiatives – Provide ongoing wellness activities, seminars, and communication materials to educate and inform membership
• Communication – Provide members with information relative to their plan, any upcoming changes (as determined by the LMHC with the exception of formulary changes and/or any NYS mandated changes), and other health related items.

Feel free to contact them through their website at https://lmhf.net/ or by calling them at (716) 601-7980. Office hours are Monday through Friday 8am-4pm.

Eligible Dependents

Eligible dependents include:

• Legal spouse of employee
• Child of Employee
• Stepchild of Employee
• Legally adopted child of an employee or spouse
• Legal guardianship of a child awarded to employee or spouse
• Child for whom health care coverage is required through a ‘Qualified Medical Support Order’

Required Dependent Documentation

It is required that any dependent covered by your insurance plan be verified within 60 days of the benefit start date. Failure to provide requested documentation within the timeframe will result in unverified dependents being removed from your coverage.

Labor-Management Healthcare Fund (LMHF) has retained a third-party administrator, Verifi1, to manage dependent verification and eligibility.

Either you can submit your documentation directly to Verifi1 or we can fax in your documentation. If you choose the later, please provide copies of dependent verification documents to HR with your enrollment forms.
LMHF Dependent Audit List of Documents
LMHF Dependent Audit-Verifi1

Life Qualifying Events (LQE)

Certain LQEs allow you to change your benefits before the next annual Open Enrollment period. You have 30 days from the Life Qualifying Event to make changes to your benefits.

Additional Benefits:

ECMC is proud to offer additional support to our employees. As a part of the ECMC family your overall health and well-being is important to us. We hope that you find these additional benefits valuable.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The Employee Assistance Program provides cost-free professional consultation and referral services for ECMC employees who are experiencing work and personal related difficulties. EAP offers confidential support for everyday challenges and is available 24 days 7 days a week.

• Alcohol/Drug Use
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Family Relationships
• Self-Esteem Issues
• Stress Management
• Grief

EAP Information

Website: www.eap.cfsbny.org/employee-assistance-program/
For more information, please contact Child & Family Services EAP at 716-681-4300 or by email at contacteap@cfsbny.org.

Wellness

ECMC’s Wellness program is designed to create a culture of well-being for our employees. Wellness is a lifestyle that is incorporated into every facet of daily life: physical activity, nutrition, emotional, and financial health. Cultivating a culture of wellness to reach your personal goals transforms something you need to do into something you want to do.

• Monthly Wellness Wednesday events
• Lunch and Learn
• Yoga
• Weight Loss and Fitness Challenges
• And more – check out the HR page on the intranet to stay up to date on current wellness events. ECMC HR Intranet

*You must be enrolled into an ECMC BCBS of WNY plan to receive Wellness dollars for completing wellness actions.

Verification paperwork for part 1 and 2 is provided in the Wellness packet which can be obtained from the Experience Room, G-42 or from the links below. The employee and/or spouse can complete the wellness actions to receive your health spending debit card. If both parts, 1 and 2, are completed, money will be loaded onto the same Nova health spending debit card

Part 1 Wellness Credit:

• Complete Annual Physical
• Sign and complete the first page of the Annual Employee Verification Form
• Have physician complete “Annual Physical Verification”
• Submit completed form to LMHF via hand delivery or mail to:
  • Labor Management Healthcare Fund
    90 Anderson Road
    Cheektowaga, NY 14225
• Receive $50 Nova health spending card
• If you complete Part 2, funds will be loaded onto the same Nova health spending card you receive for Part 1.

Part 2 Wellness Credit:

• Participate in twelve (12) wellness activities.
• Complete Wellness Activity Redemption form with events and dates attended.
  • For a full list of ECMC wellness activities, visit the ECMC Intranet →Human Resources→Benefits→ECMC Wellness→LMHF Wellness Program
  • The Flu vaccine shot and the COVID-19 vaccine shot series will each count as one wellness credit
• Healthcare providers must complete and sign Preventative Screening and/or Vaccine Verification Form
• Submit completed form to LMHF via hand delivery or mail to:
  • Labor Management Healthcare Fund
    90 Anderson Road
    Cheektowaga, NY 14225
• Nova health spending card from Part 1 will be reloaded with $50 for Part 2 credit.
• Completion of Part 1 is required in order to receive credit for Part 2.
• Part 1 and Part 2 paperwork can be submitted to LMHF together or separately.

https://lmhf.net/active

Voluntary Benefits

Sometimes called supplemental insurance or employee-paid benefits, voluntary benefits are offered by the employer through the workplace where employees can choose to buy the plans which are not offered as employer paid benefits, but they receive a group discount.

Voluntary benefits are insurance products that employees may choose to purchase with premiums paid through a pre or post-tax deductions from the employee’s biweekly paycheck.

• All employees are eligible to enroll in voluntary benefits