Good news for ACPS employees and retirees enrolled in our United Healthcare or Kaiser health insurance plans.
Based on a review of our healthcare costs, ACPS will not need to deduct health care premiums from paychecks for the month of December 2016. The health insurance fund will have sufficient resources to cover anticipated healthcare costs through the end of this financial year.
The premium holiday will be in effect for the December 1 to 15 and December 16 to 31 pay periods this year and will impact employees who are both actively employed and actively enrolled in one of the two ACPS health insurance plans (Kaiser or United Healthcare) during these periods.
What this means for currently enrolled employees is that the amount usually deducted from employees’ pay, along with the portion paid by the employer, will not be deducted for the two pay periods in December. As a result, employees can expect to see an additional amount in their paychecks for these two pay periods in December 2016. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Active Employees (PDF). Hardcopy of FAQs will also be sent to school locations for distribution in early December.
Eligible retirees will receive a premium holiday refund check by January 31, 2017. See Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Retirees (PDF). FAQs for eligible retirees will be mailed to their home addresses.
If you have additional questions, please contact Human Resources at 703-619-8010 or via HRBenefits@acps.k12.va.us