Employee Benefits
814-865-1473
benefits@psu.edu
Type of Issue Staff Member(s) Responsible:
2008 Health Insurance Issues Employees should call Highmark
PPOBlue - 1-800-914-4384
FreedomBlue PFFS - 1-866-918-5285
PPOBlue (active employees & under 65 retirees) complex issues Jill Musser
FreedomBlue PFFS (Medicare-eligible retirees) complex issues Devra Wolfe, Jill Musser
ALL Prescription Issues Jill Musser
Centre County Health Initiative (formerly Home Host Initative) Jill Musser
Complex FreedomBlue PFFS Enrollment Issues/Special Requests Lynn Williams (back up Carey Lovelace)
PPOBlue Enrollment Issues/Special Requests Carey Lovelace (back up Lynn Williams)
2007 HealthAmerica Issues James Biederman
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Cathy Dremel
Beneficiary Changes Cathy Dremel, Teresa Grove
Benefit-Related Leaves of Absence Issues Giselle Byler (back up Lynn Williams)
COBRA Teresa Grove (back up Phil Carlin)
Deceased Employees & Retirees Cathy Dremel (back up Teresa Grove)
Domestic Partner Issues Lynn Williams
ESSIC Enrollment Questions Brandi Taylor, Carey Lovelace
Flexible Benefits Julie Fetterolf (back up Phil Carlin)
General Insurance Questions (Dental & Vision ONLY) Giselle Byler, Brandi Taylor
Grant-In-Aid (tuition discount) Kim Emel (back up Devra Wolfe)
HR-65 Grad Study Grants Cathy Dremel
Health Matters Cassandra Kitko, Pam Glanert, Linda Tobin
IBIS Forms Beth Shimel, Giselle Byler
Life Insurance Cathy Dremel (back up Teresa Grove)
Long-Term Disability & Annuity Premium Benefit Devra Wolfe
Postdoctoral Scholars Brandi Taylor
Retirees who need to change their address Cathy Dremel
Retiree Billing Cathy Dremel
Retirement Counseling Giselle Byler
Retirement Questions & General Enrollment Issues Giselle Byler (backup Brandi Taylor)
SERS Withdrawals Cindy Koch
Service & Salary Requests Beth Shimel (back up Brandi Taylor)
Sickness & Accident Supplement Devra Wolfe
State Employee's Retirement System (SERS) Devra Wolfe (back up Phil Carlin)
Supplemental Retirement Phil Carlin (back up Devra Wolfe)
TIAA-CREF Retirement Phil Carlin (back up Devra Wolfe)
TIAA-CREF Withdrawals Kim Emel
Wage/Part Time Insurance Teresa Grove
Wage/Part Time Retirement Cindy Koch
Workers' Compensation Olga Perez, Tonia Rudy

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