Postdoc Annual Notice
Below you'll find important documents regarding plan benefits provided by the UAW/UMass Health & Welfare Trust Fund. Please review the following documents carefully and retain them for future reference.
Contents
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Summary of Material Modifications for the Plan (describing certain changes to the plan benefits)
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Summary Plan Description
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Policy
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Trust Fund Financial Report
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Information about your COBRA Rights
Note: These documents only pertain to your benefits through the Trust Fund, and not to your health plan provided by UMass.
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2024-25 Summary of Material Modifications
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Click here for a list of changes to our benefits & administrative policies, effective 9/1/24.
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2024-25 Summary Plan Description (PHWP)
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Click here for the booklet that serves as both a Summary Plan Description and Plan Document for those employed by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and participating in the plans provided by UAW/UMass Health & Welfare Trust Fund. The plans administered by the UAW/UMass Health & Welfare Trust Fund are the GEO Unit Health & Welfare Plan (the “GHWP”) and the Post-Doctoral Unit Health & Welfare Plan (the “PHWP”). For a paper copy of the summary plan description, please contact the Benefits Administrator at uawdental@external.umass.edu or (413) 345-2156
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2024-25 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Policy
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2024-25 Trust Financial Report
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Click here for a summary of the Trust's finances.
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2024-25 Information about COBRA Rights
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Click here for important information about your COBRA Rights.