Beginning January 2021 Educational Assistants, Teaching Assistants, School and Community Service Professionals and teachers voted to participate in PEIP medical coverage only.

PEIP offers the following features

• A choice of three networks with a uniform comprehensive set of benefits across all cariers
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
  • HealthPartners
  • Preferred One
• A choice of three benefit plan design options
  • Advantage
  • Value
  • HSA - Compatible
• State-wide tiered network of primary care clincis (PCC)
  • Each member chooses a primary care clinic to deliver and coordinate care.
  • Family members may elect different primary care clinics (even in different cost levels), but must enroll with the same carrier.
  • You can change clinics throughout the year.
  • Benefits for each plan level are based on the cost level of your primary care clinic.
  • All prescriptions are handled by CVS-Caremark, the program's pharmacy benefit manager.
• Referrals are needed for specialist care outside the primary care group.  No referrals are needed for emergencies or urgent care.  Participants can self-refer to OBGYN, Chiropractic, Routine Vision MH/CD, provided the practitioner is within the carriers self-referral network.
• No co-payments are charged for preventive care such as well-child care, immunizations, annual check-ups, cancer screenings, routine eye and hearing exams, etc.
• There is no coverage for non-network services, unless referred or living outside the service area.