COBRA Information
As of May 1, 2009, the department’s role in the COBRA process changed. The University of California (UC) has hired CONEXIS to administer all aspects of COBRA processing. This not only includes handling the premium payments, it also includes sending out the COBRA packets for all Qualifying Events. There are many Qualifying Events, some of which UC is responsible for reporting directly to CONEXIS and some of which employees are responsible for reporting to UC, who in turn, reports the Qualifying Event information to CONEXIS. After reading through the materials, if you have any questions, please contact Sharon Johnson (sdjohnson@berkeley.edu or 643‐7547) or Shirley Silveira (sas@berkeley.edu or 642‐1623) in the Human Resources Benefits Unit.
UPDATE: Effective August 1, 2009, our consolidation of COBRA administrative services will be complete when CONEXIS takes over all the COBRA invoicing and billing from the current UC health plans. For a timeline and participant Q&A, visit: http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/benefits/cobra/takeover.htm.
Information for Departmental Human Resource Managers and Benefits Counselors s
- Departmental Instructions (PDF)
- COBRA notification form (for UC Berkeley use only) (Word)
- Notice of unavailability of COBRA continuation (External link)
Information for Faculty and Staff
- Employee's responsibilities (PDF)
- UBEN 109 (to report qualifying events of family members) (External link)
- UPAY 850 (to cancel coverage) (External link)
General COBRA Information
- Summary of the COBRA Premium Reduction Provisions under ARRA
- COBRA Continuation Coverage Rights
- 2009 COBRA Rates (including ARRA subsidy)