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How to Join
What are your next steps toward becoming a member of the Emeriti® Program and adopting an Emeriti® Plan for your faculty and staff? There are three levels of engagement, designed as a collaborative experience, that allow you to fully understand how the Emeriti Program will benefit your institution. Please note that you may choose to declare membership at any time during the process.
Letter of Interest:
A Letter of Interest is a non-binding statement of interest signed by the appropriate institutional decision maker stating a general interest in the Emeriti Program. Emeriti sends periodic updates on program developments and enhancements.
Benefits:
The institution receives periodic follow-up communications and a newsletter about the Emeriti Program, is invited to upcoming events and teleconferences, and is added to the list for various reports and surveys.
Goal:
To learn more about the Emeriti Program and to keep abreast of new products and services and enhanced tools for evaluating the conditions of consortial membership.
Letter of Intent:
A Letter of Intent is a non-binding statement of intent to engage in an in-depth evaluation of the Emeriti Program with the goal of reaching a decision about membership in the Emeriti consortium. It is a signal that the institution is willing to commit the time and resources necessary to engage in a series of action steps to evaluate funding considerations, plan design, transition issues, and implementation strategies. In turn, Emeriti allocates considerable resources in support of the decision-making process.
Benefits:
The institution is assigned a dedicated Emeriti staff member to develop an action plan and a customized timeline in order to undertake a thorough evaluation of the conditions of membership in the Emeriti Program. Emeriti resources include prospective and transition funding tools, periodic teleconferences with the campus champion and evaluation team, on-campus meetings with campus constituencies, decision support materials for senior management, development of a formal proposal,, guidance on final plan documents, and assistance with program implementation.
Goal: To conduct a thorough evaluation of the Emeriti Program and make a decision about membership in the Emeriti consortium.
Declaration of Program Membership:
A Declaration of Membership is a contractual obligation to proceed with membership in the Emeriti Consortium and pay the implementation fee. The implementation process begins with the submission of final plan documents and agreement upon a timeline for launching the various components of the institution’s Plan. Emeriti provides a comprehensive, turn-key retiree medical benefits program.
Benefits: The institution receives support for implementation of its Plan, training of administrators on the record-keeping system, and education and enrollment of participants. Thereafter, the institution continues to benefit from Emeriti’s outsourced administrative services, enhanced products and services, continuing education of participants, regular newsletters and other updates, and periodic evaluation of program effectiveness.
Goal: To implement the institution’s Emeriti Plan and to educate participants about and enroll them in all applicable features of the retiree medical benefits program.
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