Posts Tagged ‘CalPERS’
CalPERS Joins CDPH in Promoting Diabetes Prevention
November 1, 2016 Communications & Stakeholder Relations (916) 795-3991 Brad W. Pacheco, Deputy Executive Officer Wayne Davis, Chief, Office of Public Affairs Contact: Bill Madison, Information Officer newsroom@calpers.ca.gov California Department of Public Health (916) 440-7259 Contact: Ali Bay, Deputy Director of Communications CDPHPressOPA@cdph.ca.gov Program designed to prevent type 2 diabetes SACRAMENTO, CA – November is…
Read MoreCalPERS Picks OptumRx as New Pharmacy Benefits Manager
May 18, 2016 Communications & Stakeholder Relations (916) 795-3991 Brad W. Pacheco, Deputy Executive Officer Wayne Davis, Chief, Office of Public Affairs Contact: Bill Madison, Information Officer newsroom@calpers.ca.gov SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that it selected OptumRX as its new Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM). The company will administer prescription…
Read MoreWhy Long-term Care Insurance Is Becoming a Tougher Call
Barbara Feder Ostrov / Kaiser Health News March, 8, 2016 7:00 AM ET Get Caregiver Certification Here Seniors slammed with big premium increases face hard choices. Mary Julia Klimenko thought she was prudent 20 years ago when she invested in a long-term care insurance policy, one she believed would help pay for the care she’d…
Read MoreMore Long-term Care Concerns
By THOMAS SCHRETTE AND JOHN ALAN CASH (Health Insurance Guys) Dear Tom and Alan: I think this whole long-term care deal is a scam. Man, I’ve got health insurance, homeowners insurance, car insurance, life insurance (my wife made me get it), house payments, taxes and on and on! How am I supposed to get extra money to pay for a…
Read MoreCalPERS Launches New Website
July 1, 2015 External Affairs (916) 795-3991 Robert Udall Glazier, Deputy Executive Officer Brad Pacheco, Chief, Office of Public Affairs Contact: Fred Sater, Information Officer newsroom@calpers.ca.gov Streamlined navigation and fresh look enhance customer experience SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has launched a new website (www.calpers.ca.gov), to better serve its members,…
Read MoreCalPERS to host retirement-planning conferences
BY JON ORTIZ jortiz@sacbee.com The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is hosting two events next month intended to educate members about the fund’s services and products. On June 5-6, CalPERS will set up at the Hilton Pasadena Hotel. The next week, June 12-13, the venue shifts to the Sofitel San Francisco Bay Hotel in Redwood…
Read MoreDeadline looming for CalPERS long-term care policyholders
Jon Ortiz chronicles civil-service life for California state workers 04/23/2015 11:50 AM The grim questions Shirley Neill thought she’d answered 20 years ago – with a reassurance from CalPERS – are bearing down on her again. How long will I live? How much care will I need? From 1995 to 2004, Neill and about 150,000…
Read MoreCalPERS to Recover More than $300 Million from Standard & Poor's in Investment Ratings Settlements
February 3, 2015 SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is poised to receive approximately $301 million in damages from Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and parent company McGraw-Hill Financial, the result of settlements in cases against S&P that stemmed from its rating of mortgage-backed and other securities prior to the financial crisis.…
Read MoreJanuary 30-31 Events at the Desert Princess Hotel in Cathedral City
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is hosting CalPERS Benefits Education Events (CBEE) in Cathedral City during January to inform members in the southeast counties about programs and benefits available to them. These events will take place at the Desert Princess Hotel on Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31, 2014.…
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