New federal law requires RR employees to provide dependent Social Security Numbers
Written by United Healthcare Tuesday, 19 May 2009 19:19
CLEVELAND, May 19 — The Medicare Secondary Payer statute and regulations contain a series of rules for determining whether Medicare is the primary payer for a person who has both Medicare and other health coverage. In order to satisfy these regulations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency responsible for administering health-related programs, has implemented new reporting requirements.Consequently, The Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Plan (The Plan) is participating in an all-out effort to obtain Social Security Numbers (SSNs) for all covered dependents (wives, husbands and children) in order to achieve compliance with these new reporting requirements. In addition, the Medicare Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) will also be required for any dependent eligible for Medicare.
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Court upholds DOT direct observation, strip search regulations
Written by BLE-T.org Tuesday, 19 May 2009 19:17
CLEVELAND, May 18 — On Friday, May 15, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for review of two Department of Transportation (DOT) drug testing regulations that were published last year. The legal challenge had been filed by the BLET and eight other unions, including the Teamsters and the UTU, along with the BNSF Railway.At issue were DOT regulations requiring a strip search and direct observation of urine collection when a transportation worker returns to duty after failing or refusing to submit to a drug test, as well as during follow-up tests after a failure or refusal. The legal challenge asserted that the two regulations violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Reminder: BLET still seeking membership participation in negotiations survey
Written by BLET.org Wednesday, 08 April 2009 10:34
CLEVELAND, March 31 — BLET members still have the chance to participate in a written and online survey the National Division is conducting to prepare for the upcoming round of national contract negotiations.The six-page survey was mailed on March 11 to 2,000 randomly selected members, seeking their input on a variety of issues related to the national contract. The deadline to complete these random surveys is April 15, 2009.
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