Benefit and Pension Funds' Boards of Trustees Meet this Month | |
The 1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds’ Boards of Trustees will hold their annual meetings on Monday, June 24, Tuesday, June 25, and Wednesday, June 26, to review the work of 2023. Funds leadership will update Trustees on our expanding Healthy Living initiatives, quality care and plan improvements, and the emerging importance of how adopting a healthy lifestyle can improve overall health. The Benefit Funds will also recognize two members who—through our partnership with WeightWatchers® and their mutual support—were able to achieve their personal health goals. Sharing their success, they will serve as Health Ambassadors to help inspire and motivate their fellow members to take control of their own well-being. In addition, celebrity guest chef Adrienne Cheatham will offer tips on how to prepare nutritious meals without sacrificing flavor. A finalist in season 15 of Top Chef and former Chef de Cuisine for the Marcus Samuelsson Group, Chef Cheatham will also treat Trustees to a healthy cooking demo. The meetings will be held onsite at Funds Headquarters at 498 Seventh Avenue. For more information, please contact Tess Tolentino at Tess.Tolentino@1199Funds.org. | | |
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Tune in to the June Health Is the Key Podcast to Learn More about Healthy Living
On Wednesday, June 5, we launch this month’s Health Is the Key podcast episode—“Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy You”—Dr. Hugo Ortega, an Associate Program Director for the Montefiore Einstein Internal Medicine Residency Program in the Bronx, explains how “lifestyle medicine”—treating the whole person—is transforming healthcare. Tune in to Health Is the Key wherever you get your podcasts.
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Benefit Funds Launch Dependent Eligibility Verification Program | |
The 1199SEIU Benefit Funds have launched their 2024 Dependent Eligibility Verification Program, again conducted by HMS, a firm that specializes in healthcare eligibility verification. The program verifies the marital status of the spouses of 1199SEIU members and retirees, to protect benefit dollars and help ensure they and their eligible spouses continue to receive quality healthcare coverage. If your 1199SEIU employees and members have questions about the program, they may contact HMS at (866) 252-0527 to avoid interruption in their spouses’ coverage. | |
Training and Employment Funds Offer High School Equivalency Programs | |
The 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds (TEF) offer two high school equivalency programs for members to complete high school requirements and obtain a diploma. The GED Program, available in English and Spanish, prepares members to take the GED exam, which includes tests on reading and writing, math, science, and social studies. Classes are held online three days a week in the morning or evening. Members’ spouses, parents or children ages 21 and older can also enroll. The National External Diploma Program (NEDP) is a non-test-based independent study in which members work one-on-one with an assessor to complete a series of skills and academic tasks that will be evaluated and approved by New York State. The NEDP program is available in English only. For more information, members may contact Adrienne Simmons at Adrienne.Simmons@1199Funds.org or (646) 574-5024, Yajaira Tejada at Yajaira.Tejada@1199Funds.org or (212) 894-4363, or Matthew Czajkowski at Matthew.Czajkowski@1199Funds.org or (212) 494-0535. | |
Child Care Funds Hold Online Benefit Information Workshop | |
The 1199SEIU Child Care Funds will hold their first “Knowing Your Benefits” online workshop this month. During the hour-long session, members will learn about the various Child Care Funds benefits available to them, as well as details about registration periods, program deadlines, co-payments and more. To help accommodate members’ schedules, the first workshop will be held on Monday, June 3, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, and a second workshop will take place on Thursday, June 27, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Members can register for the June 3 workshop or the June 27 workshop online. For more information about the Child Care Funds, including scholarship programs, sleep-away camps, and day care and after-school programs, visit their website. | |
The Institute for Continuing Education Presents Upcoming Programs | |
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The 1199SEIU Greater New York Education Fund strengthens the healthcare delivery system by offering 1199SEIU members training and education programs designed to help improve patient outcomes and provide quality care. Please share these opportunities with members at your facility. (The full schedule is available on the program calendar.)
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Saturday, June 8
8:45 am to 2:30 pm
This interprofessional symposium will focus on the types of artificial intelligence (AI), its use to help diagnose and treat patients, implications for the healthcare workforce, and the future of AI in the healthcare industry.
Medication Error Prevention and Patient Safety
Thursday, June 27
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
This seminar for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and nurses will focus on strategies to prevent the most common types of medication errors, ways to optimize opioid safety for pain management and the use of best practices to avoid medication errors in the treatment of diabetes.
For more information, visit the Institute for Continuing Education’s web page, call (212) 894-4390 or email Institute@1199Funds.org.
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