Where to find my HBA?
The best way to locate your HBA is to ask your supervisor. For many departments, someone on staff is designated and trained to be the HBA.
What is an HBA?
An HBA’s primary responsibility is to assist enrollees with their health insurance enrollment needs. This includes:
- Understanding NYSHIP rules and regulations and how to apply them
- Providing enrollees and prospective enrollees their plan materials
- Ensuring that employees are properly informed of and fully understand their NYSHIP options
- Determining an employee’s benefits eligibility
- Informing employees about what is required to enroll themselves and their eligible dependents in NYSHIP coverage
- Processing enrollments and enrollment changes through NYBEAS in a timely manner
- Ensuring enrollees are notified immediately of accepted or denied applications
- Assisting enrollees in understanding their health insurance deductions
- Determining eligibility for retiree NYSHIP coverage and if/when Medicare will be primary to NYSHIP