Benefits: Insurance and Voluntary
Benefits
Peba Insurance Benefits
Insurance Benefits
PEBA manages a self-funded health insurance plan and offers other insurance programs for South Carolina's public workforce. In partnership with the state's public employers, we help ensure that public employers can offer their employees comprehensive insurance coverage at a cost that is responsive to their employees' needs and is equitable to all stakeholders.
The programs PEBA offers can help provide a financial safety net when you are ill or injured by sharing in the cost of your medical care and can help you find ways to live a healthier, and, we hope, happier life. Please see click here to learn more about the State Health Plan and other benefits PEBA offers.
- Learn about the State Health Plan and the benefits its options provide
- Find information about the other benefits offered through PEBA, such as dental and life insurance
- Discover the State Health Plan facts and figures
Voluntary Benefits
Ward Services
Providing Communication Solutions, One Employee at a Time.
There are many decisions to make when it comes to your benefits. It can be hard to know which options are the best for you and your family. Ward Services is here to help; we’ve been serving SC Public Schools since 2001. During open enrollment, Ward Services benefits counselors are available to meet 1-on-1 with York 3 employees to educate and empower you to make the best benefit choices for your unique situation.
In addition to assisting with state benefit selection, Ward benefits counselors offer district-approved voluntary benefits, designed to supplement the coverage provided by York 3. Voluntary plans available to you as a York 3 employee include:
To enroll in the products listed above, contact the Ward Service Counselor:
Linda Hudson - 1-704-315-1293.
To cancel a policy or file a claim, contact Ward Services directly at 1-800-673-6472.
Trustmark Universal Life Insurance(including Long Term Care/Home Health/Adult Care
Universal Life insurance combines the best features of long-term care benefits and permanent life insurance into one product. With it, your benefits can be paid as a Death Benefit, as Living Benefits, or as a combination of both.
Critical Illness Insurance/Coverage
Trustmark’s voluntary Critical Illness insurance helps provide immediate financial relief from the overwhelming expenses of a serious illness, such as a heart attack, stroke, cancer, or major organ transplant.
Disability Income Insurance/Coverage
Voluntary Disability Income insurance replaces part of your paycheck when you are disabled and unable to work. It can help you meet financial obligations when you don’t have a paycheck coming in.
Allstate Cancer
Provides a cash benefit, in addition to your health insurance, when diagnosed with cancer and can help
cover the cost of specific treatments and expenses as they happen. Offers protection for hospitalization, radiation/chemotherapy, surgery, lodging, and transportation, etc. Affordable premiums, and the benefit is paid directly to the employee.
Health Screening
Preventative Health Screening Voucher
Employees, retirees, COBRA subscribers, and their covered spouses, whose primary coverage is the State Health Plan, are eligible for one preventive health screening at no charge.
If you are unable to attend a work site or regional screening event, take this voucher and your State Health Plan ID card to a participating screening provider. For a list of screening providers, visit www.PEBAperks.com.
Preventive health screening voucher 33692-12-2016. Present this voucher along with your State Health Plan insurance card to one of the participating screening providers and ask for the preventive health screening. In addition to measuring your height, weight and blood pressure, the screening will also include a lipid panel (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides); chemistry profile (BUN and creatinine, glucose and electrolytes); and hemogram (red and white blood cell, hemoglobin and hematocrit). There will be no cost to you. Test results will be mailed to your home within 14 business days.
If you are unable to attend a work site or regional screening event, take this voucher and your State Health Plan ID card to a participating screening provider. For a list of screening providers, visit www.PEBAperks.com.
Preventive health screening voucher 33692-12-2016. Present this voucher along with your State Health Plan insurance card to one of the participating screening providers and ask for the preventive health screening. In addition to measuring your height, weight and blood pressure, the screening will also include a lipid panel (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides); chemistry profile (BUN and creatinine, glucose and electrolytes); and hemogram (red and white blood cell, hemoglobin and hematocrit). There will be no cost to you. Test results will be mailed to your home within 14 business days.
Note to provider: This screening is covered in full without member cost share for employees, retirees and spouses whose primary insurance is the State Health Plan. Please bill code 9 6160. If you have any questions, please contact BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina at 800.444.4311.