• Reminder: Via Benefits Plan Sponsor Call at 1:30 p.m., Central time
• Please Join Us in Recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month
• Help Us Help You: Please Share Your Premium Credit Amount
• Disaffiliation Information—Updated

Reminder: Via Benefits Plan Sponsor Call at 1:30 p.m., Central time

This is a reminder that Wespath will hold a video call with plan sponsors to provide information addressing various questions we've received regarding clergy withdrawals from The United Methodist Church and Via Benefits retiree HRAs today from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Central time.

To join the call, click here.

You can also dial in using your phone. The toll-free number is 1-877-309-2070. The access code is 248-215-261.

Topics covered during the call will include:

• Considerations as to whether HRA benefits are vested
• The critical role played by plan sponsors in the Via Benefits HRA Program
• The possible termination of an HRA and alternative options

Please Join Us in Recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month

To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Wespath is again this year promoting well-being programs and additional resources that can assist our participants who are coping with mental or behavioral health stressors or conditions.

We invite you to join us in this important cause by sharing one or more of the following documents with your members. The first four documents provide general information and could be shared with individuals who are not in HealthFlex.

• Recognizing and Coping with Stress
• Resiliency Toolkit
• Top 5 myths about mental health issues
• What's the difference between a psychologist, counselor and clinical social worker? We'll explain.
• Programs in Virgin Pulse® that can help your mental health
• Should I use my behavioral health benefits or the Employee Assistance Program?
• For participants with BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois
• For participants with United Healthcare

For additional resources, visit the Emotional Well-Being page on Wespath.org.

Throughout the month of May we also have planned a robust social media campaign on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts to highlight many of the same resources. We invite you to join us by sharing and retweeting those posts to raise awareness and shine a light on mental health.

Help Us Help You: Please Share Your Premium Credit Amount

As soon as possible, please contact your Wespath client relationship manager (CRM) and provide your updated premium credit amount for 2023. We use this information to pre-populate your adoption agreements, which we will send out June 1.

Disaffiliation Information—Updated

As some local churches, clergy and others reconsider their connectional relationship to The United Methodist Church, Wespath is responding with expanded information related to pension, HealthFlex and other benefits; institutional investments and other issues. We've recently updated the following documents on our disaffiliation information webpage:

• FAQs Regarding Church and Conference Disaffiliations
• Wespath Contingencies for Potential UMC Restructure or Disruption
• Detailed FAQs on Disaffiliations
• Impact on Clergy Benefits of Terminating Annual Conference Relationship under ⁋360

Please check this webpage periodically for updated information.

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