Premiums for some of the HMOs may also increase this fall. The approved rate schedule for these plans and the PPO is currently being negotiated and should be available in time for publication in a future issue of this newsletter. Wallace and Leed both have considerable experience in dealing with health-care coverage at the campus level and are very sensitive to how administrative decisions affect the System's individual employees. The campus human resource directors are also effective advocates for System employees. Institutional representatives participated in the selection of vendors for the PPO and a Pharmacy Benefits Management Program.
Participants are free to select any qualified provider they choose with no service-area limitations.
In most cases, the HMO does not offer any coverage outside of its provider net-work. The University System of Georgia shall. All rights reserved.