Title: Producers Health Benefits Plan
1Producers Health Benefits Plan
2Plan Structure
- PHBP covers eligible non-union freelance
production employees. - Those eligible include all production employees
not covered by a Union plan. (The job titles
include Producer, Line Producer, Production
Supervisor, Assistant Production Supervisor, and
Production Assistant).
3Plan Structure, contd.
- Employees will receive benefits starting February
1, 2008, provided that they qualify. - The Plan provider is UnitedHealthcare, one of the
largest national healthcare providers. - Like union plans, contributions will be taken by
the payroll services companies.
4Plan Structure, contd.
- There is no cost for coverage to employees 100
percent employer-made contributions. - If you choose to cover dependents, the full cost
is covered by the employee.
5Companies In PHBP
- Beach House Films
- Believe Media
- BT Film
- Big Lawn Films
- Big Mama
- Biscuit Filmworks
- Bob Industries
- Bunkey Hill Inc. d/b/a Public Domain
- _at_radical.media
- A Common Thread
- a.k.a films
- Aero Films
- Anonymous Content
- Arf Company
- The Artists Co.
- Backyard Productions
6Companies In PHBP, contd.
- Curious Pictures
- David Naylor Associates (DNA)
- Denali Productions
- Detour Films
- Digital Kitchen
- The Directors Bureau
- Downtown Reel
- Celsius Films
- Chelsea Films
- Christina Productions
- Cohn Company
- Compulsive Pictures
- Cosimo Company
- Crossroads Films
- Cucoloris Films, Inc.
7Companies In PHBP, contd.
- Good Films
- Great Guns USA
- Green Dot Films
- Harvest
- Holmes Defender of the Faith
- HKM Productions
- HSI Productions
- Hungry Man
- Identity Media
- Epoch Films
- Film Realite
- Foreign Films
- Form
- Free Market Films
- Furlined
- Gartner/Tight/ Viral Factory/Outsider
- Giraldi Productions
- GO Film
8Companies In PHBP, contd.
- Independent Media
- The Institute for the Development of Enhanced
Perceptual Awareness - Japanese Monster
- The Joneses
- Joy Films
- Kaboom Productions
- Kommitted Films
- Link Entertainment
- Locksmith
- Looking Glass Films
- The Lopes Picture Company
- M-80
- McNamara Films
- Mechaniks
9Companies In PHBP, contd.
- Michael Schrom Company
- Millennium Pictures Production
- Mirror Films
- MJZ
- Motion Blur
- Motion Theory
- Moxie Pictures
- Nola Pictures
- Nonfiction Films
- O Positive
- Paranoid US
- Park Pictures
- Partizan
- Phasmatrope Studios
- Phils Films
10Companies In PHBP, contd.
- Pictures in a Row
- Rascal Films
- Roaring Tiger Films
- Rock Fight
- RSA Films
- Sandwick Films
- Savant Film
- Saville Productions
- Schofield Films
- Sedna Films
- September Productions
- Simpson Films
- Smuggler
- Socket
11Companies In PHBP, contd.
- Space Program
- Superstudio
- Thomas Winter Cook
- Tool of North America
- Trio Films
- Uber Content
- Untitled
- White Label Productions
- Workhorse Media
- Zoo Films
12Employer Responsibilities
- Employers signed to the Plan will contribute on
behalf of all qualified freelance non-union
production employees. - When qualified employees work for a production
company in the Plan, credit for days worked is
tracked by the payroll companies.
13Employer Responsibilities, contd.
- Employers signed to the Plan will contribute on
behalf of all qualified freelance non-union
production employees. - When qualified employees work for a production
company in the Plan, credit for days worked is
tracked by the payroll companies. - Administrative Services Only, Inc. is the Plan
administrator, who will be a liaison between UHC
and the payroll companies.
14About ASO
- Administrative Services Only, Inc. (ASO) will
administer the Producers Health Benefit Plan. - ASO has a great deal of experience administering
health funds in the entertainment industry. Their
clients include organizations currently providing
benefits to some union employees of AICP members.
15About ASO, contd.
- ASO will
- Collect data and contributions from the payroll
houses and calculate eligibility. - Communicate with Plan participants regarding
eligibility and benefits via a dedicated
toll-free number and Web site.
16About ASO, contd.
- ASO will
- Act as a liaison between the Plan and United
Healthcare to enroll participants and their
dependents (when family coverage is elected). - Bill participants for family coverage and other
buy-ups.
17Contact Details for ASO
- Producers Health Benefits Plan
- c/o Administrative Service Only, Inc.
- Attn Jenna Roche
- 303 Merrick Road, Suite 300
- Lynbrook, NY 11563-9010
- Phone 1-888-345-PHBP
- Email PHBP_at_asonet.com
- Fax 1-888-845-9786
18Authorization Forms
- Authorization Forms allow the Payroll Companies
to release data to ASO to determine eligibility
for the Plan. - Forms must be remitted by September 30, 2007 in
order to determine eligibility for the Plan,
which begins February 1, 2008. - Once 1,000 freelance employees are deemed
eligible, UHC will be able to design the Plan
benefits.
19Employee Participation
- Qualifying employees include those Freelancers
working in a production capacity with the job
titles of Producer or Line Producer, Production
Supervisor, Assistant Production Supervisor, and
Production Assistant.
20Employee Participation
- There is no cost for coverage of a qualifying
employee, except if they elect to cover their
dependents (including qualified domestic
partners), which will be billable directly to the
employee and entirely at their expense.
21Employee Participation, contd.
- Employees data must be received by Sept. 30 in
order to determine eligibility for the 1st
quarter of the 2008 Plan Year. - Employees must have worked at least 30 days per
quarter for a full year to qualify. -
22Employee Participation, contd.
- All days in excess of 30 in a quarter will be
banked. These banked days may be used to make
up for short falls of the 30 days per quarter
needed for qualification. The bank holds up to 90
days, and all banked days must be used within 3
quarters of the quarter that they were earned.
23Employee Participation, contd.
- If a qualified participant does not have enough
banked to reach 30 days in the quarter, they can
self-pay the difference, provided they have
worked at least 20 days in that quarter. This
option can be used only for one quarter at a
time. If this occurs in a second continuous
quarter, the employee may elect COBRA
continuation coverage.
24Employee Participation, contd.
- Initial eligibility begins with the fourth
quarter of 2006 (Oct. Dec.) through the third
quarter of 2007 (July Sept.). For calculation
purposes, the banked bridging rules apply
(e.g. if an employee worked 60 days in the second
quarter of 2007, and only 20 days in the third
quarter and worked 30 days in Q4 of 2006 and Q1
2007 he or she would still qualify for the
Plan).
25Employee Participation, contd.
- All days worked will be credited (provided
contributions are received by the Plan) except
for when an employee works for an employer not
headquartered in AZ, CA, NY, Il, IN, Iowa, PA,
MA, MD, or VA. In a case where a company is
headquartered in one of the other 40 states, only
work for that company which takes place outside
the state where the company is headquartered will
be credited.
26Loss of Eligibility
- The freelancer will lose eligibility for
continued participation if the freelancer fails
to meet the Standard and Bridge eligibility
requirements. - When coverage ends for this reason, the
freelancer will have an opportunity to continue
their coverage under the federal law known as
COBRA. COBRA requires that in certain
circumstances health plans must offer the ability
to self-pay for group coverage for a limited
period of time. There will be more details on
COBRA in the summary plan description.
27Loss of Eligibility
- COBRA requires that in certain circumstances
health plans must offer the ability to self-pay
for group coverage for a limited period of time.
There will be more details on COBRA in the
summary plan description.
28Dependent Coverage
- Eligibility for coverage of Freelance dependents
generally begins on the same date that your
coverage starts or, if later, when they first
become the Freelancers dependents. - Coverage will not begin if the Freelancer does
not provide necessary proof of dependent status.