Write letters - here is a list of some people you might want to contact if you wish to express you concerns
        DON"T BE SHY!!!  THIS ISSUE AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF EVERY MEMBER OF THE PLAN

Sign the petition - ask your co-workers to sign

If you feel strongly about this issue - Please, contact the PEER Committee and ask them to investigate!

CALL AHS, Inc., at 1-800-294-6307  to find out if your doctor has signed up for the AHS State Network Plan.

See what other people have done -------

Action items -
Actions participants in theMississippi State and Public School Employees' Health Insurance Plans have taken in order to bring attention to the changes in the Insurance Plan.

Mary Brandt Jensen has sent a letter to Max K. Arinder, Director, Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee, requesting that the PEER Committee should investigate the Dept. of Finance and Administration and the process in which AHS, Inc., became the Direct Contracting Administrator for the State and Public School Employee's Health Insurance Plan. She included a copy of all the petitions she has received as of 11/4/99, an e-mail from Therese Hanna received on 11/2/99, Ms Jensen's reply on 11/2/99, and the original e-mail sent to Max Arinder on 11/1/99.  Mary followed up with another e-mail on 11/14/99 and Max K. Arinder replied on 11/15/99.

Also, Mary Brandt Jensen is asking State and Public School Employee's who are also worried about the change to a single network (AHS State Network) to sign a petition. She has distributed copies of petitions with over 650 state and public school employees' signatures to individuals who are running for elected offices in the state, and to Max K. Arinder, Director, Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee.

E-mail from Mary Brandt Jensen with suggestions on things a public school employee could do.

Anne M. Klingen has set up a listserv that sends out messages about any changes or actions people are taking to bring attention to the issue of the changes in the State Insurance Plan -  Please feel free to join!

Anne M. Klingen sent a letter to the Department of Finance and Administration, which contained multiple questions about the changes in the Health Insurance Plan and Therese Hanna replied on November 2, 1999.

Write the Governor's Office   -       Copy of Anne M. Klingen's letter to Gov. Fordice.
Contact the members of the Health Insurance Management Board
    -   Copy of Anne M. Klingen's letter to every member of the HIM Board
Write the Mississippi State Attorney General  Mike Moore  (Atty General web page)
   -   Copy of Anne M. Klingen's letter to Mike Moore -  Reply from his office
 

Lastly, if you are concerned about these changes, please contact your current state representatives, the newly elected state representatives, your Human Resources Office, and the members of the Health Insurance Management Board which administers the State and Public School Employees' Health Insurance Plan.  I have included a list with more contacts.

    CALL AHS, Inc., at 1-800-294-6307  to find out if your doctor has signed up for the AHS State Network Plan.
 
 

The Staff Council at the University of Mississippi is in the process of writing a letter to AHS and to local physicians urging them to work out an agreement, as so many employees are involved and are concerned about the uncertainty created by this situation.

Text of Resolution sent to Staff Council and Faculty Senate
Resolution failed in Staff Council vote! Go to the Staff Council web page for more information
(see MINUTES OF MEETINGS)
Copy of Daily Mississippian Article on the Staff Council meeting, with comments on the Insurance issue from Traci Mitchell

The Faculty Senate at the University of Mississippi unanimoulsy voted in favor of a resolution expressing concerns about the changes in the State Helath Insurance Program. Per an e-mail from Phil Malone, Chair of the Faculty Senante Finance Committee, the resolution passed in the Faculty Senate!
The e-mail reads - "We overwhelming passed your resolution with just a few minor changes. I will try to send you a copy of the version that we passed sometime next week. Thanks for you help."
The Resolution was brought up at the Thursday, Nov. 10, 1999 Faculty Senate Meeting