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Benefits, Payroll and Retirement

Benefits, Payroll and Retirement

Find information about your King County employee benefits, payroll, and retirement.

King County provides comprehensive benefits and services to eligible employees, retirees, and their dependents through strategic planning, negotiation, and implementation of benefit programs. Benefits, Payroll and Retirement Operations is here to help you with your medical, vision, and dental plan options; life and disability insurance; medical and dependent care reimbursement accounts; leave programs; payroll; and retirement planning.

News

Humira medication not covered after March 31

If you or a family member take the medication Humira (adalimumab) and you’re on a Regence BlueShield medical plan, please note the following coverage change.

Starting April 1, 2024, Humira will no longer be covered for those on the Regence KingCare PPO and KingCare Select medical plans.

CVS Caremark®, the pharmacy benefits manager for Regence BlueShield, has mailed letters to inform impacted members that the biologic drug, Humira, will be removed from the list of covered medications and replaced with biosimilar medications. A list of covered alternate medications specific to the member’s condition was also provided with the CVS letter. In addition, CVS has notified health care providers who prescribe Humira to their patients.

If you take Humira, it is imperative that you talk with your doctor and discuss options that are right for you. If you fill a prescription for Humira after April 1, 2024, it will not be covered and you will have to pay the entire cost. If you can’t use a covered alternate medication for a medical reason, your doctor can request a medical necessity review through CVS.

If you have questions, please call CVS Caremark at 844-380-8838.

News

PrudentRx specialty medication program begins outreach

As announced during Open Enrollment, beginning Jan. 1, 2024, CVS Caremark will offer the PrudentRx specialty drug copay program to employees and their covered family members enrolled in a Regence BlueShield medical plan (King Care PPO or KingCare Select). PrudentRx participants pay nothing out-of-pocket for their eligible specialty drugs.

Employees and covered family members who use a specialty medication that’s covered under the program should have received a letter through the U.S. mail from PrudentRx in early December. The letter contains information about the program and provides instructions to help you enroll.

If you have questions, please contact the Benefits Team at 206-684-1556 or KC Benefits.
 
Benefits and retirement
 

Phone 206-684-1556
Fax: 206-296-7700

Phone hours:
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays
Payroll

Fax: 206-296-7678

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