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Members who have a question about a specific coverage or benefit should first contact the appropriate benefit administrator. For other questions or website support, choose the appropriate Portico contact.

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General questions

We are closed in observance of the following holidays in 2015:

New Year's Day
Thursday, January 1

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, January 19

Good Friday
Friday, April 3

Memorial Day
Monday, May 25

Independence Day
Friday, July 3

Labor Day
Monday, September 7

Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 26
Friday, November 27

Christmas
Thursday, December 24
Friday, December 25

Phone

800.352.2876

Fax

612.334.5399

Email

mail@PorticoBenefits.org

Hours

Monday – Friday
7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Central)

Mailing Address

Portico Benefit Services
800 Marquette Avenue, Suite 1050
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2892

Billing Address

Payment Processing Center
P.O. Box 77070
Minneapolis, MN 55480-7770

Driving Directions

If you have an appointment to visit our offices, see driving directions.

Website Support

Phone
800.352.2876

Email
EmployerLink@PorticoBenefits.org

Technical Support Hours
Monday – Friday
7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Central)

Health Care Advocacy Team

Health Benefits

Phone

800.352.2876

Fax

612.752.4367

Email

healthcare@PorticoBenefits.org

Hours

7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

Employment

Job Inquiries

If you are responding to an employment opportunity, please send an inquiry to humanresources@PorticoBenefits.org.

Administrators

ACSIA Partners LLC — Long-term care insurance coverage

Phone

877.743.7184

Web

porticoltc.com

Hours

10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

Aetna — Disability Coverage

Phone

800.735.7279

Fax

866.667.1987

Hours

7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

Claims Address

Aetna Claims
Attn: Portico Disability Claims Unit
P.O. Box 189151
Plantation, FL 33318-9151

Aetna International — Health coverage for missionaries sponsored by ELCA Global Mission

Phone

800.231.7729

Collect Calls

813.775.0190

Fax

800.475.8751 (toll free) or 859.425.3363 (direct)

Email

aiservice@aetna.com

Web

aetnainternational.com

Claims Address

Aetna International/Aetna
P.O. Box 981543
El Paso, TX 79998-1543

Blue Cross — ELCA-Primary medical and mental health benefit, FSAs, and personal wellness accounts

Phone

866.455.8216

TTY/TDD

888.878.0137

Fax

866.231.0214

Web

bluecrossmn.com/elca

Hours

7 a.m. – 8 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

Delta Dental — Dental benefit

Phone

800.448.3815

Fax

651.406.5901

Web

deltadentalmn.org

Hours

7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

Claims Address

Delta Dental
P.O. Box 59238
Minneapolis, MN 55459-0238

ELCA NurseLine℠ — 24/7 telephone nurse support benefit

Administered by OptumHealth℠

Phone

877.856.8145

TTY/TDD

800.855.2880, then ask to be connected to 877.856.8145

Outside U.S.

800.411.7998, then press 2

Hours

24 hours a day

EY Financial Planner Line® — Financial planning benefit

Phone

888.566.8631

TTY/DD

888.896.6708

Outside U.S.

201.872.0952

Web

portico.eyfpc.com

Hours

8 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

Express Scripts — Prescription drug benefit

Phone

800.575.8090

TTY/TDD

800.305.5376

Fax

800.636.9494

Web

express-scripts.com

Hours

24 hours a day

For Members with Medicare Part D

Phone

877.866.6048

Prior Authorization (doctors only)
Phone

800.417.8164

Accredo: Specialty drug benefit

For assistance with specialty drugs, contact Accredo Specialty Pharmacy, an Express Scripts subsidiary. Specialty drugs include injectable and oral drugs with specific storage and handling requirements.

Phone

866.848.9870

Hours

7 a.m. – 8 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday
8 a.m. – noon (Central)
Saturday

Fidelity Investments — Retirement plan benefit

Phone

800.352.2876

HearPO — Hearing discount benefit

Phone

855.531.4694

Web

hearpo.com/deltadentalmn

Hours

7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

LSS Financial Counseling — Debt and financial coaching

Phone

800.528.2926

Web

lssmn.org/portico

Hours

8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

Mayo Clinic Healthy Living — Health assessment, web portal, and health coaching benefit

Learn about Mayo Clinic Healthy Living

Medicare — Medicare providers and benefits

Contact Medicare with questions about Medicare coverage.

Phone

800.MEDICARE (800.633.4227)

TTY/TDD

877.486.2048

Web

medicare.gov

Mercer Health & Benefits Administration LLC — ELCA Medicare-Primary Medicare supplement benefit

Phone

800.245.6728

Hours

7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

Claims Address

Mercer Health & Benefits Administration LLC
ATTN: Claims
P.O. Box 14426
Des Moines, IA 50306-3426

SelectAccount — FSA and personal wellness account benefits

Phone

800.859.2144

Fax

866.231.0214

Web

selectaccount.com

Hours

7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

Claims Address

SelectAccount
P.O. Box 64193
St. Paul, MN 55164-0193

SilverSneakers — ELCA Medicare-Primary fitness program

Phone

888.423.4632

Web

silversneakers.com

Hours

7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Central)
Monday – Friday

ValueOptions, a partner of Blue Cross and Blue Shield — Employee assistance program (EAP)

Phone

800.432.5155

Hours

24 Hours a day

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General questions

We are closed in observance of the following holidays in 2015:

Website Support

Health Care Advocacy Team

Health Benefits

Employment

Job Inquiries

Administrators

ACSIA Partners LLC — Long-term care insurance coverage

Aetna — Disability Coverage

Aetna International — Health coverage for missionaries sponsored by ELCA Global Mission

Blue Cross — ELCA-Primary medical and mental health benefit, FSAs, and personal wellness accounts

Delta Dental — Dental benefit

ELCA NurseLine℠ — 24/7 telephone nurse support benefit

EY Financial Planner Line® — Financial planning benefit

Express Scripts — Prescription drug benefit

Accredo: Specialty drug benefit

Fidelity Investments — Retirement plan benefit

HearPO — Hearing discount benefit

LSS Financial Counseling — Debt and financial coaching

Mayo Clinic Healthy Living — Health assessment, web portal, and health coaching benefit

Medicare — Medicare providers and benefits

Mercer Health & Benefits Administration LLC — ELCA Medicare-Primary Medicare supplement benefit

SelectAccount — FSA and personal wellness account benefits

SilverSneakers — ELCA Medicare-Primary fitness program

ValueOptions, a partner of Blue Cross and Blue Shield — Employee assistance program (EAP)

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