Page 4 - Column Five EE Guide 12-19 -California

ONLINE BENEFITS ENROLLMENT

With the Ease Online Enrollment System, you and your family can access your benefits information whenever you want, from
home or any place where you have internet access. Use Ease to view plan details, coverage amounts and costs.

To Enroll or Make Changes to Your Benefits
For optimal performance, it is recommended that you use Chrome or Firefox as your internet browser.
• Log in to www.columnfivemedia.ease.com
• Username & Password: You will receive an email with information that is unique to you. Please follow the
instructions provided

Once you are logged into the website, follow the prompts on each page to complete your benefit enrollment.
You will be asked to verify that your personal information is correct and enter in any of your dependent
information.

If you have any questions, please contact Tamara Hlava, VP of People and Culture thlava@columnfivemedia.com 949-614-0759.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Annual Notices The Affordable

Column Five Media plans are partially Care Act (ACA)
arranged by Column Five Media and
Even though the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s penalty for not having health
governed by its plan rules and documents.
coverage (known as the individual mandate) has been reduced to zero, if
ERISA and various other state and federal
you are a taxpayer in California, you will still be required to have health
laws require that employers provide
disclosure and annual notices to their plan coverage (unless you qualify for an exemption) or pay a penalty for the
participants. Column Five Media distributes 2020 tax year. In addition, several other states, including Massachusetts,
New Jersey, and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia, have
annual notices to new-hires, and each year
reinstated an individual mandate requirement, and others are considering
during open enrollment. You may also
request a copy by contacting the Human doing so.
Resources Department, or download a
copy from Ease. These options below to satisfy this requirement:
•
Enroll in a medical plan offered by Column Five Media or another group
The following lists the Annual Notices: medical plan meeting the requirements for minimum essential
• Medicare Part D Notice of Creditable coverage
Coverage • Purchase coverage through a health insurance marketplace
• HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices • Enroll in coverage through a government-sponsored program if eligible
• Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act
If you choose to purchase coverage through the marketplace, because
(WHCRA)
• Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Column Five Media’s medical plans are considered affordable and meet
Protection Act minimum value under the Affordable Care Act, you may not be eligible for a
• Special Enrollment Rights subsidy, and you may not see lower premiums or out-of-pocket costs
• Medicaid & Children’s Health through the marketplace. In addition, employer contributions to your
Insurance Program medical benefits will be lost and your portion of medical premiums will no
• Summary of Benefits and Coverage longer be paid via payroll deductions on a pre-tax basis.
(SBC)

For More Information
Go to www.healthcare.gov.

4