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Mental Health Care is Health Care

Your well-being isn't just physical -- it's emotional too! You and your loved ones should know the signs of emotional distress and the TRS-Care resources to help. 

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5 Tips for Diabetes Management

Learning you have diabetes can be difficult, especially when you consider the lifestyle changes you may need to make to get and stay healthy. The good news is your health plan makes it easy to manage your diabetes, with built-in benefits, tools and resources.



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2024 TRS-Care Medicare Medical Benefits

Be ready for the new plan year on Jan. 1, 2024 by reviewing your TRS-Care Medicare medical benefits. 

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*Why Weight Management is Important *

Whether it’s work, busy lifestyles or family commitments (or maybe you just don’t know where to start), reaching a healthy weight can be challenging for many reasons. You don’t have to do it alone. Your health plan offers a variety of resources available at little to no cost.

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Plan Ahead for Holiday Care

When you have a sudden health need that isn’t an emergency and you can’t see your primary care provider (PCP), your TRS health plan offers other options for care.



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Have a question about your benefits?

*TRS Health:  *
1-888-237-6762

Monday–Friday, 7 a.m.–6 p.m. CST

*TRS-Care Standard – BCBSTX (medical): *1-866-355-5999

*TRS-Care Standard *– *CVS Caremark (prescription drugs): *1-844-345-4577

**TRS-Care Medicare Advantage – UHC (medical): *1-866-347-9507*

*TRS-Care Medicare Rx *– *SilverScript, an affiliate of CVS Caremark (prescription drugs): *1-844-345-4577; option 2

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Important Dates and Reminders

*New TRS-Care Medicare Advantage Enrollees*: Participants enrolling in the TRS-Care Medicare plans with a *coverage start date on or after Jan. 1, 2023* must send their Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) to TRS. You may either mail or fax (512-542-6575) the form to TRS, or call us at 1-888-237-6762. If TRS does not get your MBI, TRS will not be able to enroll you, and you risk losing TRS-Care coverage altogether. If your TRS-Care Medicare Advantage coverage began prior to Jan. 1, 2023, you do *not *need to send your MBI to TRS. " "

*Keep your address current with TRS*: If you need to change your address, we need to get written notice with your social security number or TRS Participant ID number, and your signature. You may also change your address online if you’re currently a registered "MyTRS [ [link removed] ]" user. Alternatively, you may mail or fax us a "Change of Address Notification" form (TRS 358) [ [link removed] ].

 






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