COLUMBIA COUNTY
HUMAN RESOURCES and PAYROLL

   Columbia County Human Resources and Payroll
  401 State Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518-828-4086
            Fax: 518-828-1991

COLUMBIA COUNTY RETIREES

For information regarding your health insurance: 

Please contact Steve and Betsy Acciani, our benefits administrators at
Benefit Consultants Insurance Group, 518-392-1990, they will be happy to assist you with your questions. 

To make an insurance payment:  

Contact the Columbia County Treasurer's office at
518-828-0513 if you have questions
OR if paying in cash OR by MAIL, their address is
15 N. 6th Street, Hudson, NY 12534

Save the trip! Setup automatic bill pay by filling out the ACH form and send to the Treasurer's Office!   

MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTH PLAN

Please read these publications regarding important decisions about your new Medicare coverage:  
Welcome to Medicare  and Medicare and You  

Dear Medicare Eligible Retiree and/or Dependent,
We are pleased to let you know Columbia County is making your health care coverage even better! Effective, September 1, 2024, Columbia County will offer its Medicare eligible retirees the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Preferred (PPO) Medical with Prescription Drug plan Senior Rx Plus. 

                           Your current health and prescription drug plan will be ending 8/31/2024.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Preferred (PPO) Medical with Prescription Drug plan Senior Rx Plus will be the
only plan available to Columbia County Medicare eligible retirees.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will mail a Medicare Advantage Enrollment Guide to all Columbia County Medicare eligible retirees. The Guide will describe in detail the new medical and prescription drug plan. Please review this information carefully. We have also attached this information below for easy access. Should you have any questions about your new coverage you can call the First Impressions Center at Anthem at 1-833-848-8729.


As always, should you have questions and concerns, please feel free to call the HR office at 518-828-4086.

RETIREES UNDER AGE 65

2024 CDPHP Summary of Benefits
2024 CDPHP Application

Click HERE to find out more about the "Transparency in Coverage" rule and the machine-readable file posting requirement, then click on the medical cost transparency tool. 
 

For Prescription Coverage:
CDHPH Penny a Pill
CDPHP Specialty Drug Flyer
CDPHP 2023 Drug Formulary
CanaRX Formulary and Forms (Columbia County Meds)*
*Columbia County Meds/CanaRx has a new website!  Please visit their website at this link above. From there you can choose "view your plan" on the top right side, and enter COLCNTY for our plan. The formulary is listed on this website.

Need to contact NYS Retirement?
Many of your questions may be answered here on their website: 
NYS Retirement Online
or you can contact NYS Retirement via a toll free call to: 
1-866-805-0990 or locally at 518-474-7736

Need to contact  NYS Deferred Compensation? Many of your questions may be answered here on their website:

NYS Deferred Compensation or by calling toll free: 1-800-422-8463

Need assistance other than for health insurance?
There are other agencies located in Columbia County that may be able to help you:

For assistance with HEAP, Senior Transportation, or Meals on Wheels, please contact Columbia County Office for the Aging

For assistance with Medical Transportation, access to affordable health care coverage, and prescription access/referral programs, please contact
Columbia County Health Care Consortium