Insurance coverage is an important benefit while living abroad. Below contains the basic information about coverage. There will be enough opportunities to learn about insurance coverage and ask specific questions during orientation. Additionally, the HR staff will work with you through any medical issues you experience while at our school.
In Colombia, insurance coverage is mandatory. At TCS, you will be covered by two insurances, an added benefit! The mandatory insurance is through a company called, SURA EPS. As an additional benefit , TCS offers expat faculty a more comprehensive private insurance, SURA. You can find more information within the HR Manual and will receive more comprehensive information over the plans during orientation.
Your coverage will begin on July 1st.
In order to qualify, HR will contact you to complete the insurability form. This is an insurance form that is used to identify your current health status. Based on your replies, the insurance will determine what will be considered as a pre-existing health condition, if any. Please, print out the form, fill it with accurate information, sign it and send it to HR (either scanned PDF or photo JPEGs).
If you take any daily medication please let us know ahead of time to be aware, however, there are two ways to approach this:
We can verify the cost to purchase the medication over the counter at any pharmacy, if it is not a controlled substance.
If the prescribed medication is a controlled substance or is fairly expensive we would need to set up an appointment with a specialist a month after you have been affialiated to SURA EPS, in order for the Doctor to send a prescription cover by the mandatory insurance, this will then need to get approved in order to receive it at a lower cost. This being said, the full process may take up to 3 months approximately in order to recieve the medication, therefore, it is important you keep this in mind and bring enough medication to cover this period of time.
If you will be leaving the country during your contract at TCS you may activate an international medical coverage, for emergency attention only, also covered by SURA.