Benefits for Lay Employees
The resources below are intended for lay employees at parishes, Catholic schools, archdiocesan offices and certain other Catholic entities within the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Benefit Resources:
- Archdiocese Benefits Website
- 2023 Enrollment Webinar (For New Employees Enrolling in Benefits for 2023)
Medical Benefits: Two Plans –Two Networks. Participants in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Medical Benefit Plan (AMBP) may choose from two medical plan designs, and within those plan designs, one of two network options. The plan designs are:
- PPO Plan with Aware® network
- PPO Plan with Group Value network
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High-Deductible Health Plan with Aware® network
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High-Deductible Health Plan with Group Value network
The network is the only difference, aside from premium cost, between the two PPO offerings and the two High-Deductible Health Plan offerings.
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) under Benefitfocus
Those who select one of the High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) options may choose to open an HSA through Benefitfocus. Learn more on the Archdiocese Benefits Website.
Retirement
The Archdiocese sponsors a 403(b) plan for lay employees through Transamerica, who offers investment education and retirement planning seminars to assist employees in planning for future financial needs. The Archdiocese also sponsors a retirement plan for archdiocesan priests that provides a monthly income to them in their retirement years. The lay employee and priest plans are administered by a board of trustees.
The pension plan for lay employees was frozen in 2011.
Find further information Archdiocese Benefits Website, under Retirement, and create a login/access your account on the Transamerica website.
Machine-readable Files
Machine-readable files are a requirement of the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule.
Health insurers are required to publicly display certain health care price information via machine-readable files on their websites beginning in 2022. These machine-readable files will include negotiated rates with in-network providers, allowed amounts for out-of-network providers and may include prescription-drug pricing. To access these files please click the link: https://www.bluecrossmn.com/mrf
