Health plan & appeal guide

Bank of America Corporation

Riverside, RI · Form 5500 filing, plan year 2024

Both kinds Bank of America Group Benefits Program · 170,439 people

This employer has both kinds of coverage. The company on your insurance card decides which rules apply to you.

How we know · medium confidence
  • The filing says benefits are paid from the employer's general assets.
  • The filing says benefits are paid from a trust the plan controls.
  • Medical insurance bought from Kaiser Permanente, HMSA (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii), Triple-S Salud, Health Net is on file, covering about 17,004 people.
  • We ignored 2 low-cost supplemental policy(ies) such as accident or hospital cover; they don't decide how your medical claims are handled.
  • We ignored a small insurance contract with Aetna covering about 182 people; it is too small to be the main plan.
  • Medical insurance is on file, but the plan also pays benefits from the employer's own money, so some options are likely self-funded.
  • The insured options cover only about 10% of the 170,439 participants, so most people in this plan are in the self-funded part.
  • The self-funded part's claims are processed by Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare, Alight Solutions Llc (Schedule C).

Double-check in 30 seconds: “Self-funded”, “administered by” or “ASO” on your card or plan summary means self-funded. “Insured by” or “underwritten by” means insured.

  1. Which company is on your insurance card?

    It’s printed on the front of the card. The filing shows which companies sell insured options here and which ones run the self-funded plan.

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Both kinds Bank of America Retiree Group Benefits Program · 64,861 people

This employer has both kinds of coverage. The company on your insurance card decides which rules apply to you.

How we know · medium confidence
  • The filing says benefits are paid from the employer's general assets.
  • The filing says benefits are paid from a trust the plan controls.
  • Medical insurance bought from Kaiser Permanente, Health Net is on file, covering about 2,230 people.
  • We ignored 1 low-cost supplemental policy(ies) such as accident or hospital cover; they don't decide how your medical claims are handled.
  • We ignored a small insurance contract with Tufts Health Plan, Humana, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Hartford Life And Accident covering about 217 people; it is too small to be the main plan.
  • Medical insurance is on file, but the plan also pays benefits from the employer's own money, so some options are likely self-funded.
  • The insured options cover only about 3% of the 64,861 participants, so most people in this plan are in the self-funded part.
  • The self-funded part's claims are processed by Silverscript, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Health Care (Schedule C).

Double-check in 30 seconds: “Self-funded”, “administered by” or “ASO” on your card or plan summary means self-funded. “Insured by” or “underwritten by” means insured.

  1. Which company is on your insurance card?

    It’s printed on the front of the card. The filing shows which companies sell insured options here and which ones run the self-funded plan.

  2. Send your appeal here

    Unlocks after you answer the question above

  3. Know your deadlines

    Unlocks after you answer the question above

  4. What happens next

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  5. Get free help

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