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bswift Enrollment Portalbswift provides real-time, online enrollment capabilities for participating employers in TRS-ActiveCare to simplify and enhance the enrollment experience. There are two options available to employers for using the bswift Enrollment Portal:%u2022 Employees can enroll or make changes through the portal. Through a secure sign on, the employee will be guided through the enrollment and change process with edits and reminders included if they incorrectly enter information or do not enter required fields. Once they have completed their enrollment, they can submit and print a confirmation statement. The transaction is reviewed and approved by the employer BA prior to receipt by bswift; or%u2022 Employers can utilize the Enrollment Application and Change Form with the BA accessing the bswift Enrollment Portal to enter new enrollments and changes.Employers choosing to have BAs enter enrollments on behalf of employees should make sure to have the employee%u2019s completed Enrollment Application and Change Form before updating the employee%u2019s records. If you enroll an employee or update an employee%u2019s records using bswift, please also submit the Enrollment Application and Change Form to the Employee File for that member. For instructions, you can reference the BA Manager Guide located on the home page of the bswift Enrollment Portal.Note: BAs are responsible for administering the eligibility requirements listed in this guide.The simplest way to apply for coverage or make changes to existing coverage is to use the bswift Enrollment Portal, https://trsactivecare.bswift.com. If an employer chooses this option, bswift will provide the employer BAs with a guide for completing enrollment using the portal. Information maintained by bswift, including names, relationships, social security numbers, addresses and currently chosen plan, has already been loaded. If there are no changes, the employee can indicate that. If they want to make any changes, they update all the information for covered individuals, change coverage, or decline coverage. In all cases, they will be able to print or email a copy of their confirmation statement that includes all of the information and choices shown in the portal.New employees and those previously declining coverage should receive the New Hire Guide located in the Library on the bswift Enrollment Portal. In this case, they will need to enter names, relationships, social security numbers, addresses, and benefit selections.The bswift Enrollment Portal can be used to process all the following types of enrollment transactions:%u2022 apply for coverage%u2022 select initial PCP during new enrollment%u2022 add a dependent%u2022 terminate enrollment%u2022 terminate dependent coverage%u2022 change coverage%u2022 change address%u2022 change name%u2022 decline coverage%u2022 correct demographic information %u2022 print an enrollment or declination confirmation%u2022 add a deceased dateAll enrollments and changes completed by employees will be pended for review and approval by BAs. Once signed in to the bswift Enrollment Portal as an Administrator, the BA will be provided with a list of employees who have completed enrollment or changes. The list can be accessed through an alert on the Manager Home Page of the bswift Enrollment Portal.Instructions for reviewing, approving, or rejecting proposed changes or pending elections can be found in the BA Manager Guide in the Library on the bswift Enrollment Portal as well as on the Manager Home Page.Any pending enrollment that is not approved within 45 days of the effective date will be declined because it is outside of the enrollment processing guidelines. An exception will need to be submitted at that point. Please see the exception section for more information.www.bcbstx.com/trsactivecareba 13

