Sheltered Employee Retiree Medical Account (SERMA)

SERMA is provided to help purchase health insurance for you and your eligible dependents once you have retired from Intel and have met the eligibility requirements.

When you retired from Intel as a U.S. employee, if eligible, Intel established a SERMA for you. You may use your SERMA credits to pay for Intel Retiree Medical Plan premiums, or you may reimburse yourself for eligible non-Intel-sponsored health care premiums.

SERMA may be used to increase your health insurance choices and help you stretch your SERMA credits. You have the option to use SERMA to pay for all or part of your IRMP premium or to reimburse yourself for the cost of other eligible health insurance premiums.

For additional information, contact the Intel Health Benefits Center at 877-GoMyBen (466-9236), or online at My Health Benefits.

Using SERMA for non-Intel-sponsored health care premiums

You may use your SERMA credit to reimburse yourself for premiums paid for you and your eligible dependents until you exhaust your account. As long as you are not enrolled in IRMP, you may use your SERMA credit toward other health care premiums. Eligible reimbursements may include premium payments for:

Individual health insurance

Individual dental insurance

Individual vision insurance

COBRA

Medicare

Medigap

Long-term care

If you are enrolled in IRMP, you may also use your SERMA credit toward other eligible health care premiums. For example, if you are on the IRMP plan and your spouse is enrolled in a non-employer-sponsored medical plan, you may now use your SERMA toward both your IRMP premium and your spouse's non-Intel premium expenses.



For information on your SERMA balance, contact the Intel Health Benefits Center at 877-GoMyBen (466-9236), or online at My Health Benefits under the SERMA Tile. The website allows you to:

View your SERMA account balance

Submit claims (you have the option to submit claims online, by fax, or by mail)

Check the status of your claims

Learn more about eligible expenses

Note: If you are a new retiree, your SERMA Tile will not be available to you until 45 – 60 days AFTER your retirement date. If you have questions please contact the Intel Health Benefits Center at 877-GoMyBen (466-9236).