UFCW Local 1776 Benefit Funds
What Benefits Does the UFCW Local 1776 and Participating Employers Health and Welfare Fund Offer?
Click on the links below to learn more about benefits provided by the Fund.
(Certain restrictions may apply. Your enrollment is subject to your continued eligibility for benefits and all other Fund rules.
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What is a Health and Welfare Fund?
For many years, employers and the unions representing their employees have maintained health and welfare funds as a way to provide healthcare benefits to their employees/members in a way that provides flexibility, responsiveness, and cost control.
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The UFCW Local 1776 and Participating Employers Health and Welfare Fund (“the Fund”) is a jointly managed multi-employer trust fund legally authorized by the Taft-Hartley Act.. The Fund is governed by representatives of both the contributing employers and the union who are members of the Board of Trustees.
Who Runs the Fund?
The Fund is managed by the Board of Trustees (“the Trustees”), half of whom are appointed by the Union and the other half by the Contributing Employers. Together, the Trustees must act in the best interest of you, the participant, and your beneficiaries. The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for setting policy and making important decisions about how the Fund operates and the benefits offered. They meet periodically to review these matters as as well as to make claim appeal decisions.
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The Trustees hire professionals to help them run the Fund. These professionals include a third-party administrator and staff who have the responsibility to collect contributions from the employers, maintain records, pay claims, and provide the overall day-to-day operations of the Fund. The Trustees also contract with attorneys to consult on legal matters, an auditor to review the financial statements, an actuary to do cost projections, and an investment advisor to provide guidance on investment decisions.
Union Trustees
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Wendell Young, IV, Chairman
UFCW Local 1776 KS
3031 A Walton Road, Suite 201
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
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Jim McCloskey, Trustee
UFCW Local 1776 KS
3031 A Walton Road, Suite 201
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
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Mark Jacobs, Trustee
UFCW Local 1776 KS
3031 A Walton Road, Suite 201
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
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Daneen Boyce, Trustee
UFCW Local 1776 KS
3031 A Walton Road, Suite 201
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
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Rob McVeigh, Trustee
UFCW Local 1776 KS
3031 A Walton Road, Suite 201
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
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Len Purnell, Trustee
UFCW Local 1776 KS
3031 A Walton Road, Suite 201
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
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Nancy Young, Trustee
UFCW Local 1776 KS
3031 A Walton Road, Suite 201
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
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Jose Ortiz, Alternate Trustee
UFCW Local 1776 KS
2007 Highway 315, Suite 100
Pittston, PA 18640
Members of the
Board of Trustees
and Fund Professionals
Employer Trustees​
Dan Dosenbach, Secretary
Vice President -HR & Labor Relations
ACME Markets
75 Valley Stream Parkway
Malvern, PA 19355-0710
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Maureen Skedzielewski, Trustee
Associate Relations Manager
ACME Markets
75 Valley Stream Parkway
Malvern, PA 19355-0710
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Joan Williams, Trustee
Director, Labor Relations
ACME Markets
75 Valley Stream Parkway
Malvern, PA 19355
Janet Perovic, Trustee
Labor Relations Manager
ACME Markets
75 Valley Stream Parkway
Malvern, PA 19355
Fund Professionals
Charles Scheim, Esquire
Stevens & Lee, P.C.
111 N. Sixth Street
Reading, PA 19601
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Bruce Besecker
Courtney Investment Group
Six Tower Bridge
181 Washington Street, Suite 500
Conshohocken, PA 19428
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Susan B. Blumenfeld, Esquire
Willig, Williams & Davidson
1845 Walnut Street, 24th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Stuart W. Davidson, Esquire
Willig, Williams & Davidson
1845 Walnut Street, 24th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Bryan Mahady
Bolton
325 Sentry Parkway, Bldg. 5, Suite 200
Blue Bell, PA 19422
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Ryan Devlin
Bolton
325 Sentry Parkway, Bldg. 5, Suite 200
Blue Bell, PA 19422
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Aprell Cooper
Bolton
9000 Midlantic Dr., Suite 100
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
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George Porreca
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
165 Township Line Road
Two Pitcairn Place, Suite 200
P.O. Box 9013
Jenkintown, PA 19046
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David Ross, CPA,
Ross & Company, P.C.
Certified Public Accountants
10 Hearthstone Court
Suite 100
Reading, PA 19606
Transparency Documents
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) Transparency in Coverage Information
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Format
Health insurers are legally required to publicly display certain health care price information via machine-readable files on their websites. These machine-readable files will include negotiated rates with in-network providers and other information According to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services guidelines, the data contained within the Fund’s unique link is displayed in a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file. The JSON format is a technical standard data interchange format that is primarily used for transmitting data between a web application and a server. These files must be opened using a specialized JSON file reader. If a JSON file is opened using a standard business application (such as Microsoft Word), the file contents will appear as a large series of alphanumeric characters (similar to .HTML code) that will not be able to be clearly read or understood.
Intended Audiences
These files are meant to be used by researchers, government entities, and data aggregators to develop comparative data across health insurance issuers. They are not intended for use by health plan members, employees, or non-technical business users.