Our Employee Benefits
At Community Healthcare Network, our employees are our most valuable asset. We are committed to providing you with a comprehensive and flexible benefits program. Our desire is to ensure you are empowered with the benefit resources you need to enjoy success on the job, and to live a healthy and balanced life. Our health benefits offer a choice between two medical plans through Aetna, Choice Plan and Choice PLUS Plan) and both of which include virtual visits. Our dental coverage is also provided by Aetna. You may also enroll in our voluntary benefits for vision coverage through EyeMed. All benefits are offered at a low and reasonable cost. Our employees pay less than 5% of the insurance premium. Below are all offerings included in our benefits package.
Benefits
- Health Insurance Plan Options (medical and dental)
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- New York State Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Educational Assistance Loan Program
- Lincoln Financial Retirement & Savings
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for medical and dependent care expenses
- Commuter Benefits for mass transit and parking expenses
- Workers’ Compensation
- Access to “Corporate” discounts
Paid time off accruals
- Vacation: up to 4 weeks
- Personal: 4 days annually
- Sick: 12 days annually
Paid holidays
- New Year’s Day
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Presidents’ Day
- Memorial Day
- Emancipation Day/Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
To be eligible for our benefits program, an employee must work twenty-one (21) hours per week or more.
Supplemental Benefits
- Supplemental Short-Term Disability (STD)
- Accident Protection
- Term Life Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Legal Shield
- EyeMed (vision plan)
For more details about each of these plans, please see below:
Retirement Savings
CHN employees can save for retirement through our 403(b) plan. For the year 2023, employees may contribute up to $22,500 of their pre-tax salary each year. Employees who are 50 and older can save an additional $7,500 in catch-up contributions, bringing their annual employee contribution limit to $30,000. After one (1) year of employment, CHN, at its discretion, may make a percentage contribution into an eligible employee’s 403(b) account, provided the employee is at least 21 years old and has worked a minimum of 1,000 hours during the previous calendar year.
Educational Loans and Assistance
After two years of service, employees are eligible for education loans. The loans can be up to $5,000 per academic year. The loan must be used towards a program directly related to the employee’s current or future position at CHN. These loans are forgiven up to 100% if the employee works at CHN for two years after receiving the loan.
Employee Loan Forgiveness Programs
CHN offers support for your student loan journey. Click on each option below to learn more.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (ALL Staff)
CHN is a qualifying employer under the federal government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which forgives the remaining balance on a borrower’s direct student loans after having made 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. Click here for more information.
Health Resources & Services Administration’s National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (Certain Providers)
CHN is a qualifying employer under the National Health Service Corps’ Loan Repayment Program which provides loan repayment up to $75,000 (for primary care providers) and up to $50,000 for non-primary care providers (i.e., mental or behavioral health care services). Click here for more information.
Health Resources & Services Administration’s Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (Nursing Staff)
CHN is a qualifying employer under the Health Resources & Services Administration’s Loan Repayment Program which pays up to 85% of unpaid nursing education debt for registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses and nurse faculty. Click here for more information.
New York State Healthcare Access Loan Repayment (HEALR) Program (Certain Providers)
CHN is a qualifying employer under New York State’s HEALR program, which provides loan repayment up to $300,000 for psychiatrists, up to $100,000 for primary care physicians and dentists, and up to $50,000 for nurse practitioners. Click here for more information.
Our team reflects your community
CHN has a team of over 700 staff members. They include medical providers, behavioral health therapists, nurses, nutritionists, social workers, health educators, care managers, as well as professional, administrative, and support staff. CHN has a long history of hiring staff members who reflect the communities we serve.
CHN aims to create a diverse and inclusive environment that enhances the quality of care we offer to our patients. CHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate. We make employment decisions based on merit. We consider qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, gender, gender identity or expression and sexual orientation), religion, disability, age, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other legally protected status. Our commitment to providing equal employment opportunities includes recruitment, hiring, pay, promotion, training, and any other term or condition of employment.
Additional Insurance Information
Please click here to access CHN’s health plan’s machine-readable files required by the federal Transparency in Coverage Rule. These files include negotiated service rates and out-of-network allowed amounts between health plans and healthcare providers.