The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics' Take CARE plan provides employees with a variety of income protection and security plans to promote financial wellness.

The Take CARE income protection and security plans include:

Accident Insurance

• Children's Mercy provides this optional coverage to full- and part-time employees.
• This coverage pays cash benefits for expenses that may not be fully covered by your major medical insurance.

Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage

• Children's Mercy provides basic life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance at no cost to full-time employees.
• Basic life insurance coverage equals one times your annual pay rate, rounded up to the nearest $1,000, to a maximum of $500,000.
• Basic AD&D coverage matches your basic life insurance benefit, up to a maximum of $100,000.

Supplemental Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage

• Children's Mercy provides this optional coverage to full-time employees.
• Coverage equal to 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 times your annual pay rate is available, up to a maximum of $1 million.
• Your request may require evidence of insurability to document proof of good health.
• Supplemental AD&D coverage matches your supplemental life insurance benefit, up to a maximum of $100,000.

Long-Term Disability Coverage

• Children's Mercy provides long-term disability coverage at no cost for full-time employees.
• This benefit pays 60% of your pay rate, up to $15,000 a month, if you are disabled and unable to perform the essential duties of your job because of accidental bodily injury, sickness, mental illness, substance abuse or pregnancy.
• Coverage is effective following a 90-day waiting period and ends when you are medically able to return to work.

Short-Term Disability Coverage

• Children's Mercy provides this optional coverage to full- and part-time employees.
• This benefit pays 60% of your pay rate from the 15th to the 90th day of your disability, or until you are released to work, whichever is earlier.
• The plan may "fill the gap" until long-term disability coverage is effective.

Critical Illness Coverage

• Children's Mercy provides this optional coverage to full- and part-time employees.
• This benefit pays a one-time, tax-free payment upon diagnosis of a covered critical illness or condition, e.g., heart attack, stroke and transplants.

Long-Term Care Coverage

• Children's Mercy provides this optional coverage to full- and part-time employees.
• This benefit covers services for people with chronic illnesses or injuries who are unable to care for themselves over relatively long periods of time including home-health, assisted living or nursing home care.

Voluntary Whole Life

• Children's Mercy provides this optional coverage to full- and part-time employees.
• Combines the guaranteed premium, coverage and values that have always been so attractive in whole life insurance with the advantages of cash accumulation at current interest rates.
• You may purchase family coverage on your spouse, children and grandchildren without taking coverage for yourself.