Employees covered by the Riverside Sheriffs’ Association Public Safety Unit (RSP) are eligible for disability benefits provided through the County Short Term Disability (STD) plan administered by Sedgwick.

This plan provides a benefit of 55% of the member's salary up to a weekly maximum benefit of $249.70 after completing the plan waiting period.

 Waiting Period:  A waiting period is the number of days you must be consecutively disabled before benefits will be paid under the plan. Benefits will begin on whichever day is the earliest of:

• The eight (8th) day of disability;
• The first (1st) day of hospital confinement; or
• The first (1st) day of treatment in a surgical clinic or a surgical unit provided you are continuously disabled for at least eight (8) days.
  
  If you are continuously disabled for more than 21 days during any one period of disability, any waiting period previously applied is waived.

When to File a Claim – You should initiate your claim for benefits as soon as you are hospitalized or when you believe your disability will last eight (8) days or more.  To avoid payment delay, you should file your claim as soon as possible, and within 120 days from the date of disability or as soon thereafter as reasonably possible. 

Deadline to File a Claim – No claims will be accepted after one year from the end of the 120-day claim filing period.  Claims not filed in a timely manner will be denied and benefits will not be paid.  These time limits will not apply during any period when you lacked the legal capacity to file a claim.

File a new claim form: https://www.claimlookup.com/Voe/Login

How to File a Claim on the County of Riverside Sedgwick plan...

To file a claim, you will need to have your physician name, address, telephone number and fax information when you call Sedgwick, Inc. There are two ways to file a claim:

• Telephone – You may call Sedgwick CMS, Inc. at (800) 845-7739 Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. You will be mailed the forms that need to be completed.
• Internet – Go to Sedgwick's website. Select New User and create a login for your account.   Select “Submit" and from the drop-down menu select "My New Claim”. You will be asked a series of questions, such as: when your disability began, when you expect to return to work.  You will also be asked to provide contact information for your treating physician.