Open Enrollment

Find out about Open Enrollment, when you can make changes to your health and insurance plans.

Open Enrollment is your opportunity to review benefits enrollment and make changes. It begins Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. All changes are effective Jan. 1, 2012. Additionally, Open Enrollment is the time for faculty and staff to enroll eligible dependents, including children up to age 26.

All Open Enrollment materials are available through At Your Service. If you don't wish to make changes for 2012, you don't need to do anything. However, participation in the Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) requires annual enrollment.

The benefits fair will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8, Noon–3 p.m. in the Price Center, Ballroom East.

About

During Open Enrollment you can:

• Enroll in or change medical plans
• Enroll in or change dental plans
• Enroll in vision plan
• Enroll or de-enroll eligible family members (see eligibility fact sheet)
• Enroll or re-enroll in Health or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs require annual enrollment)

Making changes

To make changes:

1. Go to the Open Enrollment website in At Your Service.
2. To change a medical plan, dental plan, or enroll in a Flexible Spending Account, click Make Quick Changes. This feature speeds up your enrollment.
3. To make additional changes, click the appropriate menu tab.
4. Review and confirm.
   • The transaction isn't complete until you receive a confirmation number.

News

• The Benefits Fair is back. Flu shots will be administered by Test-Med for $20 (cash or check) on a first come-first served basis.
• You must enroll in FSAs each year for the following year. For more information, read how the plans might benefit you.
• Wellness continues to be a UC priority. Beginning Jan. 16, 2012, employees and their spouse/domestic partners will be eligible for an incentive award if they complete the Health Assessment by June 15, 2012 and a follow-up activity by Dec. 15, 2012. (Kaiser has it's own wellness plan and some Union employees aren't eligible for the UC Wellness program.)
• Family Member Verification: Faculty and staff will be asked to provide appropriate documentation to verify eligible family member enrolled in benefit plans.

Note: This page has a friendly link that's easy to remember: http://blink.ucsd.edu/go/openenroll

Notice: The information on this page summarizes provisions of university policies and/or collective bargaining agreements. Refer to the Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) or applicable collective bargaining agreement for full text of referenced information.

Human Resources

Managing Your Benefits

• Benefits Orientation
• Enrolling
• Open Enrollment
• Benefits Fair
• Designating Beneficiaries
• Updating
• Forms & Publications
• Continuation of Benefits
• Providers: Reference Guide
• Representatives