Benefits
Find out who to contact regarding your benefits inquiry.
Benefits Office
Services:
- Questions about benefits plan options
- Policy guidance
- Benefits orientation
- Benefits counseling (including layoff and continuation of benefits after separation)
- Retirement counseling
- Retirement disability counseling
- UCPath escalations
- Prospective applicant benefits consultation
- Retirement counseling workshops
Contact Information and Resources:
- Log into the Employee Center to find information, submit an inquiry, or access the phone number for the Campus HR Support Team.
- Contact the Sr. Benefits Representative assigned to your Vice Chancellor Area.
- Visit UCnet to explore employee benefits at UCSD.
HR Benefits Office Hours
Join our Office Hours every Tuesday via Zoom. You will be placed in a breakout room with a Senior Benefits Analyst who can answer questions about insurance and retirement. Registration is not required. Use this Zoom link to join the session during Office Hours: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/97487860526
June 2024 | July 2024 |
June 11: 3 – 4 p.m. June 18: 10 – 11 a.m. June 25: 3 – 4 p.m. |
July 2: 10 – 11 a.m. |
August 2024 | September 2024 |
August 6: 3 – 4 p.m. August 13: 10 – 11 a.m. August 20: 3 – 4 p.m. August 27: 10 – 11 a.m |
September 3: 3 – 4 p.m. |
October 2024 | November 2024 |
October 1: 3 – 4 p.m. October 8: 10 – 11 a.m. October 15: 3 – 4 p.m. October 22: 10 – 11 a.m. October 29: 3 – 4 p.m. |
November 5: 10 – 11 a.m. |
December 2024 | |
December 3: 10 – 11 a.m. December 10: 3 – 4 p.m. December 17: 10 – 11 a.m. |
Health Care Facilitator Program
Services:
- Assistance with escalated benefit claims and health and welfare benefits
- Medicare coordination with UC-sponsored medical plans
- Retiree benefits inquiries
- Understand your UC health plan coverage and patient rights
- Provide a comparison of benefit options for a complex medical condition
- Retiree Health workshops
Contact Information and Resources:
- Phone: (858) 534-9686
- Email: hcfhelp@ucsd.edu
- Website: Health Care Facilitator Program on Blink
UCPath Center
Services:
- Benefits enrollment, changes, updates, and exceptions
- Expedite benefits coverage with insurance carriers
- View current benefits enrollment
- Personal and dependent data updates
- Proof of enrollment or cancellation of benefits coverage
- Benefits billing during leave of absence
- Annual Open Enrollment administration, processing, and exceptions
- Employment verification requests
- Benefits orientation
- Family Member Eligibility Verification (FMEV) processing (de-enrollment/reinstatement)
- COBRA election requests
- Death claims, AD&D and survivor benefits
- Payroll Processing
Contact Information and Resources:
- Phone: (855) 982-7284
- Submit an Inquiry: Ask UCPath
- Email: ucpath@universityofcalifornia.edu
- Login to UCPath: ucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu
- Quick Links:
- Alternate contact methods:
- Appointment feature
- Chat feature available on Benefits Summary page within UCPath
UC Retirement Administration Service Center (RASC) Services
Services:
- General UC Retirement Plan (UCRP) inquiries
- Retirement counseling
- Eligibility for retiree health insurance
- UCRP service credit purchase
- Service Credit disputes
- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO)
- Capital Accumulation Payment (CAP) inquiries
- Refunds of UCRP accumulations
- Survivor benefits
- Beneficiary changes
- Assistance with UC Retirement At Your Service (UCRAYS)
- Retirement planning webinars
Contact Information and Resources:
- Secure message: Sign in to your UCRAYS account and select “Messages”
- Phone: (800) 888-8267
- Fax: (800) 792-5178
- Mailing address:
- UC Retirement Administration Service Center
P.O. Box 24570
Oakland, CA 94623-1570
- UC Retirement Administration Service Center
- Login to UCRAYS: https://retirementatyourservice.ucop.edu
- Quick Links:
Fidelity Retirement Services
Services:
- Retirement Savings Program Accounts (403(b), 457(b), DC Plan)
- Account balances, enrollment and contribution changes
- UC Retirement Choice Program
- Rollover and distributions
- Personalized planning and help
Contact Information and Resources:
- Phone: (866) 682-7787
- Website: NetBenefits.com
- Quick Links:
- MyUCRetirement.com: Your source for “All Things Retirement”
- Get personalized planning and help
- Free financial education classes
HR Benefits Retirement Office Hours and Workshops
Retirement Office Hours are held every Wednesday via Zoom. You will be placed in a breakout room with a Senior Benefits Analyst who can answer questions about UC retirement. Registration is not required. Use this Zoom link to join the session during Office Hours:
Note: Before attending Retirement Office Hours, please be sure to run your retirement estimate(s) via UCRAYS. Find instructions on how to log in and run estimates online.
June 14: 11 a.m. – noon
June 21: 2 – 3 p.m.
June 28: 11 a.m. – noon
July 12: 11 a.m. – noon
July 19: 2 – 3 p.m.
July 26: 11 a.m. – noon
Retirement Counseling Workshops
These 90 minute sessions are facilitated by the Senior Benefits Analysts and will provide an overview of the Retirement Process, including the following topics:
- Retirement 101 - Overview of UCRP and Retirement Estimates
- Retirement Process – Retirement Administration Service Center (RASC) Process for Retirement
- Insurance Continuation Checklist - Introduction to Retiree Health Benefits and Required Forms
Registration is required via the UC Learning Center (sign-in required).
HR-Central Payroll
Services:
- W2 & 1095 prior to 2020 accessible from AYSO
- Pre-Conversion to UCPath Record of Earnings
- Pre-Conversion to UCPath Payroll Questions
- AYSO password reset
Contact Information and Resources:
- Submit an inquiry: UC San Diego Services & Support portal
- Log in to AYSO: atyourserviceonline.ucop.edu
UC San Diego Campus Benefits Newsletter Archive
2024
2022
2021
- View the 2021 Q1 newsletter
- View the 2021 Q2 newsletter
- View the 2021 Q3 newsletter
- View the 2021 Q4 newsletter
- View the 2021 special edition newsletter
Questions? Campus employees can find information, submit an inquiry, and access the phone number for the HR Support Team via the Employee Center. To reach HR without Campus UCSD credentials, please visit the Human Resources Department.