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Open Enrollment for 2010
UPlan Open Enrollment is from November 1 through November 30. This is the one time each year when you can make changes to your health plan coverage.
- Unless you decide to choose a different plan, your medical and dental plans will stay the same for 2010.
- A new election is required if you want to participate in the flexible spending accounts for 2010.
- You can add or increase the amount of long-term disability if you are a civil service or represented staff employee.
For more information on coverage and rate changes, please view the Open Enrollment Web page.
For New Employees
Enroll in a Health Plan
Use the Benefits Enrollment self-service action to select your medical, dental, and optional benefit choices.
Attend New Employee Orientation
The Office of Human Resources hosts new employee orientation to help you learn more about the University community and its policies, benefits, resources, and opportunities.
Need to Change Your Benefits?
Quick answers to benefits-related questions about these common events:
Medication Therapy Management (MTM)
Medication Therapy Management is a new service in which you have face-to-face meetings with a specially trained pharmacist who can help you improve the quality and effectiveness of your medication therapy program. MTM is available for UPlan members who take four or more covered medications with $8 copay reductions on Generic Plus and Brand medications for six months for participating members.
Wellness Program
Take advantage of health improvement opportunities sponsored by the Wellness Program. Earn $65 rewards when you participate in:
- an online wellness assessment
- online programs to create a healthier you
- phone-based lifestyle and disease management programs
Health Care Savings Plan
A health care savings plan is a tax-exempt account that can be used to pay for approved medical expenses after an employee leaves the University. Employee groups are working with administrators to consider whether to support and implement a health care savings plan. Currently, civil service and Teamster employees and LELS police officers have health care savings plans in effect. The HCSP Presentation and Frequently Asked Questions offer more background on how a health care savings plan works.
Retirement Investments
How are the current financial markets affecting employee's retirement investment options? The University has an oversight structure in place that assures that its retirement plans function as they should to allow participants to pursue their individual objectives with respect to their long-term retirement savings.
Employee Benefits
- 100 Donhowe Building
- 319 15th Avenue S.E.
- Minneapolis, MN 55455
- 612-624-9090
- 800-756-2363
- 612-626-0808 (fax)
- benefits@umn.edu
