Open enrollment for employee benefits for the 2010 calendar year will begin Monday, November 9 and will end on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 5p.m..
If you take no action during the enrollment period, your 2009 elections will be carried over to 2010, with the exception of Flexible Spending Account participation. Flexible Spending Account participation will be cancelled.
Again this year, enrollment is being offered securely on the Web via eBenefits. To enroll online:
- Go to Zipline
and log in.
- Click on the Faculty/Staff tab.
- In the Employee Services box, select Benefits.
- Choose Benefits Enrollment.
The university will be conducting a dependant audit to verify dependant eligibility. You should have received a mailing in August outlining this information. The university will be offering a second amnesty period during open enrollment. Please use this time to remove any ineligible dependants from insurance plans.
Staff members from Benefits Administration will be available to answer enrollment questions from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays during open enrollment. You may stop by our offices in the Administrative Services Building or schedule an appointment by calling 330-972-7092.
CHOICES AVAILABLE
The University allows employees to tailor their benefit needs. For 2010, you have your choice among the following coverages:
- medical;
- dental;
- life insurance;
- long-term and short-term disability;
- vision;
- flexible spending accounts; and
- dependent life insurance.
You will find information about each of these coverages on this Web site. Use the menu to the left to locate the information you want.
A few of the links on this Web site lead to PDF documents, which require Adobe Reader software to view. If that software is not on your computer already, you can download it here for free.
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Need assistance?
Staff members are available to assist with questions and to help you complete enrollment forms online or on paper.
You may schedule an appointment or stop by Benefits Administration in Room 135 in the Administrative Services Building, 185 Mill Street on the north side of campus (show on map).
Our hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Our phone number is 330-972-7092 (or ext. 7092 if dialing internally). More contact information is lower on this page.
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COVERAGE COMMITMENT
A coverage commitment will be in place Jan. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2010 for all selected benefits.
If you have a change in family status (marriage, employment status, a change in the number of dependents, etc.), that change must be reported to Benefits Administration within 31 days. More information is here. Contact Benefits Administration at ext. 7092 with any questions.
Materials explaining in detail the comprehensive plan, PPO plan (Medical Mutual of Ohio) and the three HMO options [SummaCare, Kaiser or The Health Plan may be obtained through
the medical page of this Web site.
QUESTIONS?
First, check our
page of frequently asked questions
to see if your question is addressed there. If not,
Benefits Administration
staff members, listed below, are available during normal business hours to help you. General questions can be answered on the phone or in person in our office. If you require assistance and wish to set up a personal appointment, call ext. 7092.
Benefits Administration personnel:
* If dialing away from the Akron campus, use 330-972 and then the extension listed.
HIPAA NOTICE
Protection of plan information
The Plan has committed to complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 with respect to your health information. This means that there are limited uses and disclosures which will be made of the protected health information that your Employer (and the claims administrator) receive in conjunction with this Plan to be utilized in processing your claims. The Plan will only disclose protected health information as permitted by law, or as may be authorized by you, and will limit access of that protected health information to persons at the Employer who have been designated in the Plan document.
Plan controls
Read this summary carefully to help you understand the provisions of this UA Choice Program. You should direct any questions you have to UA's Department of Benefits Administration. There are plan documents on file that you may review. In the event there is a conflict between this summary and those plan documents, those plan documents will control. You may download an authorization-for-release-of-information form
here.
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