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University of St. Thomas 2015 Annual Enrollment Briefing. Annual Enrollment. Monday, November 3 through Friday, November 14 th “Passive ” enrollment this year Your current Medical, Dental, Vision and Life I nsurance elections remain the same
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University of St. Thomas 2015 Annual Enrollment Briefing
Annual Enrollment • Monday, November 3 through Friday, November 14th • “Passive” enrollment this year • Your current Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance elections remain the same • Health Care and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account(s), and Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions need to be re-elected each year through the online annual enrollment system • Changes at any other time of the year are not allowed unless you experience a “qualifying status” change • The effective date for changes is January 1, 2015
Changes for 2015 • Increases to the cost for the medical plans - see chart on page 7 for details • The deductible on the medical high deductible health plan (HDHP) will increase by $100 for an individual and by $200 for a family (from $2500/$5000 to $2600/$5200), per IRS regulations • The Health Savings Account (HSA) maximum employee annual contribution amount will increase to $3,350 for Employee Only coverage and to $6,650 for Employee+Spouse, Employee+Child(ren) and Family coverage
Medical Plan Decision-Making Tool • You will again have a tool that can help you decide which medical plan is right for you • Start here for 2015 annual enrollment • The tool will ask you questions about your health usage as well as that of your family • It will then provide you cost information which incorporates your payroll deduction as well as your out of pocket expenses when you incur a healthcare expense
Delta Dental Plan (No changes to the plan design) The plan will pay up to $1,500 per person per calendar year. This does not include orthodontia; ortho has a separate LIFETIME maximum benefit.
2015 Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Annual amount must be elected through the Online Annual Enrollment System (Murphy Online) • Separate limit amounts for each account • Health Care Account limit is $2,500 • Dependent Care Account limit is $5,000 • Check your 2014 balance for surplus and spend before December 31st • Grace Period – Incur claims until March 15th; reimbursable up to May 15th
2015 - Health Savings Account (HSA) • Each year you must designate your pre-tax payroll HSA contribution • You can change your election amount through the Online Annual Enrollment System, as well as access the HSA Enrollment Packet if you are a first time enrollee • Balance resides in account, no loss at end of year • Penalty for non-qualified withdrawals is 20% • The maximum contribution for 2015 will increase to $3,350 (individual) and $6,650 (family) • Additional $1,000 contribution allowed for account holders that are 55 or older • For more detailed information about the HSA, consider attending one of the HSA education sessions
Voluntary Term Life Insurance & AD&D • Employee: • up to 5x your annual salary in increments of $10,000, not to exceed $500,000 • Spouse: • up to 5x your annual salary in increments of $10,000, not to exceed $500,000 • Child(ren): • benefit election can be either $5,000 or $10,000 *Note: You must be enrolled in Voluntary Term Life Insurance and/or AD&D to carry coverage for any of your family members.
Voluntary Term Life Insurance & AD&D • If currently enrolled in voluntary life and or AD&D, you can purchase additional life insurance up to the guarantee issue amount of $200,000 • If currently enrolled in spousal voluntary life and/or AD&D, you can purchase additional coverage up to the guarantee issues amount of $50,000 • If not currently enrolled or if you would like to purchase above the guarantee issue amount for life insurance and/or AD&D, you will be required to go through “evidence of insurability” (EOI)
Long Term Disability • The university provides a long term disability (LTD) benefit providing income should you become disabled • During annual enrollment, you can elect to pay taxes on the premium, making the income benefit received non-taxable • If you choose to change the taxability of your LTD benefit, please complete the form provided in your 2015 Benefit Guide and return it AQU213 no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 14th
Employee Online Enrollment • You must complete the online enrollment process to: • newly elect, change, or drop medical, dental and/or vision coverage • add or drop family members from your coverage • continue or add a Health Care and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account election or • continue or elect a Health Savings Account (HSA) for the first time if enrolling in the medical HDHP • You do not need to complete the annual online enrollment process if: • you do not wish to participate in the FSA or HSA and, • you do not wish to make other changes to your 2014 elections
Online Enrollment • All changes need to be completed and submitted by 11:59 p.m. on November 14th, 2014 • Benefits staff available: • 8:00am to 4:30pm M-F, Aquinas Hall Room 213 • Phone: 651-962-6520 • Fax: 651-962-6524 • Email: benefits@stthomas.edu
Eligibility • If your family members currently are covered under any of our benefit plans, you should confirm their continued eligibility under each of the plans before deciding whether to complete annual enrollment • It is your responsibility to remove ineligible family members from coverage, and failure to do so could result in adverse consequences to you
Questions? • Questions? • Thank you for attending the 2015 Annual Enrollment meeting!