Open Enrollment is your annual opportunity to choose the benefits that best meet the needs of you and your family. All benefits-eligible employees must complete Open Enrollment for calendar year 2024 benefits.Ìý
Enrollment begins at 8 a.m. CT on Monday, Oct. 16, and ends at 11:59 p.m. CT on Friday, Oct. 27. Elections are effective from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2024, and cannot be changed after the enrollment period closes unless you have a qualifying life event. Ìý
All eligible employees must elect a health plan or waive coverage. If you do not complete the enrollment process, you will be defaulted into the Choice Consumer-Driven Health Plan (Choice CDHP) at your current individual or family coverage level.Ìý
Log in to  to elect, make changes to, or waive coverage for:Ìý
- Health, dental and vision insuranceÌý
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insuranceÌý
- Short-term and long-term disability insuranceÌý
- Health care flexible spending account (FSA), which is a tax-advantaged account you can use to pay for eligible medical expenses for you and your eligible dependentsÌý
- Dependent care FSA, which is a tax-advantaged account you can use to reimburses eligible child care or elder care expensesÌý
NOTE: Open Enrollment is your only chance to make your benefits selections for 2024 unless you experience a qualifying life event, such has getting married or having a baby. If you do have a life event, you’ll have 30 days from the date of the event to make changes to your benefits.Ìý
ÌýYou must log in to My VU Benefits to:Ìý
- Make your 2024 benefits electionsÌý
- Confirm the dependent(s) you’d like to coverÌý
- Select or update your beneficiary(ies) for life and AD&D insuranceÌý
- Attest to whether you and your covered family members are tobacco-free. Eligible employees can save $20 per month on health care premiums.Ìý
- Attest to whether your spouse is eligible for coverage elsewhere. If you carry coverage for your spouse who has access to health insurance through another employer—including 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Medical Center—you will pay a spousal fee of $100 per month in addition to the monthly premium.Ìý
On campus labÌý
The Benefits team will be on campus at Sarratt Student Center, Room 325/327, on Thursday, Oct. 19, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT to assist with answering your benefits and Open Enrollment questions. Ìý
Learn more about Open Enrollment and sign up for 2024 benefits at .Ìý