UTSA Employee Benefits Annual Enrollment Begins July 1
The Human Resources department will send Annual Enrollment benefits information packets to UTSA employees this week. Humana Healthcare HMO and TUHP HMO are the new plans for UTSA employees. New insurance plans will be effective September 1, 2001.
If a UTSA employee does not make any changes during the annual enrollment
period July 1-31, current coverage will remain the same effective September
1 with the following exceptions:
--Medical coverage will automatically default to the new UT Select Plan.
--If you are participating in the UT Flex Plan (Health Care Spending Account
or Dependent Care Spending Account) and if you want to continue to participate
in this plan, you are required to re-enroll.
Effective September 1, Prudential HMO, United Healthcare POS and TUHP POS
will no longer be offered. The design of the new UT Select will be simplified
and the claims and service administrator will change from CIGNA Healthcare
PPO to Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas (Blue Choice).
Prescription plans for the new fiscal year include a continuing plan from
Merck-Medco with benefits and co-payments remaining the same. Advance/PCS
will administer the prescription plan for Humana. Delta Dental plan benefits
will remain the same, but there will be an 8 percent rate increase.
Currently, employees and retirees who declared themselves as smokers and were
enrolled in a UT self-funded medical or dental plan were assessed a $10-per-month
smoker fee. The smoker fee will no longer be assessed in the new fiscal year.
There will be no rate change for the life insurance plan for employee and retiree coverage, however, plan benefits may be enhanced. Employees should check their benefits packet for details.Benefits and rate changes will remain the same for the following plans:
--UT Flex
--United Dental
--Superior Vision
--Long Term Disability
--Personal Accident Insurance
Employees can view their current benefits coverage online at
UT Touch Online
The personal identification number (PIN) required to view current coverage
is your birth date in "YYYYMMDD" format. From July 1-31, employees/retirees
should use their PIN to make changes to their current insurance coverage.
A new PIN will be mailed to the home address of the employee/retiree at the
end of June.
For more information about Annual Enrollment 2001-2002, go to Human Resources Benefit Web Page or call 458-4250 or send e-mail (benefits@utsa.edu).