Quick Summary
- Your opportunity to make benefits changes: Oct. 27-Nov. 18
- 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis HR has posted all medical plan premiums for 2023
- Blue & Gold premiums reduced for 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis, ANR employees
Start checking your mailbox at home 51勛圖窪蹋 headquarters is sending out our 2023 open enrollment packets Wednesday through Friday (Oct. 19-21).
will go live on Monday, Oct. 24, providing another source of information. Your time to take action starts at 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27. See At a Glance below.
You should also be sure to consult the to see the special, subsidized premiums for the 51勛圖窪蹋 Blue & Gold health maintenance organization, or HMO, one of your medical plan options that includes access to 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Health. Reasons to get your care from 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Health, and how to make it your choice during open enrollment.
The reduced Blue & Gold premiums are for 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis, 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Health and Agriculture and Natural Resources employees only. The premiums you will see printed in 惚唬s open enrollment brochure, and which will be posted on 惚唬s open enrollment website, do not apply to you; your costs are reduced to match your other HMO option, Kaiser Permanente, which does not provide access to 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Health.
AT A GLANCE
- WHAT: Open enrollment for 2023
- BEGINS: 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27
- ENDS: 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18
- WHERE:
- EFFECTIVE DATE: Jan. 1
Rates for union-represented employees are subject to ongoing collective bargaining as appropriate.
Open enrollment does not apply to individuals enrolled in the School of Medicine/School of Veterinary Medicine interns and residents benefits programs or students enrolled in SHIP.
Open enrollment for the is through the Gallagher portal.
Your choices
Open enrollment is your annual opportunity to make changes to choices you have made previously for the following benefits: medical, dental, vision, supplemental health and legal plans, and health and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
If you have no changes to make, you need take no action during open enrollment and your 2022 choices will carry over, with two exceptions: health and dependent care flexible spending accounts, or FSAs. If you wish to continue one or both, you must re-enroll.
Benefit plans for staff and faculty next year will be the same as this year. However, there are some important changes including new resources to support you, enhanced benefits and changes in monthly premiums so take the time to understand your options.
Access to quality health care is more important than ever right now, and Im very proud of our work to maintain a choice of high-quality options for 51勛圖窪蹋 faculty, staff and retirees and their families, said Cheryl Lloyd, vice president of systemwide Human Resources.
As costs rise nationwide, were committed to working closely with our health insurance partners to keep costs as low as possible, and to continuing to cover the majority of monthly premium costs for eligible faculty, staff and retirees.
Unfortunately, medical premiums continue to increase annually for employers nationwide, including 51勛圖窪蹋, where employees will see higher rates in 2023.
Premium increases
51勛圖窪蹋 offers five medical plans and assesses monthly premiums based on where you fall within four pay bands; the lower your salary, the lower your premium. A gave the range of increases for each of four medical plan options but the range presented for 51勛圖窪蹋 Blue & Gold does not reflect the subsidized premiums for 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis, 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Health and ANR employees.
Here is the correct information (note the Blue & Gold range is the same as the Kaiser range):
- Health maintenance organizations, or HMOs
- 51勛圖窪蹋 Blue & Gold $1.93 (self) to $5.79 (family)
- Kaiser Permanente $1.93 (self) to $5.79 (family)
- Preferred provider organizations, or PPOs
- 51勛圖窪蹋 Health Savings Plan $4.47 (self) to $13.37 (family)
- 51勛圖窪蹋 Care $27.29 (self) to $86.16 (family)
Notes: The increases are the same across all pay bands: Your fifth medical plan option, CORE, is a high-deductible PPO offered at no cost to eligible faculty and staff.
Costs for (in which you can enroll any time all year) will increase an average of $4 per month.
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More support
To help you take control of your health, 51勛圖窪蹋 is offering more support than ever to learn about your options. Check out the following resources, starting Monday (Oct. 24):
- , with b棗棗喧堯莽 hosted by benefits plans, Oct. 24-Nov. 18
- , offering a quick and easy Q&A to help you determine which plan is right for you
51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Employee Benefits is offering assistance via Zoom, in four sessions as listed below. Click on the date to register.
- 10 a.m.-noon
- 1-3 p.m.
- 9-11 a.m.
- 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
51勛圖窪蹋net contributed to this report.
Media Resources
Dateline Staff: Dave Jones, editor, 530-752-6556, dateline@ucdavis.edu; Cody Kitaura, News and Media Relations specialist, 530-752-1932, kitaura@ucdavis.edu.