2006 Online Open Enrollment: October 31 - November 20, 2005

The online process for the 2006 Annual Open Enrollment is now underway. You may review and/or update your medical and/or dental programs and enroll in a Flexible Spending Account through the Employee Self-Service website, located at: http://www.yale.edu/openenrollment 

The entire open enrollment process - including reviewing your existing benefits and making any necessary changes - can be handled online. This is an easy and convenient way to make enrollment changes for 2006. Employees can simply log on at http://www.yale.edu/openenrollment - select Employee Self-service.
Your Yale Net ID is required to log on to the secure site. Once online, you can access your personal benefits statement, view dependent data and make changes to your health insurance and flexible spending benefits for 2006.

ONLINE PERSONAL STATEMENT OF BENEFITS

Again this year, you can obtain an electronic version of your Annual Statement of Benefits, which shows detailed information regarding your existing benefit elections and their value for the current calendar year.

BENEFITS CHANGES FOR 2006

The following changes will be effective for the 2006 calendar year:

Aetna Choice POS II replaces Anthem HMO

Anthem POS plans and Healthnet Aetna Choice POS II with high deductible and Health savings account replaces the Anthem Century Preferred High deductible with H S A (MP & Faculty)

New calendar year rates for Medical and Dental for 2006 Introduction of subsidized dental plan for M P & Faculty

New Flexible Spending Account claim reimbursement administrator (ADP)

For full details on these changes, go to the Benefits website at: http://www.yale.edu/openenrollment 


OPEN ENROLLMENT DEADLINES

The deadline for making changes to your health, dental and Flexible Spending account is November 20, 2005. Please note:

• Deadline for Flexible Spending Account elections is also November 20, 2005. This is a change from previous years.
• All enrollment changes are effective January 1, 2006.
  Note: there will be a brief outage from November 10 at 5:00 pm thru November 14 at 8:00 am, due to a scheduled system upgrade. If you have any questions or comments, please email benefits.office@yale.edu .
  
  If you are not making changes to your medical and/or dental programs, you should still logon to view your existing benefit plans and to verify your home address and dependent information.
• Rates and program brochures are online at: http://www.yale.edu/openenrollment
  When you are ready to begin, go to this link: http://www.yale.edu/openenrollment  click on Employee Self-service