Eligible faculty, staff and retirees (including eligible direct-pay employees: contingent staff, lecturers and part-time faculty) who need to correct any mistakes made during the recent Open Enrollment (OE) period will be allowed to do so during the Correction Period from Tuesday, October 22 through Thursday, October 31. This will also be an opportunity to make changes or enroll in coverages for those who forgot to act during OE.
Summary Statements
All regular faculty and staff employees who make changes or elections during OE will receive an official Summary Statement of Benefit Elections for Year 2014 via campus mail. Direct- pay employees (contingent staff, lecturers and part-time faculty members) and retirees who make any changes during OE will receive their summary statements at their home address directly from the State of Maryland State Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Employees and retirees who do not make any changes or elections during OE will not receive a summary statement.
It is extremely important that you carefully review your summary statement as soon as you receive it. Regular faculty and staff members whose plan selections, coverage levels and/or the “Yes/No” indicators for dependents are not correct must call the Interactive Voice Response system (IVR) again to make the correct selections. Regular employees who cannot access the IVR and direct pay employees will have to submit a new OE worksheet, along with all other required documentation, to the Office of Human Resources Benefits Unit to make any changes to their selections, coverage levels and/or dependent enrollments by 5p.m. Thursday, October 31.
Corrections to addresses, spelling of names, social security numbers or dates of birth should be noted on the statement and faxed to DBM at 410-333-5191 no later than 30 days from the “Date Printed” on the bottom right portion of the summary statement. Be sure to keep a confirmation of the fax transmission for your records.
Please note that if your summary statement shows a ~ or a ^ to the left of the code number for any listed dependents, you must provide acceptable documentation to OHR’s Benefits Unit no later than 30 days from the “Date Printed” on the bottom of the statement. If your Term Life selection has an (*) next to it, Minnesota Life will be in contact with you regarding completion of a medical review form. Remember that the requested additional amount of coverage over the guaranteed issue amount will not be in effect until those materials are submitted to and approved by Minnesota Life.
Details for this OE period, including the new benefits booklet along with the premium rates for 2014 and details about the Affordable Care Act, are posted on the state’s website, accessible at http://dbm.maryland.gov/benefits/Pages/HBHome.aspx .
T3 is used as the primary means to share additional information about Open Enrollment so be sure to check it often for updates and reminders!
Questions or concerns should be directed to Dave Curtis, x46018 dcurtis@towson.edu or Gail Price, x46017 gprice@towson.edu in the TU Benefits Unit.
