Below are some facts about changes and new developments with NUFlex benefits for 2012.
Coverage for children younger than 26
Benefits-eligible employees can enroll their adult children under the age of 26 in the NUFlex 2012 plan even if the young adult:
- No longer lives with his or her parents;
- Is not a dependent on a parent’s tax return;
- Is employed;
- Has the option of employer-provided benefits; or
- Is no longer a student.
Adult children will be eligible for medical, dental, vision, dependent AD&D, dependent life and Health Care Reimbursement account participation. Adult children younger than 26 may be enrolled during the NUFlex enrollment period, which ends Friday.
Employees who elect to add adult children must provide copies of birth certificates for those children to their Campus Benefits Office by Friday.
NUFlex enrollment changes
- Employees can now make changes to dental and vision care insurance coverage every year during the annual NUFlex enrollment.
- Employees are now required to declare tobacco/nicotine status every year during NUFlex enrollment. If you do not declare your tobacco/nicotine usage during 2012 NUFlex enrollment, you will be automatically designated as a tobacco/nicotine user for your Voluntary Life Insurance coverage.
Medical insurance/prescription drug program
- Blue Cross Blue Shield medical plan price tags will decrease by $2 per month in 2012 for employees with a 100 percent FTE.
- Caremark will introduce a new drug program called “Step Therapy,” effective Jan. 1, 2012. If you are affected by the program, CVS Caremark will send you more information.
- Reimbursement for diabetic insulin pump supplies will be allowed at Blue Cross Blue Shield in addition to CVS Caremark in 2012.
Dental insurance
- There is no change in dental plan price tags for 2012.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska has increased the number of national (out-of-state) dental network PPO providers, effective Jan. 1, 2012.
Vision care benefits
- Annual allowances for contacts and frames will increase for 2012.
- Monthly premiums will increase for 2012. Increases will differ, depending on your coverage.
Long-term disability
- Long term disability premiums will decrease 10 percent for 2012.
Long-term care
- This year you have the opportunity to increase your daily and lifetime maximum benefit amounts.
Learn more
See this information and more in the NUFlex enrollment 2012 newsletter. Print copies of the newsletter were sent to employees before enrollment began earlier this month.
If you have further questions, contact the UNMC Benefits Office at 559-4340.