Health Care Benefits
Your 2022 health plan options will remain the same. No action is needed if you want to stay on the same health plan; it will carry over to 2022.
A Community Blue Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) health plan is offered and it is administered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM). Health care benefits include medical and prescription drug coverage.
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Your current benefit information is available through Employee Self Service - Benefits Details, which you can access by logging into your GoWMU account.
View your 2022 Open Enrollment Guide, which includes your 2022 healthcare contribution rates.
Flexible spending accounts
You may choose to participate in up to two flexible spending accounts, which allow you to use pre-tax dollars to pay for qualified medical and dependent care expenses. The maximum annual contribution to a health care flexible spending account is $2,750. The maximum annual contribution to a dependent care flexible spending account is $5,000, or $2,500 for employees whose income tax status is married filing separately.
For the 2022 plan year, health care flexible spending account participants may carry over up to $550 of unused funds into the 2023 plan year. There will not be dependent care FSA carryover from 2022 into 2023.
Due to Covid relief legislation, the carryover amount for both health care and dependent care will be unlimited for 2021 funds carried into plan year 2022.
HSA Bank will be the new FSA administrator beginning January 1, 2022. Please see your 2022 Open Enrollment Guide for more information.
What forms do I need to complete?
- To change your health care benefit election effective Jan. 1, 2022, complete the PPO health insurance enrollment and change form.
- To enroll a designated eligible individual effective Jan. 1, 2022, complete the designated eligible individual enrollment form and submit the supporting documentation.
- To enroll or re-enroll in a flexible spending account for 2022, complete the flexible spending account enrollment form.
Where do I send my completed forms?
Submit your completed health insurance enrollment and change form and flexible spending account enrollment form to Human Resources no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021.
If you are unable to print the enrollment forms, you may contact Human Resources to request a copy of applicable forms.
When will my changes take place?
Health care benefit and flexible spending account elections are effective Jan. 1, 2022. Payroll deductions begin with the first paycheck received in January 2022.
Medicare Part D and other important notices?
View important Benefit Notices.
Are you or your dependent(s) eligible for prescription drug benefits under Medicare Part D due to age or disability? If so please review the Medicare Part D Notice at the link above.
Additional Questions?
If you have additional questions about benefits open enrollment, please contact Human Resources.
The information outlined above is subject to legal documents that pertain to each benefit plan and policies, procedures, contracts, or collective bargaining agreements, which are controlling as to the availability and amount of benefits. This website is not a legal document.