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Open enrollment reminder for Medical Center employees

Open Enrollment for employee benefits starts on Monday, October 3, 2016, and ends at midnight on Sunday, October 16.

The Medical Center’s Benefits Open Enrollment is an Active Enrollment
If you are a benefits-eligible employees at AU Medical Center you must go online in Employee Self-Service to enroll, or you may be defaulted into a plan you do not wish to be enrolled in, or, you may not be enrolled or contributing towards a flexible spending and/or savings accounts.

Everyone on the medical center’s group health plan who is tobacco-free (as well as dependents on the plan) can reduce their premiums by attesting they are tobacco-free.  The active enrollment also requires re-attesting for spousal surcharges tied to the health plan.  If your spouse is on your plan and they are eligible for health insurance through their own employer, you can continue them on your plan, but will be required to pay a spousal surcharge.

AU Medical Center Benefits Open Enrollment – Did You Know…?
Did you know that your benefits are part of your total compensation package?  When we talk about total compensation, we are referring to your pay plus benefits.  AU Medical Center provides competitive benefits and contributes a good portion towards benefits in general.  This is part of our commitment to you as an employee and adds to your total compensation annually.

For example, did you know in FY16, the Medical Center contributed…?

$ 16,486,278       Health Insurance
$ 8,285,550        Retirement Savings
$ 1,102,466          Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
$ 408,347             Life Insurance

In total, your employer, AU Medical Center, paid $26,282,641 towards employee benefits in fiscal year 2016.  Also, the AU Medical Center Group Health Plan covers all of the appropriate preventive care at no cost to the plan member if received in-network.

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