open enrollment checklist
Open Enrollment ends May 29 (at 11:59 p.m.).
If you miss this deadline, you may be left with benefits that don’t meet your needs for an entire year.
Get Ready to Enroll
- Review your current coverage and enrolled dependents
- Compare plans and estimate expenses
- Use ALEX to help you choose your benefits
- Calculate HSA and FSA contributions
- Sign up for a one-on-one meeting with a Benefits Team member
- Check out your benefit decisions in the list to the left
- Check out your benefit decisions in the top right menu
- Visit How to Enroll to take action
If You Don’t Enroll by May 29
- Your current coverage will continue through June 30, 2021 and any FSA and HSA elections will carry over
NOTE: If you’re currently enrolled in ArtCare, carefully review what’s new about this plan (Blue Choice) starting July 1
- You won’t be able to enroll in or make changes to medical, dental, vision, or FSAs until next year’s Open Enrollment unless you experience a qualifying life event (like a birth, marriage, divorce, death, or your spouse/domestic partner losing coverage)
- You can change your HSA contributions throughout the plan year (IRS limits apply)
After You Enroll
- Review your confirmation statement right after you enroll
- Check your first paycheck of the new fiscal year (starting July 1, 2020) to be sure the deductions are correct
- Watch for your welcome packet in the mail from Voya (if you enroll in the Blue PPO + HSA and/or an FSA). If you enroll in the Blue PPO + HSA, you must open an HSA with Voya to receive the Art Institute contributions and have access to your Voya HSA
- Watch for your HSA/FSA debit card in the mail before July 1 if enrolled; you can download the Voya mobile app via your phone’s app store for convenient account access
- Watch for your BCBSIL medical/prescription drug and dental ID cards in the mail, whether or not you make a new plan election
Sign up for a one-on-one meeting with a Benefits Team member.
Have a conversation with ALEX, our interactive benefits tool, to help you choose your medical, dental, and vision plans.