Annual Benefits Enrollment

Prepare

Check your current benefits enrollments in MyUW (Benefits Information).
Attend the Benefits 2021: What you need to know presentation or watch the recorded session.
Review the 2021 Annual Benefits Enrollment website provided by the University of Wisconsin System.
Make sure your providers will be in network next year (health/dental/vision).
Visit ALEX, your personalized virtual benefits counselor.

Decide

You must enroll every year if you want to start or continue these benefits:

Health Insurance Opt-Out Incentive*Health Savings Account (HSA)*Limited Purposed Flexible Spending Account (LPFSA)*Health Care Flexible Spending Account (Health FSA)**Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending Account (Dependent FSA)**

Supplemental vision coverage will be through Delta Vision next year, not VSP.

You are able to newly enroll, change, or cancel supplemental vision coverage.If you already have VSP coverage, it will end on 12/31/2020 and you will be automatically enrolled in coverage through Delta Vision, unless you cancel your coverage for 2021.

You can enroll, change, or cancel:

State Group Health Insurance with or without Uniform Dental (preventive dental)Preventive Dental (stand-alone plan available to those not enrolled in State Group Health)Supplemental Dental (major/restorative dental coverage only)Supplemental Vision through Delta VisionAccident Plan through SecurianAccidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance

If you already have Individual & Family Life Insurance, you can increase your coverage. The Annual Benefits Enrollment period doesn’t offer a new enrollment opportunity for life insurance.

Act

Choose your 2021 benefits in MyUW. The step-by-step enrollment video may be helpful.
You must save and then submit all 2021 benefits by 4:30 pm on October 23, 2020.
You will get an email within 24–48 hours after you submit your benefits choices. The email will tell you how to find your Confirmation Statement for benefits starting January 1, 2021. Make sure your Confirmation Statement is correct. Contact the human resources office in your school, college, or division with questions.