Annual Benefits Enrollment

Prepare

Check your current benefits enrollments in MyUW (Benefits Information).
Attend the Benefits 2022: What you need to know presentation or watch the recorded session.
Make sure your providers will be in network next year (health/dental/vision).

If you are enrolled in Quartz-Community, you must choose a new network of providers for 2022. (Quartz-Community is dividing into two new networks: Quartz-Central and Quartz-West.) The Quartz-UW Health network will remain in the Dane County area.

See new insurance prices on UW System’s website: wisconsin.edu/abe
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)**

You can enroll, change, or cancel:

State Group Health Insurance with or without Uniform Dental (preventive dental). New for 2022: employees in craft-related classifications will be eligible for employer contribution towards health insurance.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) InsuranceFlexible Spending Accounts (FSA) – Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Day Care

If you are already enrolled in Individual & Family Life Insurance, you can increase your coverage. The Annual Benefits Enrollment period does not offer a new enrollment opportunity for life insurance if you are not already enrolled.

Act

Choose your 2022 benefits in MyUW.
You must save and then submit all 2022 benefits by 4:30 pm on October 22, 2021.
Make sure your Confirmation Statement is correct. (You will get an email 24–48 hours after you submit your choices; the email will tell you how to find your Confirmation Statement for benefits that start January 1, 2022). Contact the human resources office in your school, college, or division with questions.