Benefit Options

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• Vision
• Dental
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement
• Tuition
• Voluntary Benefits
• Other Benefits

Enrollment Information

• Enrollment Guide
• Eligible Dependents
• MyHealth

Additional Resources

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Benefit-related Articles

UPMC is widely recognized for providing world-renowned medical care and is committed to ensuring
that this care is available to our greatest resource - our staff members. To meet this goal, innovative approaches make our benefits more efficient, provide coverage choices, and help to limit the size of any increased deductions from staff members' paychecks.  

If you are interested in learning more about UPMC’s benefits, click on the links below to access our library of benefit related articles.  This supplemental information will provide you with additional details to not only help you choose the best option for you during your My HUB enrollment but also to make the most out of using your coverage.

Adoption Assistance

• Benefit Spotlight: Adoption Assistance Program

Benefits Information

• Open Enrollment lets you choose your benefits
• Open enrollment continues through Nov. 15
• Watch your mail for benefits information
• Important 2009 Open Enrollment dates
• Benefit changes for 2009
• Open Enrollment: Understanding key terms
• Is your mailing address correct?
• Check your mailbox for important benefit information
• Benefits Update

Commuter Parking

• FSAs commuter parking to be administered by Health Plan in 2009

Compensation

• Compensation manual available on Infonet

Credit Union

• Benefit Spotlight: Credit Union

Dependent Information

• Deadline to submit full-time student verifications is Sept. 12
• Full-time student verifications have been mailed
• Benefit of the Month: Domestic partner benefits
• Update your student’s change in status

Disability and Return-to-Work

• Healthy advice on workplace injury
• Benefit of the Month: Return-to-Work Assistance Program

EAP (LifeSolutions)

• Benefit Spotlight: EAP

FSA

• FSAs can save you money
• FSA enrollment begins Oct. 29
• FSA information coming your way
• Benefit of the Month: Flexible Spending Accounts
• Don’t forget to submit your FSA claims
• Time is running out to use your 2007 FSA balances

Life Insurance and Beneficiary Information

• Update your beneficiary information
• Time to update your beneficiary information

Medical, Prescription and Vision

• Managing prescription drug costs
• Select vision benefits during open enrollment
• UPMC costs lower than national averages
• Ready for summer vacation? Take Assist America with you.
• UPMC Mercy added to Health Plan network

MyHealth

• MyHealth race to deductible credit ends soon
• Complete your MyHealth requirements for 2009
• Fall into exercise with YMCA on-site classes
• Who is winning the MyHealth race?
• Who is winning the MyHealth race?
• MyHealth is working for you
• Get in step with MyHealth
• 32 percent of UPMC employees completed deductible requirements in full
• Get in step with MyHealth
• Why not complete your MyHealth Questionnaire?
• Are you ready to quit smoking?
• Ready ... set ... exercise!
• Time flies ... Take your two Healthy Steps soon
• Try out a YMCA near you between Aug. 15 and 17
• UPMC employees enjoy taking healthy steps
• Weight Race challenge puts employees on track to better health
• Smoke-free one year later
• Reminder: Take a Healthy Step to earn 2009 MyHealth deductible credit
• Use MyHealth Online to sign up for YMCA Classes
• Is this your year to quit smoking?
• Manage your weight with MyHealth OnLine
• By eliminating smoking, a UPMC staff member gains self-confidence
• After the smoke clears...a healthier workplace
• Wellness services now available to all UPMC employees
• Don’t Weight! Register for the MyHealth Weight Race
• MyHealth milestone
  
• Moving toward wellness

PTO

• Purchase more PTO during Open Enrollment
• Time’s running out to earn PTO by donating blood this fiscal year

Savings Plan and Retirement

• Wall Street and your retirement plan
• Benefit of the Month: UPMC Savings Plan
• Steps to successful savings
• Steps to Successful Savings
• Savings Plan and Retirement

Tuition Assistance

• Taxes on tuition advancement will be withheld in October
• Tuition advancement tax will be withheld June 27
• Benefit Spotlight: Tuition Assistance
• Tuition advancement tax will be withheld Feb. 22

Voluntary Benefits

• Voluntary benefit options for staff