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Open Enrollment is now closed.
If you have questions about your benefits or would like to make changes to your benefits outside of the Open Enrollment period and due to a qualified life event, please contact the HR Solution Center at AskHR@virginia.edu.
Benefits presentations are a GREAT way to connect with others and get the most out of your benefits for plan year 2025. UVA offers you many ways to learn about your benefits, and benefits presentations are just one option. Watch recorded and live-streamed presentations throughout the months of September and October.
Choose presentations that fit your schedule, your knowledge needs, and your interests. Be a part of our healthy UVA community!
Choosing benefits is a significant investment in your physical and financial well-being. Using the Open Enrollment resources available, such as attending a presentation, helps you understand your coverage needs, gives you the opportunity to ask questions, and prepares you to make the best choices today as you plan for the future.
There are two benefits presentations hosted virtually in Zoom, and one virtual town hall presentation. You may attend any presentation that fits your schedule. Presentations will be the same in content, except the live Q&A at the end of each presentation will vary according to input.
Presentations will include:
Overview
Changes
Resources
Health Plan
Premiums
Maximizing well-being
Reminders and dates
Q&A
The University of Virginia is committed to providing universal access to our events. Please contact AskHR@virginia.edu to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. Please contact us at least seven days prior to the start of each event.
A Virtual Open Enrollment Town Hall was held Wednesday, October 2, and brought in additional information beyond the Open Enrollment benefits presentations or vendor webinars. The Town Hall included presentations and a Q&A session with:
Hoos Well well-being team
UVA Faculty and Employee Assistance Program (FEAP)
TIAA and Savi
Fidelity
Benefits team
The University of Virginia is committed to providing universal access to all of our events. Live captioning will be provided during this event and closed captions will be provided for the recording approximately three business days after the event. Please contact AskHR@virginia.edu to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. Please contact us at least seven days prior to the start of this event.
Take Advantage of UVA's Financial Well-Being Webinars & Retirement Planning Workshops
Improve your financial and retirement fitness by attending a live webinar or workshop, presented by HR and Hoos Well partners Fidelity, TIAA, and Virginia529. Choose from topics that includes all areas of spending, saving, planning, investing, and planning for retirement.
September 12 (Thursday) - Make the Most of Your Retirement Savings
See the importance of saving as much as possible, learn the benefits of saving more, identify different retirement account types, and explore ways to preserve and grow savings. Presented by Fidelity.
September 17 (Tuesday) - Dealing with Market Volatility: What You Need to Know
Even the most seasoned investor may be on edge during market volatility. Find out what you need to know to help navigate the ups and downs of the market. This market volatility presentation will help you make sense of the recent market turbulence and discuss the forces driving volatility, strategies to mitigate market swings in a portfolio, and what this may mean for your financial plan. Presented by TIAA.
October 9 (Wednesday) - Exploring the Benefits of an HSA
Understand the benefits of a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with Health Savings Account (HSA), and see how the HDHP works together with the HSA. UVA's HDHP is called the Health Savings plan option, formerly called Basic Health. Explore the features of the HSA with Fidelity.
This presentation discusses how to turn retirement savings into a paycheck for life. We explore how to identify retirement risks and challenges, preparing for distribution with income needs and sources and ultimately how to build a plan.
Understanding Medicare, Presented by Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA)
A review of Medicare, its parts and what they do and don’t do. Also, what questions to ask as you are first starting on Medicare and what questions you need to ask after you have it set up.
You can find the Open Enrollment PowerPoint presentation deck offered by HR benefits counselors at presentations Sep. 24-26 HERE.
This is also found on this webpage above the presentation schedule, and on the Open Enrollment Home webpage in the Tools to Help You Choose section.
Listen to the recorded benefits presentation HERE.
Thank you, Robyn, for confirming my benefit question with the Benefits team and for the email confirmation. I really appreciate how quickly you helped answer my question… especially during this Open Enrollment period! Many thanks!
Tina Rosson, Recruiter Consultant, UVA Health System/UVA Physicians Group
Having trouble finding what you’re looking for?
We strive to make the information on every webpage clear and easy to find. For benefits questions or concerns, or questions about Open Enrollment, please contact the HR Solution Center by phone at 434.243.3344, or by email at AskHR@virginia.edu.
Please let the HR Communications team know if you're having trouble finding what you're looking for on these webpages, so we can improve your experience on this page in the future.
For previous Open Enrollment email communications, see the right sidebar box on this page labeled "Open Enrollment Emails."
*Note for Postdoctoral Fellows: The Open Enrollment process for all Postdoctoral Fellows (non-UVA employees) is managed through UVA Human Resources. For additional information specific to Postdoctoral Fellows, contact Corinne Clasbey or Rachel Short.
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