UVA Health Plan

In general, to be eligible for a UVA Health Plan, you must be a full- or part-time UVA employee, and regularly scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week. To be eligible for the UVA Health Plan, you must be:

• Faculty
• Classified Staff
• Medical Center Team Member
• Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Senior Professional Research Staff
• University Staff
• Grant-funded Postdoctoral Fellow (Value or Choice Health only)
• Housestaff (Value or Choice Health only)
• Retiree
• Temporary or Wage Employee (if eligible under ACA)

J-1 Visa Holders: You are eligible for Choice Health only, due to federal government regulations.

To be added to your UVA Health Plan, spouses must be legally recognized as spouses in the Commonwealth of Virginia and have no access to Affordable Healthcare Coverage of minimum value (as defined by the Affordable Care Act) through their non-UVA employers. 

To be added to your UVA Health Plan, children must be your biological, step, adopted, or foster child, or any child declared a dependent on your federal tax return for whom you are the legal guardian with permanent custody. Children are eligible through December 31 of the year they turn age 26. Starting January 1, 2019, children are eligible to the end of the birth month in which they turn 26 rather than the birth year.

If children are incapable of self-support, due to mental or physical disability, they can remain on your health plan beyond age 26 as long as the following requirements are met:

• Required documentation is approved in advance by the Aetna Claims Administrator before the dependent’s 26th birthday.
• They are unmarried.
• They live with you 100% of the time.
• They are declared a dependent on your federal tax return.

See the Retiree Health Program page for more information.

Benefits-eligible temporary and wage employees may only enroll in Basic Health.

*Those with Employee + Child/Children, Employee + Spouse, and Family coverage have the family deductible.

*Those with Employee + Child/Children, Employee + Spouse, and Family coverage have the family deductible.

• Individual: $5,500
• Family: $11,000

• Individual: $11,000
• Family: $22,000

The first time you use Aetna Navigator, you must register your account to access resources and view your usage information.

• Go to www.aetna.com and click “Login”.
• Click “Register”.
• Follow the prompts to register your account. You must provide your Member ID (found on your Aetna card) or social security number, so have that information handy.
• Start using Aetna Navigator.

When you first sign up for the UVA Health Plan or switch between options, you will receive a card by mail to your home address. Instructions to get a digital copy or print a replacement card are below.

To view or print your own or a covered dependent’s card, use the following steps:

• Go to www.aetna.com, click “Login” and enter your username and password.
• Click on “ID Card” in the top menu.
• On the ID Card page, select the member name for the card you want to view and click the “View ID Card” button.
• Once viewing the ID Card, you may choose to print, download, or share the ID Card via fax to a provider.

Use Aetna Navigator tools to find in-network providers for the kind of care you or your covered dependent need. Remember in-network providers are less expensive, as they have agreed to Aetna’s allowable amount for their services.

• Go to www.aetna.com/docfind/custom/uva.
• Follow the prompts to find a provider for the care you need.

Aetna has a number of resources that enable you to be a well-informed benefits consumer. Here are a few of the resources available:

• Member Payment Estimator: Estimates costs for over 650 medical tests, services, and procedures based on your plan details, and provides real-time, personalized estimates.
• Estimate Cost of Care: Provides the average in-network and out-of-network costs for tests, office visits, selected surgeries/procedures, routine physicals, and emergency room visits.
• Hospital Comparison Tool: Gives you an independent comparison of quality of outcomes for hospitals by procedures or diagnosis.

To access these and other coverage and cost resources, follow these steps:

• Go to www.aetna.com, click “Login” and enter your username a and password.
• Click on “See Coverage & Costs.”
• Follow the prompts to find a provider for the care you need.

To access these and other coverage and cost resources, follow these steps:

• Go to www.aetna.com, click on “Login” and enter your username a and password.
• Click on "Manage Claims."
• Follow the prompts to find the claim or EOB you want to review.

To help you get the most out of your money for medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, and dependent-care expenses, the University offers different benefits-related savings and spending accounts to meet your needs. These accounts enable you to put pre-taxed money aside, by payroll deduction, for eligible expenses.

Visit the Basic Health with Health Savings Account (HSA) page to learn more about the HSA that can be used for dental and other allowable expenses.

For information about UVA’s medical and dependent daycare flexible spending accounts, visit the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) page.