UVA Employee Benefits Open Enrollment 2027

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Open Enrollment begins October 5

UVA Open Enrollment is the annual benefits enrollment period for University of Virginia employees and team members. During Open Enrollment, review your health, dental, vision and savings account options and make eligible benefit elections in Workday for the 2027 plan year.

All changes made during this period take effect January 1, 2027.

Your UVA Health Plan Options:

Eligible for Enrollment:

UVA PPO
Health Savings (High-deductible health plan)

If you do not complete the 2027 Open Enrollment event in Workday, the majority of your current elections for health, dental, vision, and HSA will carry over into the 2027 plan year.

What will not carry over if you do not take action:

If you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), you must re-enroll if you want the account to continue into 2027.
If you have a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, you must re-enroll if you want the account to continue into 2027.

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Dates and Next Steps

Open Enrollment begins on Monday, October 5 and remains open until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, October 16
- You will receive a task in your Workday Inbox on October 5 to get started
- After open enrollment ends, benefit changes will be limited to Qualifying Life Events
On January 1, 2027, the elections you made during Open Enrollment will take effect
- Any updates to your paycheck deductions will appear on your first 2027 paycheck

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Open Enrollment Benefits Overview

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My First Open Enrollment

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Action Items

UVA Benefits

Benefits You Can Only Change During Open Enrollment

Choose a benefit below to go directly to its Open Enrollment webpage.

Resources

Access to Job Aid content requires a UVA network connection. This means you must be either on-Grounds, at a UVA Health facility, or working remotely while connected to the Academic (Cisco) or Health System (Big-IP Edge) VPN

How To Elect Benefits Using Workday®

Learn how to elect benefits using Workday® using the Job Aid below

How to Elect Benefits in Workday®

Benefits and Well-Being Expo

Hoos Well's Benefit and Well-Being Expo is your opportunity to connect directly with HR Specialists and health vendors. Attend informative seminars on a variety of benefit related topics. Get your questions answered and a flu shot at no cost.

Expo Dates:

September 30 - College at Wise, Cantrell Hall
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

October 1 - College at Wise, Cantrell Hall
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

October 6 - UVA Health Medical Center, Education Resource Center (ERC) -
7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
UVA Health Team Members Only Flu Shots - 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

October 7 - Contemplative Commons
8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Flu Shots Offered

October 8 - UVA Health Medical Center, Cafeteria (Night Shift)
10:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
Flu Shots Not Offered

Live Support Opportunities Additional Online Resources Vaccines & Flu Shot Opportunities

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 AskHR@virginia.edu with the subject line "Postdoc Fellow Benefits".

Quick Links

How To Elect Benefits in Workday Changes Coming in 2027 Frequently Asked Questions I Need Help

Compare Plans, Coverage, and Costs:

Health Savings
Health Savings plan overview:
- Health Savings Summary of Benefits and Coverage (PDF)
What Health savings covers and how much you pay:
Health Savings Schedule of Benefits
UVA PPO
UVA PPO plan overview:
- UVA PPO Summary of Benefits and Coverage (PDF)
- UVA PPO Out-of-Area Summary of Benefits and Coverag (PDF)
  - If your work location zip code in Workday is more than 50 miles from Charlottesville, you will automatically be covered under this option if you enroll in UVA PPO.
What UVA PPO covers and how much you pay:
- UVA PPO Schedule of Benefits
- UVA PPO Out-of-Area Schedule of Benefits
  - If your work location zip code in Workday is more than 50 miles from Charlottesville, you will automatically be covered under this option if you enroll in UVA PPO.
Comparison of Benefits

Benefit Comparison of UVA Health Plan Options
How You and the UVA Health Plan Share Costs

Illustrates how you and the UVA Health Plan share medical costs if you were to reach your deductible and out-of-pocket max. Most people do not reach their deductible or out-of pocket max.
How You and the UVA Health Plan Share Costs

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Aetna administers UVA’s health plans and provides the following tools to help you compare Health Plan Options and care and prescription costs.

Find Care & Pricing Tool

This tool compares costs to give you real-time, personalized estimates and provides average in-network and out-of-network costs. This tool can be found under "Pharmacy" once you log into the Aetna member website.
Log-In to Access this Tool
Aetna Digital Care Tool
This tool provides drug cost estimates based on the selected UVA Health Plan option. Use the links below to compare drug prices for the UVA Health Plan options.
- 1. Enter the name of the drug
  2. Click "search" to view the estimate and plan details.
    - Health Savings
    - UVA PPO
Can't find the medication you're looking for?

When using the Digital Care Tool, review the Aetna formulary list (Updated list coming in November), as a prescription drug may be listed as the generic name within the tool.

Note: The Digital Care Tool provides cost estimates and based on Aetna's 2020 formulary and pricing.
Institutes of Quality List

Bariatric, cardiology, and orthopedic treatment can be filled with complex decisions. Choosing a health care facility for an upcoming procedure doesn’t have to be one of them. The Aetna Institutes of Quality® (IOQ) network was developed to help you and your doctor simplify your selection.
Institutes of Quality

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If you don’t complete Open Enrollment, most current benefits will carry over

If you do not complete the 2027 Open Enrollment event in Workday, your current elections for health, dental, vision, and HSA will carry over into the 2027 plan year, exceptions include Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Daycare Reimbursement Account.
Frequently Asked Questions
You must re-enroll in your FSA to keep it

If you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), you must re-enroll if you want the account to continue into 2027.
FSA Webpage
You must re-enroll in your Dependent Daycare Reimbursement Account to keep it

If you have a Dependent Daycare Reimbursement Account, you must re-enroll if you want the account to continue into 2027.
FSA Webpage
Benefits elections close after the deadline, even if you started to make changes

If you have started to make changes but do not submit your Open Enrollment event in Workday, any changes that were in progress will be lost, and your current 2026 elections will continue forward for next year, except for your FSA elections.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not every spouse is eligible for the UVA Health Plan

If an employee’s spouse does not work at UVA and has access to other health coverage that meets Affordable Care Act affordability and minimum value standards, the spouse is not eligible for UVA health coverage except in the following circumstances:

Spouses whose employer offers affordable health care that provides minimum value, but ALL of their health options are HMOs and the spouse lives outside the HMOs' defined service areas, are eligible to be a dependent on the UVA employee's health coverage.

Not sure if your spouse's coverage meets ACA standards? Use affordability standards use the calculator below:
Affordability Standard Calculator
Spouses both working at UVA can have separate plans

UVA spouses may choose who covers and who waives, or they may have separate plans.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can increase your Supplemental Life insurance coverage without medical evidence of insurability only during Open Enrollment

Supplemental Life Insurance for MCRP and ORP participants who are already enrolled in Supplemental Life Insurance: You can increase your coverage by one increment without providing medical evidence of insurability (up to the Guarantee Issue Amount).
Life Insurance for ORP and MCRP Members and Housestaff

Some benefits are not limited to Open Enrollment, but it’s still a great time to review your elections and make sure you’re getting the most from your benefits.

Retirement

Retirement plan enrollment and contribution changes may be available outside of Open Enrollment depending on the plan and your eligibility.
More About Retirement
Life Insurance

Life insurance enrollment and contribution changes may be available outside of Open Enrollment depending on the plan and your eligibility.
More About Life Insurance