Now is the time to make changes to your benefits for 2015. All benefit elections must be submitted to your benefits office no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Employee Survey
Take a brief [link destination="http://uwsystemadmin.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_7TLgeuk8YfYdkix" text="survey"] about the Annual Benefit Enrollment period.
Benefit Changes Allowed during Annual Benefit Enrollment Period
Review a table that shows [link destination="http://www.uwsa.edu/abe/summary/" text="changes to your benefits"] that you can make during this period.
Enrollment in Flexible Spending Accounts and/or Health Savings Account
You must enroll for your [link destination="http://www.uwsa.edu/abe/fsa/index.php#enrollment" text="Flexible Spending Accounts"] (FSA) for healthcare or dependent care or the [link destination="http://www.uwsa.edu/abe/hsa/index.php#enrollment" text="Health Savings Account"] (HSA) directly through the new program administrator, TASC. If you enroll for an HDHP for 2015, you must also enroll in the HSA. If you enroll for an HDHP for 2015 and also enroll for the healthcare FSA, you must elect the Limited Purpose FSA, shown on the TASC enrollment website as “LPFSA."
Detailed Enrollment and Benefit Information
Remember, this period is typically the only time during the year when you are eligible to make benefit plan changes unless you have a life event (marriage, birth, divorce...) that allows you to add or change benefits.