Open Enrollment Local 802 | Human Resources

The Open Enrollment period begins on Monday, October 25, 2021, and ends on Friday, November 12, 2021.
The New School has designed a benefits plan to meet the needs of our diverse employees. Please review this important information regarding your elections. A thorough understanding of your benefits options can help you ensure that you have the appropriate level of coverage for your and your family's needs and that you have chosen the most cost-effective plan for your needs. Below is a snapshot of the benefits available to you. Please review the sections listed below on the website for more information.
Health Insurance: Aetna Open Access — Aetna Select EPO
Dental Insurance: Aetna DHMO and Aetna PPO
Qualified Transportation Expense
The New School Retirement Plan (employer contributions)
The New School Voluntary 403(b) retirement plan (employee contributions)
Important Reminder
The benefits elections you make during the open enrollment period may not be changed until January 1, 2023, unless you experience a qualifying event such as marriage, divorce, birth, adoption or gain or loss of coverage. Benefits that are governed by this rule include all medical and dental elections and flexible spending. You must notify the benefits office within 31 days of a qualifying event for changes to become effective; otherwise, you will not be able to make changes until the next open enrollment period. You must also submit documentation to support the qualifying event. For example, if you are adding a newborn, you must submit the birth certificate within 31 days of the child's birth in order for the coverage to be effective on the child's date of birth.
Here's What to Do
Review all of the information on this webpage.
Review your current benefit elections and costs in MyDay. Type myday.newschool.edu into your browser and log in with your regular username and password. Click on the Benefits worklet (circle). Under View, select Benefit Elections. Download this into Excel or print a PDF for your records.
Review this guide for instructions for navigating the MyDay Open Enrollment Benefit Event.
Qualified Transportation Expense and Tax Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan changes can be made outside of the Open Enrollment Benefit Event. The 2022 limits are not known at this point, but we will advise when limits have been set.
- What's Changing in 2022
  
  Aetna administers our medical, dental, and vision plans. Express Scripts Inc. (ESI) administers our prescription plan. EBPA and TIAA will continue to administer New School benefit plans in 2022.
  The Aetna presentation on our medical, dental, vision and prescription plans is available online.
  Health Care Plan Contributions
  There will be no contribution rate-level changes from 2021. See the 2022 Health Care and Dental Care Contributions section below for 2022 employee and university premiums, including the separate contribution charts if you choose to cover a domestic partner.
- What You Need To Do
  
  We've created this guide to help you navigate the MyDay system and manage your Open Enrollment elections.
  To access your Open Enrollment Benefit Event, log in to MyDay and click on the Inbox worklet (circle). Locate the Open Enrollment Benefit Event and carefully follow the help text on each screen. The Benefits Open Enrollment period will end on Friday, November 12.
  You do not need to take any action if:
  You (and your currently enrolled dependents, if any) want to continue to be enrolled in the EPO that you have in 2021
  You (and your currently enrolled dependents, if any) want the same dental plan that you have in 2021
- Health Care & Dental Plans
  
  There will be no plan design changes for 2022. Review the Summary of Benefits and Coverage for the Choice EPO Plan for more information about this plan. Paper copies can also be obtained by contacting Human Resources.
  Finding Participating (In-Network) Providers
  Enrollees in the Aetna Open Access — Aetna Select EPO plan must obtain healthcare services from in-network providers. To find in-network providers, go to aetna.com.
  Prescription Drug Coverage
  Beginning January 1, 2021, prescription drug coverage will be administered by Express Scripts (ESI). Visit express-scripts.com to determine the cost of the most common medications, for Step Therapy Rules, and to receive information about specialty medication (we will update information for ESI as it becomes available).
  View the 2020 Advantage Prescription Drug List to determine the cost of a the most common medications.
  Under the Optum Rx Progression Rx program, some prescriptions require that you try a "Step 1" medication before a "Step 2" medication will be covered. Refer to Progression Rx – Step Therapy Program list to view the names of these medications and details about this plan feature.
  The Specialty Pharmacy Program must be used by members with rare or complex medical conditions who require specialty medications (described in flyer). If you have an existing (active) specialty medication prescription with Optum Rx, it will remain on file and you will not need to obtain a new one.
  
  Vision Plan Coverage
  As a reminder, Aetna enrollees will automatically be enrolled in the Vision Plan at no additional cost. You must be enrolled in the healthcare plan to receive vision plan benefits; there is no option to enroll separately. The plan allows you to receive routine vision services either from participating (in-network) vision providers or from providers who do not participate in the Aetna vision network (out-of-network). To search for in-network providers, go to www.aetnavision.com You should also print your vision care member ID card once you're logged in; you will present the card at the time you receive routine vision services.
  The Vision Care Plan covers an examination and new lenses (contact and glasses) every 12 months and new frames every 24 months. Review the Plan Summary for coverage details. Call Aetna at 877.973.3238 for additional information. Visit their website to locate a provider.
  Dental Plan Coverage
  For additional information, please go to the dental care page of The New School's benefits website.
- 2022 Health & Dental Plan Contributions
  
  There will be no contribution rate-level changes for 2022. Refer to the 2022 Health Care and Dental Care Plan Contribution Chart if you will be covering yourself, a spouse, and/or child(ren).
  If you will be covering yourself, a domestic partner, and child(ren), view the 2022 Domestic Partner and Child(ren) Imputed Income Chart to determine the taxation related to this coverage.
  Contributions are withheld from your monthly paychecks over the course of the Academic Year (September through June). If you do not receive a paycheck in any month or do not receive enough pay to cover your monthly contributions, the amount of contributions withheld from another paycheck (or paychecks) will be increased so that your premium will be paid to the fullest extent feasible through deductions from your pay during the Academic Year (September through June). In addition, failure to make premium payments will result in termination of coverage (health and/or dental) effective the last day of the month for which the required contribution was made.
- Qualified Transportation Expense & Tax Deferred Annuity
  
  Qualified Transportation Expense Plans
  2022 pre-tax limits have not been announced yet. In 2021, the pre-tax limit was $270. If you currently participate, your 2021 elections will continue into 2022. You can enroll or make changes at any time during the year by initiating a Benefit Event in MyDay. We've created this guide for Changing Your Transit and Parking Amounts to help you navigate MyDay. Use the event date of January 1, 2022, to increase your contributions for January.
  For additional information regarding these plans, visit the Qualified Transportation Expense page on our website.
  Tax Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan
  You can choose to contribute a percentage of your base annual salary or a flat dollar amount per paycheck. The maximum annual contribution for 2022 is not known at this time, but the 2021 limit was $19,500. Employees age 50 and older (and those who will attain age 50 by December 31) are eligible to contribute an additional $6,500 annually, as set by the IRS (referred to as the "Age 50+ Catch-Up").
  Your current elections will continue in 2022 but if you'd like to increase or change your contributions, you can do so by initiating a Benefit Event in MyDay. We've created this guide for Changing Your Retirement Savings Amounts to help you navigate MyDay. Use the event date of January 1, 2022, to change your contributions for January.
  For additional information regarding these plans, visit the retirement plan page.
- Required Notices
  
  As required by law, The New School must provide certain notices to employees on an annual basis.

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