Open Enrollment

Annual Open Enrollment is scheduled from Monday, October 21, 2024, through Friday, November 1, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. with a January 1, 2025 effective date. 

 

Open Enrollment is the once-a-year opportunity to enroll in your benefit plan choices and add or drop dependents. 

 

You will need to take action during Open Enrollment if any of the following apply to you:

 

• Would like to change your plan elections, including changing your medical and/or dental carrier
• Enroll or continue participation in the Opt-Out/Waiver program and receive cash in-lieu-of benefits for plan year 2025
• Add or drop dependents
• Participate in a Healthcare or Dependent Care FSA plan for plan year 2025
• Enroll in voluntary plan such as MetLife Legal, American Fidelity, or Supplemental Life Insurance

 

 

EmpiRx Mail Order Pharmacy Update
EmpiRx Health has migrated from Benecard to a new platform for mail-order pharmacy. The mail-order pharmacy is now Prescription Mart. Prescription Mart fills or coordinates most maintenance, high-cost, and specialty medications that require special handling and administration.

 

 

Talking to a therapist can help you navigate the stress of day-to-day life in education. Through Rula, Poway Unified School District employees can book a virtual therapy appointment with an in-network provider in less than 3 minutes and meet with their therapist in as little as 48 hours. Rula has a network of over 9,500 licensed providers representing more than 80 clinical specialties and a diverse range of backgrounds, making it easy to match with someone specializing in you. 

 

 

Opt-Out/Waiver Option
For employees currently opting out of the PUSD Basic Health Insurance Package and receiving Opt-Out Cash, it
is required that you log into BenefitBridge and enroll in the 2025 Opt-Out/Waiver Option.

 

The Opt-Out/Waiver Option will NOT roll over from the 2024 plan year (the dollar amount varies per bargaining unit agreements). Failure to elect the Opt-Out/Waiver option will result in auto-enrollment of Kaiser, Delta Dental, and EyeMed Vision for yourself only. Any dependents previously covered on dental and/or vision will be terminated.

 

Note: Waiver applies to those employees who do not qualify for cash back but may still waive their medical coverage due to their participation in a government exchange plan, individual policies, Medicare, Medi-Cal, or Tri-Care (for PFT members only).

The Standard
The Standard offers an annual opportunity for employees currently enrolled in voluntary term life to increase their term life policy by $10,000 (not to exceed $250,000 or 5 times their annual salary) with guaranteed issue. Amounts above $10,000 are subject to underwriting.

Flexible Spending Account
The Healthcare FSA maximum is increasing to $3,200 annually. You must enroll annually in Healthcare and/or
Dependent Care FSAs as elections do not automatically roll over. 

 

Questions?

Please check your email and the Benefits website often.