How To Enroll

New Hire and Newly Eligible Employee Enrollment

Newly hired or newly eligible employees must complete their online enrollment within 30 days of the date they become eligible unless otherwise noted.

Questions or Ready to Enroll? – Contact the Benefits Call Center at 877-282-0808 for questions and benefits enrollment assistance, available Monday – Friday, 7:00a.m – 5:00p.m. CST

Benefits Enrollment Center

877-282-0808

Monday - Friday | 7:00am - 5:00pm CST

Qualified Life Event (QLE)

Generally, once you enroll, you cannot make changes to your enrollment selections until the next Open Enrollment period. You may make changes to your benefit elections outside of the annual Open Enrollment ONLY if you experience a Qualifying Life Event (QLE), as defined by the IRS. Benefit changes must also be consistent and made within 30 days of the QLE.

Qualifying life events (QLEs) that may allow you to make benefit changes:

Change in legal marital status
- Marriage
- Divorce, legal separation, annulment
- Death of your spouse
Change in your eligibility
- Taking or returning from a leave of absence
- Change in work schedule or status that causes a gain or loss of eligibility
- Change in family member’s eligibility

Change in the number of eligible children
- Birth, adoption or death of a child
- Child gains or loses eligibility for coverage under the plan
They gain a benefit option or lose coverage
- New coverage choices made during their employer’s annual enrollment
- You or your family member’s COBRA coverage from another employer expires
- You or your family member becomes eligible for or loses Medicare or Medicaid
- You or your family member loses coverage under a government's or educational institution’s plan

Change in Family Status

Once your enrollment decisions take effect, you cannot change your elections unless you have an eligible change in status during the plan year and you update your enrollment with a Benefits Representative within 30 days of the qualifying event.

• Marriage, divorce, or legal separation

• Birth, adoption, or placement of a child for adoption

• Death of a covered individual

• Loss of benefit coverage (for you or a dependent)