Benefits Annual Open Enrollment 2023

This message was originally sent to all campus on July 12 from UTSW Human Resources.

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To the UT Southwestern Community:

Starting Saturday, July 15, and continuing through 11:59 p.m. CT Monday, July 31, you are eligible to make annual benefit selections for 2023-24. Any new elections and changes will go into effect Sept. 1, 2023, which marks the beginning of the new benefit plan year.

Annual enrollment is your opportunity to elect or adjust coverage and add or remove dependents. Benefits changes outside the annual enrollment window require a qualifying event such as a change in marital status or birth/adoption of a child.

Key details this year:

  • Employee-only coverage will remain at no cost for benefits-eligible employees who work at least 30 hours a week and select the medical plan option.
  • UT SELECT medical plan premiums will increase for dependent coverage.
  • The UT CONNECT pilot program will conclude Aug. 31, 2023. Employees and their eligible dependents who are currently enrolled in UT CONNECT will automatically be enrolled in the
  • UT SELECT medical plan effective Sept. 1.
  • The health care flexible spending account (FSA) maximum will increase to $3,050, up from the current $2,850.
  • GLP-1 drugs for weight loss (e.g., Wegovy and Saxenda) will no longer be covered under the prescription drug plan. GLP-1 drugs prescribed for Type 2 diabetes will remain a covered benefit.
  • The employee and employer rates for Teacher Retirement System (TRS) will increase to 8.25%, up from 8% currently.

Monthly Premium

Medical Coverage Level

Plan Year 23

Plan Year 24

Change

Employee Only

$0

$0

$0

Employee + Spouse

$290.70

$312.50

$21.80

Employee + Children

$304.04

$326.84

$22.80

Employee + Family

$572.46

$615.40

$42.94

What’s next:

  • Currently enrolled in benefits? If you want to keep your existing benefits as they are for the new plan year, no action is needed unless you have a UT FLEX account. If you have a UT FLEX account, you must reenroll every year.
  • Want to review or change your benefits for the upcoming plan year? Visit the My UT Benefits page, select The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and follow the prompts.
  • For the first time in three years, in-person benefits fairs are returning. Meet health care and financial benefit vendors and ask questions during these dates and times:
    • 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, at the D1 Corridor by the South Campus food court.
    • 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital Lecture Hall 2.138.

Questions? Visit the Benefits and Insurance homepage, benefits@utsouthwestern.edu us, or call 214-648-9830.

Thank you,

The Benefits Team