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Retirement Planning Help Desks

Attention employees who are retiring within the next year! Want to ask experts your retirement questions as you go through the retirement process? Help Desks are scheduled from mid-February through June. Follow this link to the schedule and be sure to register in advance.

2023 UC health plans

Open Enrollment ended at 5 p.m. on Friday, 11/18/2022. Still, you can learn more about UC's medical plans—all year long—using the following resources:

How much? Premiums for 2023:

• Employee rates [PDF]
  • Note: The UC Blue & Gold HMO rates on the UCnet website are NOT the rates for UC Davis and ANR employees.
• Retiree rates: 2023 UC Retiree Premium Estimator [Excel]
  • Retirees age 65+ not eligible for Medicare

Where? Regional medical plan availability:

The 2023 UC Medical Plan Availability Tool [Excel] indicates plan availability by ZIP code and county.

Who? Local Davis/Sacramento medical provider availability by plan:

• More On UC Medical Plans [PDF]; lists all major local medical groups.
• UC Davis Medical Group is available through all non-Kaiser plans

Who else? Search for network providers across California and beyond:

• Anthem Blue Cross PPOs:
  • CORE
  • UC Health Savings Plan
  • UC Care (Click on Recognitions tab to determine if provider is UC Select or Anthem Preferred.)
  • Preferred providers outside the U.S.A. (Use code QUC to search.)
  • UC Medicare PPO, UC High Option
• Health Net: UC Blue & Gold HMO (Urban CA only.)
• Kaiser Permanente/Senior Advantage (HMO) (Urban CA only.)
• UnitedHealthcare: UC Medicare Choice (Medicare Advantage PPO)

Which? Compare medical plans side-by-side:

• Which medical plan is right for you? [PDF] (Employees & Retirees)
• Which Medicare plan is right for you? [PDF] (Retirees with Medicare)

How to get more information? UCnet health plan phone numbers and web addresses

• Anthem Blue Cross (non-Medicare) | Anthem Blue Cross (retirees with Medicare)
  • Navitus (Pharmacy Benefit Manager)
  • HealthEquity (HSA plan administrator—UC Health Savings Plan members only.)
• Health Net
• Kaiser Permanente
  • Optum behavioral health (Access Code: 11280) (Non-Medicare Kaiser members only.)
• UnitedHealthcare (Medicare retirees only)
• Via Benefits (Age 65+ Medicare-eligible retirees with home addresses outside California only; all covered family members must have Medicare.)
• Delta Dental
• Vision Service Plan for Active Employees
• Vision Service Plan for Retirees

Telemedicine as a COVID-19 precaution

Several UC medical plans offer coverage for over-the-phone or web-based virtual visits. Please consider taking advantage of them to reduce your exposure to COVID-19 by staying home.

UC Telehealth Resources

More information: Coronavirus updates for UC employees

Additionally, all UC medical plans offer 24-hour nurse advice lines; see the back of your medical plan ID card for the phone number.

UC considers changes to retiree health contributions
 

A Retiree Health Benefits Working Group has been formed to provide input regarding reductions and/or changes in strategy toward UC's contributions to retiree health coverage. More information can be found on UCnet.

See the UC Davis Retiree Center site for updates on the Working Group.

UC simplifies retiree health benefits rules