UT GME Insurance

 

Residents pay for approximately 20% of the cost and UT pays for the other 80%.  Learn more about the Resident GME Insurance Benefits (GME Policy #230).

UT GME Resident Health, Vision, Dental Rates for 2024-2025
(as of July 1, 2024)

Type	Employee Monthly Premium Contribution	Employee % of the Monthly Premium
Employee	$    120.00	20%
Employee and Spouse	$    240.00	20%
Employee and Child(ren)	$    210.00	20%
Family	$    325.00	20%

The plan through the GME Office is available for Residents/Fellows to sign up at the start of their training and to alter their coverage throughout the year with a life changing event such as marriage or birth of a child. 

Our UT GME Resident/Fellow Insurance Plan was rebid in early 2024, and we have changed to United Health Care Choice Plus effective July 1, 2024.  The United Health Care plan is very similar to the previous plan our Residents and Fellows have used for the past five years with similar physician providers and healthcare facilities covered in-network.  We are pleased to have Holland Insurance Company, including Jerry Holland and Meagan Sneed as our plan administrator and contact for United Health Care.  You can reach Meagan Sneed atmsneed@hollandinsuranceinc.com or via phone at 662.895.5528.  They are located in the Central Time Zone since their offices are just outside Memphis.

Guide to your 2024 - 2025 UT GME United Healthcare Insurance Benefit Plan Coverage

Health and Prescription Insurance Summary  |  Dental Insurance Summary  | Vision Insurance

Welcome-New Members Guide for United Health Care

• The coverage change is effective on the date of the change, i.e., date of birth or marriage.
• The deduction is retroactive to the 1st of the month if before the 16th or the following month if after the 15th.

For information regarding the UT GME group insurance policy, you may contact the Holland Insurance Agency at 6820 Cobblestone Blvd Suite 3, Southaven, MS 38672 or call 662.895.5528 [toll free 888.393.9500].  Ask for Meagan Sneed (msneed@hollandinsuranceinc.com) or Gerald (Jerry) Holland, Jr. (gholland@hollandinsuranceinc.com), if you have questions.  Representatives will be at UT GME Orientation in Chattanooga for our GME Orientation opening session on Thu, June 27, 2024, to distribute packets, temporary insurance ID cards, and answer questions.

You can view more information about your plans at https://www.whyuhc.com/welcometouhc.  

Eligibility

All GME Residents and Fellows are automatically eligible. 

Open Enrollment

GME currently allows open enrollment to be effective the 1st of the following month throughout the year for a non-life changing event.

For current GME residents/fellows - to make basic changes to your existing account, go to BerniePortal login.

Employee code logins:

• 2 digit code: 2 digit birth month
• 4 digit code: last 4 social
• employer code: 656612

Starting Coverage

To start coverage, email nolan.english@erlanger.org with your name and program. You will then be emailed login instructions once you are loaded into BerniePortal.

Finding a Primary Care Physician (PCP)  

Go to https://www.uhc.com/find-a-doctor. Answer questions in each field in the order they appear on your screen.  The policy is United Healthcare Choice Plus.  

Changing Coverage

To add or subtract dependents, email nolan.english@erlanger.org that you need your BerniePortal unlocked for a qualifying event.  The GME Financial Coordinator, Nolan English, will then unlock your account and notify you by email. You can then make the changes by logging into BerniePortal login.

Canceling Coverage

Canceling health insurance coverage will be effective the 1st of the following month 

Changes, including canceling coverage, cannot be made retroactively.

If you are not terminating from the GME Programs, you cannot terminate the UT GME Health Insurance unless you can provide proof of coverage via another policy.

Life Insurance

The Basic Group Life Insurance Benefit issued through Hartford is $100,000.  The premium is $ 4.40 per month and is paid via your UT Payroll deduction.

• Life Insurance Beneficiary Information Form

Disability Insurance

All UT GME Residents and Fellows are provided Long Term Disability Insurance via a new policy effective July 1, 2023 -- Unum Disability Insurance.  All UT GME Residents/Fellows must enroll for at least the minimal benefit available ($1500 per month), but may also elect greater monthly benefit levels of $2500, $4000, or $5000."  Benefits are payable after 90 days of disability and may continue to age 65 years.  Hildreth Insurance Agency in Knoxville serves as a agency to manage the GME Disability Insurance.  The Hildreth Team will be present at our GME Orientation session on Fri, June 28, 2024, in Probasco Auditorium.

Flexible Benefits Plan

Residents are eligible to participate in the health expense and child care expense of the UTHSC flexible benefits program.

Leave Without Pay

• When a Resident/Fellow is on leave without pay for any reason other than FMLA, the Resident/Fellow is responsible for the entire portion of the health insurance cost.
• Residents/Fellows will be required to pay the employer portion of the health insurance prior to going on leave without pay unless it is an emergency.
• The employee portion will be deducted from their next paycheck.

Termination

Residents/Fellows are eligible for COBRA coverage when they terminate from the University; the insurance carrier will mail you enrollment forms, and you will pay them directly.