{"id":245670,"date":"2026-05-08T14:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=245670"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:23:22","slug":"2026-healthcare-open-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/05\/2026-healthcare-open-enrollment\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Healthcare Open Enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Health Insurance Open Enrollment period for most state employees will be held through<strong> Sunday, May 31, 2026. <\/strong>Any changes made during Open Enrollment will become <strong>effective July 1, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No action is required if you wish to remain enrolled in your current coverage; your existing elections will automatically continue. \u00a0<\/strong>A summary of your current health plans\/coverages can be viewed on the Core -CT home page &gt; Benefit Details &gt; Benefits Summary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u>Plan Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcarecompass.ct.gov%2Fbenefits-enrollment%2Factive-employees%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cjoanna.smith%40uconn.edu%7Ce246bf1323464076ff1608dd873a4666%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638815406537319605%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=U3qHIoE97bXzU5yg9pikMAAY2ZbrwjmEwl5TRZdjHUY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Care Compass website<\/a> includes information about the plans, rates, and upcoming live virtual Q&amp;A Sessions.<\/li>\n<li>Employees have access to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcarecompass.quantum-health.com%2Fauth%2Flogin-credential&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cjoanna.smith%40uconn.edu%7Ce246bf1323464076ff1608dd873a4666%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638815406537357506%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=477Fcv4Mh4wBU5%2BXlaiu%2FMQxZjAT2jjqdUAE%2F5j0aaY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">personalized benefits portal<\/a>; Quantum Health Care Coordinators can also be reached at (833) 740-3258 to answer questions regarding the benefit plans and the Health Enhancement Program (HEP).<\/li>\n<li>Dental plan\/coverage questions may be directed to CIGNA who may be reached at 1-800-244-6224<\/li>\n<li>Please note that this Open Enrollment period is specific to medical and dental coverage.\u00a0 Information regarding supplemental benefits (i.e. MEDFLEX, DCAP, etc.) is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Fct.gov%2Fsupplemental-benefits-overview-2025-2&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cjoanna.smith%40uconn.edu%7Ce246bf1323464076ff1608dd873a4666%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638815406537368889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ySPj9E4gqvFYm86EMJ7F44z4ZRGQudK7qff0lkQrzoQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Care Compass Supplemental Benefits<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Important ID Card Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Anthem ID cards with updated Member ID#\u2019s and Group #\u2019s will be mailed to ALL employees enrolled in a medical plan, as well as any dependents under coverage, to use as of July 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2026 regardless if you make a change during Open Enrollment. CIGNA Dental ID cards will only be mailed if you make a plan change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Options<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During Open Enrollment, you may:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>change medical and\/or dental plans<\/li>\n<li>add or drop coverage for your eligible family members<\/li>\n<li>enroll if you previously waived coverage<\/li>\n<li>enroll in or opt out of the Health Enhancement Program (HEP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Making Changes During Open Enrollment <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employees may make changes directly in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ess.uconn.edu\"><strong>CORE-CT<\/strong><\/a> <strong>until Sunday, May 31, 2026<\/strong>. \u00a0Please note that current members of the Quality First Select Access medical plan may not be able to make changes in CORE-CT, and instead, may need to contact Human Resources <a href=\"mailto:Benefits@uconn.edu\">Benefits@uconn.edu<\/a> for assistance.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No action is required if you wish to remain enrolled in your current coverage; your existing elections will automatically continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2113],"class_list":["post-245670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-quote"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-30 20:32:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245672,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245670\/revisions\/245672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245670"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=245670"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=245670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}