Benefits and insurance

Benefits: Insurance, perks and resources

Calvin College is committed to offering its employees and their dependents a comprehensive benefit package - including health, medical, dental and life insurance as well as retirement and tuition programs. In addition to the benefits programs, there are many resources available to Calvin staff. You can learn more about these benefits and resources by choosing the appropriate link on this page.

Eligibility for each benefit is based on position classification and is determined by human resources at the time of appointment. Each spring during open enrollment the college provides you with an opportunity to change or update your benefits for the new benefits year, which begins on July 1. The human resources staff is available to assist you with any questions you might have about your benefits.

2013-2014 plan documents and resources (effective July 1, 2013)

• Blue Care Network (BCN) HMO Plan Summary Document
• Delta Dental Plan Summary Document
• BASIC Flexible Spending Enrollment Guide
• Blue Care Network Website
• Premium Shares Full-Time 75% FTE or greater
• Premium Shares 65-74% FTE
• Premium Shares 55-64% FTE
• Premium Shares 50-54% FTE

2012-2013 plan documents and descriptions (PDFs)

• Priority Health HMO plan summary document
  • Preventive Guidelines
  • Out of area dependent child benefit
• Priority Health POS plan summary document
  • Notice of grandfathered health plan status
• Delta Dental plan summary document
• Basic flexible spending enrollment guide
• Head of household description
• Notice of opportunity to enroll in connection with extension of dependent coverage to Age 26
  

2012-2013 Employee premium shares by FTE (PDFs)

• 50-59% FTE head of household
• 50-59% FTE non-head of household
• 60-69% FTE head of household
• 60-69% FTE non-head of household
• 70-79% FTE head of household
• 70-79% FTE non-head of household
• Full time (80%+) FTE head of household 
• Full time (80%+) non-head of household

Resources

• Priority Health
  • Preventive care guidelines (PDF)
  • Formulary drugs
  • "Common Costs" summary
  • "Welvie" program
• Delta Dental
• TIAA-CREF
  • Registered Investment Advisor
• Flexible spending account information
  • BASIC flexible spending resources
  • Debit Card PIN Option
• How to stretch your health care dollar (PDF)
• Saving money on prescriptions (PDF)
• Resources to compare health care costs (PDF)

 

2013 Open Enrollment

For the renewal of our 2013-14 health insurance plan we are switching to Blue Care Network (BCN). The following information can assist you in the mandatory paper enrollment process. Mandatory enrollment deadline for all staff and faculty is May 31, 2013.

Open enrollment dates

Open enrollment begins Wednesday, May 1 and goes through Friday, May 31 for the new plan year which begins July 1, 2013.

Paper enrollment

Each benefits-eligible employee must elect or waive health and dental insurance. In addition, those employees who want to participate in Flexible Spending must enroll at this time. Enrollment packets have been sent via ICM and contain the necessary paperwork. Forms and documents can also be found on the Portal.

Benefits enrollment resources

• Individual enrollment meetings with BCN - click here to view the days BCN will be on campus
• April-May 2013 Town Hall presentation
• Benefits eligibility chart
• Questions? Email HR