Dental Benefits

Use this screen to view and select your dental insurance option. You can call up the Dental Benefits screen from within Benefits Enrollment or through a Life Events change.  When you access this screen from the Life Events/New Hires application, the screen displays your current coverage and new coverage. The coverage amounts are broken out by pay frequency with a link to the selected plan information. The start date displays as well. You cannot access this screen from the main menu.

When do I use the Dental Benefits screen?

The Dental Benefits screen displays the Current Coverage table, which displays your current benefit plan and coverage option information. You can use the Enroll in New Coverage table to make a new dental election.  In addition, you can use the Dependent Information table to select the dependents you want covered (when applicable). You can view an existing record, add or update a record, navigate away from a record, or save a record.

Current Coverage

This table displays your current dental election.

Dental Plan

This field displays your current dental election.  

Coverage Start Date

This field displays the effective date for your current election.

The Coverage Start Date field displays only in the Life Events/New Hires application.

Coverage Level

This field displays the current level of coverage (i.e., "Employee," "Employee + 1," "Family," etc.)

<Frequency> Premium

This field displays your current premium amount, based on the (current) pay frequency ("Monthly," "Semi-Monthly," "Bi-Weekly" or "Weekly").

If there is no current dental election for you, the system will display the following message in the Current Coverage table: "You are currently not covered under a benefit plan.  To enroll, please make a selection below and click the 'Save' button."

Enroll in New Coverage

Use this table to make a new dental election.

Dental Plan

This field displays all of the (new) dental election options set up in the system. The plan may be displayed as a hyperlink.  If you click on the hyperlink, a new window will open with additional information about the plan.

Coverage Start Date

This field displays the date on which your new election is due to begin.  

The Coverage Start Date field displays only in the Life Events/New Hires application.

<Coverage Level> Options Columns and Dental Plan Rows

These columns display your dental coverage options (i.e. "Employee +Child," "Employee + Family," "Employee + Spouse," "Employee Only") and their rows display the dental premiums for the coverage/plan option combination.  Select the radio button in the column/row that displays your desired coverage/plan option combination.

Dependent Information

If you have dependents in the system, the table will be displayed and you can select the dependent(s) you want to assign to your plan.  

If a dependent is required for your plan and you have not selected one, the system will display the following message: "This coverage option requires dependents.  If no dependents are shown, you may set them up in Dependents and Beneficiaries."

Covered?

Select the checkbox to the left of the row to indicate that the dependent should be covered under the plan.  If the checkbox is unchecked, the dependent will not be covered under the plan.

The checkbox will be enabled if the defaulted/selected plan/coverage option requires dependents.  If the defaulted/selected plan/coverage option does not require dependents, the checkboxes will become unselected (if previously selected) and disabled.

Dependent

This field displays the name of the dependent.

Relationship

This field displays the relationship of the dependent to you.

Exit Life Event

Select this button to return to the splash screen.

Back

Select this button to move back to the previous page.

Come Back Later

Select this button to update the database with a placeholder and move to the next screen/page.  Then you can revisit the Life Events/New Hires process to complete the election at a later time.

No Change

Select this button to leave your benefit election(s) "as is" and move to the next screen/page.

Save

Select this button to update the database with your changes and move to the next screen/page.