Benefits Open Enrollment - April 21 - May 1, 2026
During open enrollment, employees are permitted to make changes to their current medical, dental, and vision insurance to include adding, dropping, or switching between plans. Employees will also be able to add supplemental insurance to their coverage.
What is Staying the Same:
- UIW will maintain the current medical, dental, and vision benefits, with no changes to employee premiums.
- RxBenefits will continue to be the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM).
- Proficient Benefit Solutions will continue to administer Flex Spending Accounts and Dependent Care.
- MetLife will continue as our vendor for Vision, short-term disability, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage.
- Mutual of Omaha will continue to be our life insurance and AD&D carrier.
- Grandfather status will continue under the ACA.
- Medical Subsidies will continue for those earning below $48,000.
What is Changing:
- Our medical insurance Third-Party Administrator (TPA) is changing from Personify Health to Aither Health.
- New medical ID cards will be issued.
- Flexible Spending IRS limits increased to $3,400 from $3,300.
- Dependent Care IRS limits increased to $7,500 from $5,000-first increase in over 40 years.
What You Need to Do:
Review the Benefit Open Enrollment News for additional information and the 2026-2027 Benefits Overview Booklet.
You must enroll or waive benefits during Benefits Open Enrollment, April 21 – May 1, 2026. Elections will not automatically roll over from last year.
Aither Health
RxBenefits
Proficient
MetLife
Mutual of Omaha
