Today, Thursday, November 15, is the last day of Annual Enrollment.  Please
submit all changes/additions to the Office of Personnel Services by 3:00 PM.

GROUP INSURANCE ANNUAL ENROLLMENT
OCTOBER 15 THROUGH NOVEMBER 15

During the annual transfer/enrollment period for group insurance, faculty
and staff are provided the opportunity to review their current insurance
coverage, evaluate available options, and make changes for the next
calendar year. Eligible faculty and staff should have received (at your home)
information from the State of Tennessee and various insurance carriers
regarding changes to insurance programs and the options available.

Personnel Services will be available to confer individually with faculty
and staff members, to provide departmental information sessions as
requested, and to assist faculty and staff in processing the necessary
forms. Questions, requests for departmental information sessions, or other
requests for assistance of any kind regarding the annual enrollment process
should be directed to our Benefits Specialist, Kathy Bonham. Kathy can be
reached by phone  (755-4452).

As a reminder... among the changes eligible faculty and staff may make are:

*Change Medical Insurance carrier (choice of PPO BlueCross/BlueShield, HMO
John Deere, POS John Deere).
*Change Dental Insurance plan type (choices of Prepaid Plan 2 or PDO).
*Increase Optional Term and Group Universal Life Insurance
*Add Dental Insurance.
*Add Optional Term and Group Universal Life Insurance for employee and family.
*Add Optional Special Accident Insurance coverage for employee and family.
*Change Long Term Disability plan type.
*Terminate Medical, Dental, Life, Optional Special Accident, or Long Term
Disability Insurance.

*****Please note you can not at this time add Health Insurance or any
dependents to your health insurance unless you have a life changing event,
enrollment period expires 60 days after date of event.  However, if there
is an interest to do so, please contact Kathy Bonham after January 1, 2002,
for details.

Increase in Insurance Premiums: As was indicated in previous communications
from the State and UT Treasurer's Office, there will be an increase in
premiums for all medical insurance plans effective January 1, 2002.  The
change will be reflected in the December paycheck, since premiums are paid
a month in advance.

The following summarizes some of the principal changes to our insurance
programs:

PPO
* Out-of- pocket maximum on the annual pharmacy co-pay maximum is $720/per
person per year.

HMO
* Out-of- pocket maximum of $1,000/single and $3,000/family will be removed.
There will be no out-of-pocket maximum for the HMO Plan.

POS
* Out-of- pocket maximum of $3,000/single and $6,000/family will be removed.
There will be no out-of-pocket maximum for the POS plan.

DENTAL:
*No change in benefits.

Note: Denticare Prepaid Plan 2 currently lists two dentists for Hamilton
County:

Perry, Benjamin C DDS, 8703 E. Brainerd Rd, 893-7443
Woods, Elenora DDS, 6425 Bonny Oaks Dr., 892-3545


Kathy Bonham
Benefits Specialist
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Personnel Services, Dept. #3603
615 McCallie Ave.
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Office 423-755-4452
Fax 423-755-4574