New Hire CMU Choices Benefits On-Line Enrollment
Your CMU Choices benefits enrollment must be completed within 30 days of your date of hire.
- Elections are required for each of the Health Plans (Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision) and Life/Disability Plans for which you are eligible. During the enrollment process, the system will remind you of the benefit plans still in need of an election.
- You are able to view cost and benefit plan information while in the enrollment system.
- Your elections will be locked in at the end of your online session once you have enrolled in all of the required benefits. After your elections are locked in, you will be unable to make any further changes to your CMU Choices benefits.
- If you choose to elect a Flex Spending Account (FSA), you must elect an FSA at the same time you are also electing the required benefits. You will not be able to enroll in an FSA after the system has locked in your required elections noted above.
Where do I find the enrollment system on the Portal?
- Under "I want to..." in the upper right corner of the portal select: "My CMU Choices Benefits"
- You will need to login with your CMU Global ID and password before entering the secure site.
Enrollment Guidance
To preview the on-line system and the steps to process your CMU Choices Benefits through the on-line system please review the Enrollment Quick Guide
Can I Change my benefit elections during the plan year?
Once you have elected all of your benefit choices, your elections will be binding for the remainder of the plan year unless you have a qualifying status change.
Guidelines for Status Change Events
What if I fail to enroll for benefits within 30 days of my hire date?
If you fail to enroll within 30 days of your date of hire, you will be automatically enrolled in:
Medical - BCBS Community Blue PPO1 - Single (Staff only)
Medical - MESSA Supercare 1 - Single (Regular Faculty only)
Prescription Drug - Express Scripts 10/20/30 - Single
Dental - No Coverage
Life Insurance - 1X Salary
Flex Spending Accounts - No Coverage
Vision - No Coverage
Long Term Disability - 50% plan
Short Term Disability - No Coverage
Dependent Life - No Coverage
The benefits listed above will be the only benefits elected. (NOTE: Temporary Faculty will be automatically enrolled in 1X Salary Life Insurance only - no other benefits will be elected).
When does my coverage begin?
Benefit Coverage effective dates are based on your employee group. New Hire Benefit Eligibility Dates