Employee Benefits

Iona University is proud to offer our employees a very comprehensive benefits program. Our plans offer a wide range of options to fit the needs of our employees and their families.

The Human Resources team partners with our benefit providers to ensure our plans remain competitive in terms of costs and coverage offered. The Iona University benefit plans are open to full-time faculty, administrators and staff.

All questions on the benefits plans should be directed to HR@iona.edu.

ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

All full-time employees are eligible for benefits effective the first of the month following their hire date or transition to full-time status date. Employees will select insurance enrollments through the Paycom employee self-service portal (link). All enrollments must be completed by the last day of the month in which they become eligible for benefits. Unless the employee has a qualifying event, all enrollments outside of this window will be processed during open enrollment. Benefits that can be changed outside of open enrollment include 403b retirement, life insurance, and transportation flexible spending account (FSA).

OPEN ENROLLMENT

Open enrollment is held annually in November with an insurance effective date of January 1. With the exception of a qualifying event, open enrollment is the only opportunity employees have to make changes to medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending accounts.

Important Note - Flexible Spending coverage does not roll over from year to year. All employees must re-enroll during open enrollment each year.

QUALIFYING EVENTS

A qualifying event allows an employee to make changes outside of open enrollment. A qualifying event is considered a change in family status (e.g., birth, death, marriage, divorce, or loss of prior coverage). An employee has 30 days from the date of the qualifying event to make changes to benefits. Qualifying events are submitted through Paycom with supporting documentation.

TERMINATION

Employees who terminate from the University who are enrolled in the health, dental, or vision plans have the option to continue their benefits at their own expense. Information regarding the continuation of benefits will be mailed to the home address on file from our third-party vendor, Cobrahelp. All current benefit cards can be used if the employee continues benefits after termination. Information on continuing life insurance and flexible spending accounts is included in the Paycom offboarding checklist. Basic life and voluntary life insurance terminate on the last day of employment.

DEPENDENT TERMINATION

Dependent children can be covered on the Iona health, dental, vision, and life insurance until the end of the month in which they turn 26 years old. Information for the dependent child to continue benefits will be sent to the mailing address on file from our third-party vendor, Cobrahelp.

Disability
Accident
Cancer/Critical Illness
Hospital

DISABILITY

To supplement New York State Disability Insurance, Iona University offers staff employees the opportunity to purchase additional coverage through AFLAC. AFLAC's Short Term Disability gives you the ability to protect your income in the short term, up to 6 months. Most disabilities statistically are resolved within 12 months. AFLAC policies are portable, and the price never changes through age 70. Maternity coverage is available.

ACCIDENT

Iona offers all employees the opportunity to purchase Aflac’s Accident policy. This policy can pay you cash benefits to help with the unexpected bills for doctor visits, x-rays, fractures, physical therapy and more.

CANCER

Iona offers all employees the opportunity to purchase Aflac’s Cancer policy. This policy can help you and your family better cope financially if a positive diagnosis of cancer ever occurs. There are also options for heart related events.

HOSPITAL

Iona offers all employees the opportunity to purchase The Aflac Hospital policy. This policy can help ease the financial burden of hospital stays, ER visits, and much more by providing cash benefits for accidents, sickness and maternity.

Coverage Type: Medical
Carrier Name: Christian Brother
Telephone Number: 1-800-807-0400
Carrier website: My Health (cbservices.org)

Coverage Type: RX
Carrier Name: Express Scripts
Telephone Number: 1-800-718-6601
Carrier website: Express Scripts Members: Manage Your Prescriptions Online (express-scripts.com)

Coverage Type: Consult a Doctor, 24/7
Carrier Name: Teladoc
Telephone Number: 1-800-362-2667
Carrier website: Telehealth & Telemedicine Provider | Teladoc Health

Coverage Type: Dental
Carrier Name: Aetna
Telephone Number: 1-877-238-6200
Carrier website: Health Insurance Plans | Aetna

Coverage Type: Vision
Carrier Name: Anthem BlueCross BlueShield
Telephone Number: 1-866-723-0515
Carrier website: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield: Health Insurance, Medicare & More

Coverage Type: Retirement
Carrier Name: TIAA
Telephone Number: 1-800-842-2252
Carrier website: https://www.tiaa.org/public

Coverage Type: Flexible Spending Accounts
Carrier Name: Advanced Benefit Strategies
Telephone Number: 1-877-732-8125
Carrier website: Flexible Spending Account Administrators (FSA plans) | ABS, Inc. (abs125.com)

Coverage Type: Life/AD&D
Carrier Name: Prudential
Telephone Number: 800-524-0542
Carrier website: Invest, Insure, Retire and Plan | Prudential Financial

Coverage Type: Long-Term Disability
Carrier Name: Prudential
Telephone Number: 800-842-1718
Carrier website: Invest, Insure, Retire and Plan | Prudential Financial

Coverage Type: Voluntary Short-Term Disability/Supplemental Insurance
Carrier Name: Aflac
Telephone Number: 1-203-921-7946
Carrier Email: asa_hazen@us.aflac.com

Coverage Type: Health Advocacy
Carrier Name: Carenet
Telephone Number: 1-833-968-1775
Carrier website: MyAdvocate – Personal Health Assistant (myadvocateservices.com)

Coverage Type: Employee Assistance Program
Carrier Name: ComPysch
Telephone Number: 1-800-362-2667
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