Open Enrollment Dates:
- Starts: April 21, 2025
- Ends: May 9, 2025
- New Benefits Begin: July 1, 2025
This is an ideal time to review your current medical, dental, vision, and other benefits to determine if any changes are needed.
Important:
After May 9, no changes to your coverage or dependent information will be allowed. Any updates must wait until you experience a qualifying life event or until the next Open Enrollment period.
Important Notice: Discontinuation of the CU Extended Plan
- Attention: The CU Extended Plan will be discontinued.
- Action Required:
If you are currently enrolled in the CU Extended Plan, you must choose another available plan to maintain your coverage. - More Information:
Additional details will be provided soon. Please stay tuned for updates.
Essential Actions for Open Enrollment
- Verify Your Contact Information
Ensure your contact details are current so that you receive all important updates. - Review Your Enrollments and Dependent Information
Confirm that your benefits and dependent details are accurate. - Sign Up for the Text Message Reminder Tool
- What It Does: Receive timely alerts about deadlines and next steps.
- How to Sign Up: Visit the Text Alerts page for more details.
- Please Note: If you’re currently enrolled in alerts for weather, closures, IT maintenance, or unplanned IT system outages, you must enroll separately in Open Enrollment alerts.
- To select the correct text alert please scroll down the page and expand #3- Sign Up for Open Enrollment Text reminders
Resources and Open Enrollment Fair
- Plan Comparison Tools:
Online resources will be available to help you compare your plan options. - Additional Benefits Information:
For more details on CU’s Employee Benefits, visit the CU Employee Benefits webpage. - Open Enrollment Campus Fair and Talks:
- What It Is: An opportunity to visit on campus, speak directly with benefits experts, and attend informative talks—all without needing to register in advance.
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Event Details:
CU Denver Campus Fair:-
Date & Time: April 22, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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Location: Rob & Lola Salazar Student Wellness Center Gymnasium
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- More Details: Visit the Open Enrollment Event page.
Automatic Re-enrollment and Exceptions
- Automatic Re-enrollment:
If you are satisfied with your current benefits (and you are not on the CU Extended Plan), you will be automatically re-enrolled. - Exception:
Employees with a Health Care Flexible Spending Account or a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account must re-enroll for the 2025–26 plan year.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact:
- Email: sehdhr@ucdenver.edu or benefits@cu.edu
- Phone: 303-860-4200 (option 3)