Friday, February 15, 2013

Choicelinx - your online enrollment and benefits update tool

 

 

 

 Sent to you by Sarah via Google Reader:

via Kendall Library Blog by Karen on 2/13/13

 

From COH Broadcast Message, 11:37 AM: 

Choicelinx - online enrollment and benefits update tool

Open Enrollment is coming up in March and you'll use Choicelinx to enroll. Available 24/7,  Choicelinx  makes electing and updating your benefits simple and personal. Choicelinx provides valuable resources to update information and make enrollment quick and easy.  The online enrollment application is secure, so whether you are at home, at work, or using a public computer (such as at the library), your information will be protected. 

Use Choicelinx to make your benefits selections or update your coverage for:

*Cigna Medical Plans                       *UHC Dental                        

*Beneficiary designation for Basic and/or Voluntary Life Insurance

*Voluntary Life Insurance

* Flexible Spending Accounts: Dependent Care Reimbursement and the HealthCare Flexible Spending  

What You Can Do:

You can use the tool to make the following benefit transactions:

New Hires

·       Elect healthcare benefits

·       Elect dental benefits

·       Name  dependents

·       Elect life insurance

·       Designate beneficiary(s)

·       Elect the healthcare flexible spending account

·       Elect the Dependent Care Reimbursement Account 

·       Be re-directed to the  AFLAC website to receive information about plan participation

 

Current Employees: Update your record when life events occur

·       Gain a new family member due to birth, adoption, legal guardianship

·       Recently Married

·       Divorced

·       A covered family member passed away

·       Spouse or other dependent gains  other coverage and you want to  change your benefits

·       Increase contributions to your healthcare flexible spending account   

·       Increase or decrease contributions to your Dependent Care Reimbursement Account

·       Stop the Tobacco-User Premium

 

 


If you are a first-time user, or you are visiting the site for the first time since December 1, 2012, you will need to register for a username and password.

 

  1. Log On

Go to www.yourbenefitschoices.com/coh.  The first time you use Choicelinx, you must register to obtain a user name and password.  Click on the "Register Now" button on the left, under the heading "First Time Here?"

  1. Register

To register, you must fill out all the required information (SSN, last name, first name, date of birth, home zip code).

  1. User Name

You will need to create your own user name.  It must be at least 4 characters long, and contain at least one letter and one number.  You cannot modify your user name once it has been created.

  1. Create Password

Create a password using 8 – 20 characters; include both upper and lower case letters and at least one number.  Password cannot contain your name, symbols or punctuation.

  1. Create Security Phrase

You will be prompted to create a security question and answer.  Please choose something you can easily remember as this will be used to retrieve a forgotten password.

  1. Welcome to Choicelinx                 

Upon initial login, you will see a "terms and condition" page, to which you will need to agree in order to proceed.  Once you click "I Agree", you will receive a welcome page from which you can proceed with your elections.

 

Returning users

Simply go to www.yourbenefitschoices.com/coh and enter your username and password under "Been here before?" 

 

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