Vanderbilt University Medical Center

As you know, Open Enrollment for 2025 benefits is going on now. You have until 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 31 to choose or change your benefits.

Open Enrollment for 2025 benefits begins today and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 31. Open Enrollment is a good time to review your benefit plans to make sure they meet the needs of you and your family.  Who should enroll

This Open Enrollment season, the Benefits Team is offering several ways for employees to get answers to their questions, including offering an Open Enrollment information sheet and the Open Enrollment home mailer translated into Arabic and Spanish. Visit the Open Enrollment website at hr.vumc.org/oe to download these documents or click the links below. 

VUMC offers three health plan options: Plus, Select and the Health Savers Plan. The health plans differ in how much the employee is required to pay for premiums, deductibles and coinsurance, the limits to how much employees will pay out-of-pocket as well as prescription drug coverage and the availability of a flexible spending account (FSA) versus a health savings account (HSA).The infographic below details the differences and similarities between VUMC’s health plans.

Open Enrollment for 2025 benefits begins Oct. 17. Beginning today, you can access all the necessary resources you need to make the best choices for you and your family on the Open Enrollment website.

Each year, during Open Enrollment, you can contribute to a health care or dependent day care flexible spending account. Flexible spending accounts, or FSAs, allow you to set aside pretax dollars to pay for eligible out-of-pocket medical, dental and vision expenses and/or dependent day care expenses throughout the year.

The MyHealth Bundles program continues in 2025 with streamlined, convenient care that leads to improved outcomes and saves employees money. VUMC employees and their dependents* enrolled in the VUMC health plans are eligible to participate in the bundles program.

VUMC health plan members can take advantage of enhanced benefits to help you and your adult dependents get care when, where, and how you need it, and at an affordable price.

Open Enrollment is your annual opportunity to choose the benefits that best serve you and your family. But there may come a time when you need to change your health benefits plans outside of the annual Open Enrollment period due to a change in your personal or work life. If so, you can declare a life event. 

Naming a beneficiary is a crucial step for ensuring that your loved ones don’t suffer undue stress when you’ve no longer around. It’s a small effort that can make a big difference in their lives, and it only takes a few minutes of your time.