Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The total rewards statement in Workday now has a fresh, new look. This powerful tool continues to reveal the full extent of your rewards and benefits as a VUMC employee. Explore your total rewards package to understand the many ways VUMC invests in you, from your base pay to health care coverage, to income replacement insurance, and retirement benefits.

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.

The HR Benefits team will host several opportunities in the coming weeks for employees to learn more about Open Enrollment and what’s new this year as well as learn how to make changes to your plans and make the most of your benefits. 2024 Virtual Benefits FairSept. 23 – Oct. 4

Open Enrollment for 2025 benefits begins Oct. 17 and ends Oct. 31. Open Enrollment is your chance to review and update your benefits, including health, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, and flexible spending accounts. The benefits you choose will take effect on Jan. 1, 2025, and last until Dec. 31, 2025. 

In September, the fiscal year 2025 performance management cycle kicks off with goal setting starting on Sept. 9 and closing on Sept. 30. This year, we will once again track our goals in Workday.

For this year’s Open Enrollment — which takes place Oct. 17-31 — there is good news to share with you. The details of the health care benefits plans — including networks, coverage, and copays — will remain the same as we transition to a new administrator of the VUMC health plan. For the 2025 plan year, our health plan will be administered by Meritain Health, a subsidiary of Aetna. Below are five things to know about our switch to Meritain.

Due to the Joint Commission visit earlier this month, we have extended the deadline for annual evaluations by one week to provide support for managers who may need more time. Leaders now have until Sept. 7 to complete all evaluations for their eligible staff for the fiscal year 2024 cycle. As you know, annual evaluations give leaders a chance to connect with their staff and provide feedback, recognize good work, identify opportunities for improvement, and help their employees grow.Prepare for your annual discussion.