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School of Medicine Health Sciences Compensation Plan Insurance Information
While most UC-sponsored health and welfare and retirement programs are the same for faculty as they are for staff, there are also insurance programs related to Health Sciences Compensation (HSC) plans that are specifically for eligible faculty members.
School of Medicine Faculty members who participate in a Health Sciences Compensation (HSC) Plan may be eligible for coverage under the HSC insurance programs. These plans cover a component of salary (i.e., “HSC” and “BYC"), which is not considered “covered compensation” for purposes of the University of California Retirement Plans and Health and Welfare Programs.
These HSC insurance plans include:
- HSC Group Life/AD&D Benefits
- Carrier: Assurant
- Summary Plan Description
- Basic Life/AD&D Coverage (employer-paid)
- Voluntary Life/AD&D Coverage (employee-paid)
- Rates for Voluntary Life/AD&D Coverage
- Life/AD&D Enrollment form (includes Beneficiary Designation)
- Extended Employee Application form
- Authorization for Release of PHI
- Apply to enroll/increase coverage outside of period of initial eligibility
- Apply for coverage above the general limits
- Apply to enroll/increase coverage outside of period of initial eligibility
- Rates for Voluntary Life/AD&D Coverage
- Carrier: Assurant
- HSC Long-term Disability Insurance
- Carrier: Hartford
- Summary Plan Description
- Automatic Coverage (for eligible faculty)
- Carrier: Hartford
Contact:
- Academic Personnel Coordinator (department) for Summary Plan Descriptions, information and enrollment materials, options, procedures
- Academic Affairs (SM) for data entry of new/changes in enrollments
- UCSF HR/Benefits Office for claims/counselling