Faculty and Staff Benefits Enrollment
Johns Hopkins offers comprehensive and competitive benefits to support your life inside and outside of work. You’ll have the same selection of plans and programs that you did for 2024, with a choice of medical plans (including prescription drug coverage), a choice of dental plans and vision coverage.
Annual enrollment is your once-a-year opportunity* to not only elect your benefits for the coming year but to also explore all the amazing resources you may be missing out on. That includes all the great well-being programs and resources, financial security benefits, and other offerings available year-round to you and your family members.
*Exception to the once-a-year rule: Planning to get married, welcome a baby, or switch jobs next year? These are all “qualifying life events,” and you can make the related benefit changes anytime you experience these events. Be sure to notify the benefits team within 30 days following the date of the event to make changes to your benefits.
Here’s a quick overview of what’s new and changing.
In 2025, JHU will be adding:
What’s changing:
Use the buttons below to learn more about all the great benefits you can elect during annual enrollment. You’ll find information about JHU’s medical, dental, and vision plans, including charts that will help you compare key features of the medical and dental plans, details about tax-advantaged accounts that can help you save money, and an overview of additional financial benefits that can provide extra protection and peace of mind for you and your family.
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Want to learn more about which benefits are right for you? ALEX can help you compare costs and pick the medical plan and other benefits that fit you best. Answer a few questions about your health care needs and preferences to find the right benefits for you.
Here are resources to help you make your enrollment choices, steps you need to take to prepare, and information on how to enroll for your 2025 JHU benefits.
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Enrollment Resources
Use these tools and resources that JHU provides to help you select your benefits.
- Compare medical plan options
- Visit ALEX, our interactive decision-support tool. ALEX acts as a virtual benefits counselor to help you learn more about your JHU benefits options, so you can choose what’s best for you. ALEX can provide a more complete picture of your benefits options when you also provide information about your spouse or partner’s coverage options.
- Review the 2025 Faculty and Staff Benefits Enrollment Toolkit, which is designed to be printed if you like.
- Questions about your benefits? Contact Quantum Health at 844-460-2801 with questions about your benefits and coverage options.
- Attend a town hall webinar. Hear from the Benefits team, and get answers to all your questions at a virtual town hall meeting. View the schedule, and mark your calendar to attend. A recording of the webinar will be available in early October.
- Read the most recent HR NewsWire. Learn about your benefits, and access tips and tricks to make the most of them.
- Access annual notices. Legal notices are provided to inform you of your rights under federal law. For details, visit the Legal Notices page.
Prepare to Enroll
There are very few changes to our benefits for 2025. This offers a perfect opportunity to spend a little time exploring your options and using the tools and resources below to make thoughtful, informed decisions for you and your family.
Think about your health care experience in 2024, for instance:
- How many office visits and prescriptions did you need?
- Did you meet your deductible or pay for coverage you didn’t use?
- Did you spend more than you needed to on out-of-network providers?
Then consider your needs for next year. Will they be more, less, about the same? Any planned procedures or a pregnancy on the horizon?
Remember, you must take action during enrollment if you want to:
- Select a different medical plan
- Contribute to a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or the Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Take advantage of JHU’s child care voucher or scholarship programs
- Add or remove a dependent
- Increase your life insurance coverage
If you don’t actively enroll, you’ll have the same benefits next year that you have now, at 2025 rates.
*Unless you enroll, contributions to the Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) or the Health Savings Account (HSA) will be set to $0. You can change your HSA contribution later, but because of IRS rules, you won’t be able to contribute to an FSA for all of 2025.
Enroll Now
When you’re ready to enroll, visit the myChoices Health & Life benefits portal between October 16 and October 31, 2024. Just follow these steps:
- Have the following handy:
- Your JHED ID
- Social Security numbers and birthdates for your dependents (if applicable)
- Documents to verify your relationship to family members covered under your plan, such as child’s birth certificate or marriage certificate (if not already on file)
- Names and birthdates of your beneficiaries
- Click the Enroll Now! button to get started.
- Confirm that your Health and Welfare elections, personal information, and beneficiaries are correct.
- Click the I Accept button to verify your elections for 2025.
- Once you’ve enrolled, print a copy of your confirmation statement for your records.
Questions about enrolling?
Contact the Benefits Service Center by emailing [email protected] or calling 410-516-2000.
Quantum Health is your full-time health care benefits resource and advocate. Quantum Health can answer questions about your health benefits during annual enrollment and can help you make the most of your JHU medical and prescription benefits all year long. No need to deal with multiple entities or websites. Everything can be addressed by calling Quantum Health or accessing the member portal.
Quantum Health offers live, personalized support that can save you time and maybe save you some out-of-pocket expenses.
Learn more about all the ways Quantum Health’s team of experts can help you. Also, read what your colleagues are saying about their experiences using this service.
Contact Quantum Health at 844-460-2801 or online at jhu.quantum-health.com.