Benefits Office Hours of Operation
By Appointment Only
November 1, 2024, through January 21, 2025
Benefits Office will resume walk-in services on
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Scheduled appointments are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 am - 11:00 am & 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Please email benefits@peralta.edu to schedule your appointment.
- Part-Time/Hourly Faculty Benefits Fall 2024 Instructions & Forms Included
- If completing a life event, the applicable forms are included in this announcement for upload to BenefitBridge
- Eligibility Checklist
- Medical Plan Comparison
Medical Plans
SISC Kaiser Traditional HMO Plan
SISC Anthem PPO Plans
There are two PPO plans offered: Anthem PPO and Anthem PPO 2
Dental
- UHC Dental DHMO – Welcome Brochure
- UHC Dental Select Managed Care CA Open Enrollment Brochure
- Summary of Dental Benefits and Coverage Disclosure Matrix (SDBC)
- UHC DHMO – Direct Compensation Dental Plan Evidence of Coverage
- UHC Dental DHMO – Direct Compensation (DC) Contributory CA250/covered dental services CA D1065
Navia
Navia Benefit Solutions will be the administrator of our Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Commuter benefits.
Election and Claim Filing Period
Open Enrollment period is a great time to look at your benefits and estimate your out-of-pocket expenses. Be sure to only elect an amount that you know you will use during your plan year. At the end of the plan year, you will have a claim filing period to turn in any leftover claims for your benefits. Money left in the plan after the end of the claim filing period and 2 ½ month Grace period is subject to the Use-or-Lose rule and cannot be refunded to you.
Grace Period
Your plan also has a special 2 ½ month Grace Period after the end of the plan year. This feature gives you an additional 2 ½ months to incur expenses against your Health Care and Day Care arrangements. All expenses incurred during the grace period will automatically be deducted from the prior year’s arrangement, and any remaining balance will then be applied to the current plan year.
This will be a plan year from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
The maximum amounts that you can contribute to this short plan year are:
- $3,200.00 for healthcare/medical FSA
- $5,000.00 (per household) for dependent care FSA
- Commuter benefits (transit and parking) currently each $360.00.
Deductions will be taken out of your paycheck - Your election amount will be evenly deducted pre-tax from 6 paychecks: October 2024, November 2024, December 2024, March 2025, April 2025, and May 2025.
For assistance with your benefits questions,
please contact the District Benefits Office at 510.466.7229
Mon – Fri, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, PST (Open to the public from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
Or email benefits@peralta.edu
