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Open Enrollment 2025

Health & Welfare Benefits

American University provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports you and your family.

You are eligible for benefits if you are a full-time faculty or staff member, as defined in theÌýFaculty Staff Benefits Manual.

Some benefits, such as medical and dental, require enrollment during specific enrollment windows. Other benefits, such as contributions to the AU 403(b) retirement plan, can be made at any time throughout the year.

You may enroll in most of the university benefits plans:

Medical

Choose between three medical options:

  1. CareFirst PPOÌý
  2. CareFirst HDHP
  3. Kaiser Permanente

Compare Medical

Prescription Drugs

Prescriptions are part of your medical plan.

  • Express Scripts for CareFirst participants
  • Kaiser for Kaiser participants

Learn about Rx coverage

Dental

AU offers two dental plans through Delta Dental.

  • Basic
  • Comprehensive

Compare Dental

Vision

Two vision plans to choose from:

  • Basic
  • Enhanced

View vision plans

Flexible Spending Accounts

Use pre-tax dollars to pay for certain health and dependent care expenses.

Learn about FSAs

Legal

Optional legal coverage to help protect you, your family, your finances and your future.

Explore the legal plan

Life and AD&D Insurance

Protect and provide security for your family or beneficiaries.

View insurance options

Open enrollment & new hire enrollment

Instructions to make your open enrollment elections in Workday

  • Log into Workday and go to your Inbox.
  • Click the Inbox icon, then open the Open Enrollment Change message.
  • Select Let’s Get Started to go to the enrollment page.

You’ll see one of the following options:

  • Manage: Update your elections.
  • Enroll: You’re not currently enrolled but can enroll for 2025.
  • View: Changes aren’t allowed for this benefit (e.g., core benefits like basic life insurance or benefits requiring vendor enrollment, like commuter benefits).

To add dependents

  • Click Add New Dependent and enter as much information as possible (fields marked with an asterisk are required and must be completed).
  • Click Save.

After you’ve made your elections click Review and Sign at the bottom of the screen. Review the summary, check "I Accept," and then click Submit and Done.

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American University makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information that appears on the benefits site. However, if there are discrepancies between the information presented and the legal documents governing a plan or program (the "plan documents"), the plan documents will always govern. American University reserves the right to amend or terminate any benefit plan at its sole discretion at any time, for any reason.