New Employees
Get Started - Benefits Enrollment for New Employees
Enroll Online Through EBenefits
To enroll, go to www.ebenefits.com/purdue. You will need your Purdue University ID number (PUID) to log on to EBenefits for the first time.
Decisions You Need to Make Now
Medical: Learn about the plans and choose an option
Employees who do not enroll for medical coverage during their initial open enrollment period will have no medical coverage through Purdue.
The next opportunity to enroll in a Purdue medical plan will be during the annual benefits enrollment in the fall.
- Information about the medical plans:
Purdue Choice Fund plan with HSA
Purdue Incentive Plan: Summary of Benefits, lab benefit
Purdue Copay Plan: Summary of Benefits, lab benefit
- Options for specific situations:
"Purdue Spouse" Medical Option
"Opt Out" Medical Option
- Additional medical plan resources:
Medical Benefit Plan Summaries
2012 Employee Contributions for Medical Plans
Comparing Your 2012 Medical Options
Dependent Eligibility (Includes link to information on how to verify your dependents are eligible to be covered on your benefits)
Flexible Spending Accounts
Disability Coverage
Life and Accident Plans
- Additional Employee Term Life Insurance
- Additional Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- Spouse/Same-Sex Domestic Partner and Child Term Life Insurance
Voluntary Benefit Options
- Voluntary Benefits for Dental, Accident, Critical Illness, Legal Services and Universal Life
Additional Benefits: No Decision Required
- Vision
- Basic Employee Term Life Insurance
- Basic Employee Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- Long Term Disability
- Retirement
Always Open: Benefits You May Select at Any Time
- Voluntary Retirement Savings: Tax Deferred Annuities
- Voluntary Benefits for Auto and Homeowners
Resources for Enrollment and Beyond
General:
- Call the Human Resources Service Center at 49-42222 or call your regional campus Human Resources Office for assistance with benefits.
- Learn about dependent eligibility. (Includes link to information on how to verify your dependents are eligible to be covered on your benefits)
Medical:
- Visit myCignaplans.com to compare your out-of-pocket costs for the three 2012 medical plans, find a network provider, or use other valuable planning tools. Enter the user ID "Purdue2012" and the password "cigna".
- Go to myCigna.com to find network providers, view the status of your claims and much more.
- View employee contribution rates for 2012 medical plans.
- Call the Cigna help line at 800-767-7141.
Prescriptions:
- Visit the Medco Web site to see if your brand-name drug is on the Medco formulary and if your retail pharmacy is part of the Medco network.
- View the Medco formulary.
- Call the Medco member service line at 877-845-2795.
Flexible Spending Accounts:
Medical Benefit Plan Summaries
- Purdue Choice Fund with Health Savings Account Summary of Benefits
- Purdue Incentive Plan Summary of Benefits
- Purdue Copay Plan Summary of Benefits
Comparing Your 2012 Medical Options
- Visit myCignaplans.com to compare your out-of-pocket costs for Purdue's three 2012 medical options. Enter the user ID "Purdue2012" and the password "cigna".
- View employee contribution rates for 2012 medical plans.
- Study the employee out-of-pocket cost comparison for 2012 plans.