Insurance Benefits

UCSD Insurance Benefits:

• Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Dental Insurance
• Disability Benefits
• Domestic Partner Benefits
• Health Plans
• Legal Plan
• Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Other Benefits

 Your Health and Benefits Summary available on UCPath

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Benefits and Leaves Update for Faculty Members (effective January 1, 2025)

SOM faculty will receive 6 days of a protected paid sick leave bank annually beginning January 1^st. View the issuance letter and policy. 

The new paid protected sick leave bank of 6 days per year is in addition to the Paid Medical Leave they already had under APM – 710. They receive up to six (6) months of Paid Medical Leave on a consecutive or intermittent basis within a ten (10) year period for personal illness, injury, or disability.

Learn more about the expanded paid sick leave effective January 1, 2025. 

 UCSD Blue & Gold HMO Members: Access to Covered ($0/session) Therapy and Psychiatry through Teladoc

Support for anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, depression, family issues and more. Appointments available 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time, 7 days a week. 

Download the Teladoc Health app in your smartphone app store to start. Call 1-800-TELADOC (800-835-2362) for more information. 

All UC PPOs: Benefits Guidance, Virtual Care, and Medical Opinions through Accolade Health Care Advocate

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2023, members of CORE, UC Care and UC Health Savings Plan (the PPO plans) have a new resource: Accolade Health Care Advocate. Accolade offers:

• Personalized Health and Benefits Guidance at no cost from real people, not bots.
• Virtual care, including same-day or next-day appointments for urgent care needs; ongoing chronic disease care; and prescription management.
• Up to 12 primary care and 12 mental health therapy visits per year at $0 out of pocket cost
• Easy access to other benefits, including free second opinions, fertility services, FSAs, a prescription drug plan, and more.

Accolade doesn’t change UC’s PPO medical benefits; it makes them work better for members.

Instructions to access Accolade:

1. Navigate to member.accolade.com.
2. Select "Register" in the top left-hand quadrant of the landing page.
3. Input the prompted information (Name, DOB, Last 4 SSN).
4. Accolade will match your information to the UC PPO registry and you'll gain access!

UC and Accolade are raffling two $1,000 Amazon gift cards for those who register by March 31, 2023!