Enrolling a Person in a Non-Flex Program

You use the Non-Flex Program window to enroll an eligible participant in a program that is not funded by flex credits. Completing an enrollment involves:

Attention: For Advanced Benefits users, you must run the Participation batch process before you use this window to 1) ensure that the list of eligible persons for this enrollment cycle is up-to-date, and 2) create available enrollment choices for those persons.

Attention: If you are using Standard Benefits, electable choices are created when you query the program in the enrollment window for a participant.

arrow icon   To enroll a person in a non-flex program:

  1. Set the effective date.

  2. Query the Name, Social Security number, or other standard identifying information for the person you are enrolling.

  3. Select the Program in which the person is enrolling.

    Attention: If you take no enrollment action, the participant will be enrolled in the plans and options that are currently displayed.

  4. Tab into a blank Plan Type field and select the Plan Type that contains the plan and option that the person is electing.

  5. Select the person's election in the Plan and Option field.

  6. Choose the Info Online button from the toolbar--available if you license the third party product Authoria HR--to display a context-sensitive list of pages in the Authoria HR repository.

  7. Complete the election by entering participant values, where appropriate, in the tabbed regions of the enrollment window.

  8. Choose the Recalculate button to update the standard rate or coverage amount based on election information you entered.

    You only need to recalculate a rate if your system administrator defined a Post Enrollment Calculation rule for the standard rate or coverage calculation.

  9. Save this person's elections when you have completed the enrollment.

arrow icon   General Tab:

  1. Choose the General tab. The system displays the following view-only information:

    Note: The Enrolled field appears checked if a person is currently enrolled in this plan or option.

arrow icon   Amount Tab:

  1. Choose the Amount tab.

  2. Enter the annual coverage amount that can be elected for this plan or option in the Annual Amount field.

    Use this field if the participant can elect an annual amount to contribute to a plan. The system displays the minimum and maximum annual contribution amounts based on your plan definition.

  3. Enter the Defined Amount of the contribution or distribution, if applicable. The system displays the following view-only information:

    Note: The fields in the Communicated block indicate the communicated activity rate for this contribution or distribution if this rate is different than the actual amount that is used for element entries.

arrow icon   Rate Tab:

  1. Choose the Rate tab. The system displays the following view-only information:

arrow icon   Benefit Tab:

  1. Choose the Benefit tab.

  2. Enter the benefit Amount if the participant can choose the amount they contribute to this plan or option.

    The remainder of the fields in the Benefit tabbed region contain view-only information:

arrow icon   Limitation Tab:

  1. Select the Limitation tab. The system displays the following view-only information: