Student Health Plans

The Student Health Insurance Plan is an annual full-service medical insurance plan tailored to the needs of the students of the Health Sciences Campuses. The plan is underwritten by the Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance Company and administered by AmeriBen 1-800-626-5520. For the 09-10 Plan Year the SHIO will be offering two insurance plans. The annual cost of the student insurance For Plan is $2,844 and Plan B is $2,161 ( half is charged to your tuition bill in the fall and the other half in the spring tuition). Spring only coverage is from 1/1/10-8/31/10, you may only enroll in the spring term if you are a new student or have been involuntarily dropped from another plan.

Insurance Forms

Here you will find various forms sometimes need to file claims along with the enrollment/waiver form.  If you have any questions about any of these forms or do not see the form you need please contact the Student Health Office at 303-724-7674.

Finding Providers

 Finding a network provider might be easier then you think.  Please follow the instruction to ensure that you are seen by an in-network provider.

It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not a particular service is covered under the plan.  This confirmation must be done with AmeriBen by calling them at 800-626-5520.  Health Office staff, including medical providers, are not adequately trained to provide confirmation of coverage for any services.

Prescriptions

Benefits are provided through Cigna, a point-of-service provider.  Please call 1-800-325-1404 for questions regarding benefits or participating pharmacies.  If an Insured Individual incurs Rx claims within the first 6 weeks of enrollment or prior to receiving an insurance card, the Insured Individual must pay for the Rx and submit a claim to Express Scripts after the 6th week

Waiving Health Insurance

All degree seeking students enrolled in five or more hours are required to have insurance. As a result, all full-time studentstaking five or more credit hours are automatically billed for the Student Health Insurance Plan A. If you have a comparable insurance, you may qualify to waive the Student Health Insurance Plan please see the section on waving and SHI. 
Note: If you do not waive the student insurance by the posted deadlines, you will not be able to waive the insurance again until Fall 2010.