You have the opportunity to enroll for coverage when you first become eligible. This is usually when:
- You are first hired
- You move to a position that is eligible for benefits
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NEW ENROLLMENT
What You Need to Do to Enroll
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Discover Your Options
Review all the benefits available to you on this website — the best place to find information about your benefit options.
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Know the Enrollment Deadline
For medical, dental, optional life insurance, family accident insurance coverage, voluntary benefits (accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance, pet insurance, legal insurance and identity theft protection), as well to contribute to a dependent care FSA, you must enroll within 30 days of when you become eligible.
You will be automatically enrolled in long-term disability insurance, basic life insurance and business travel accident insurance, as well as the savings and pension plan. If you don’t enroll in the savings plan, you will be automatically enrolled after 30 days of employment.
If you enroll in the Hess Medical Plan, you can establish a Health Savings Account (HSA) when you enroll for medical coverage or anytime afterwards.
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Decide Who to Cover
You can enroll yourself and your family in Hess benefits. Be sure you know who’s eligible before you choose coverage.
You are eligible if you are a full-time employee.
You may also cover members of your family. Eligible dependents are:
- Your spouse
- Your same- or opposite-gender domestic partner
- Your children through the end of the calendar year in which they reach age 26. Eligible children include:
- Your natural and adopted children (including children placed with you for adoption)
- Stepchildren who live with you
- Disabled children (of any age)
- Children for whom you have legal guardianship
- Children of your same- or opposite-gender domestic partner
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Review Your Choices
What you can choose What Hess provides
(No enrollment required)Medical (includes Rx and Vision) Short-Term Disability
Long-Term DisabilityDental Basic Life Insurance Family Accident Insurance Business Travel Accident Insurance Optional Life Insurance for you, your spouse/partner and/or dependents Savings Plan
(After 30 days of employment if not enrolled earlier)Dependent Care FSA Pension Plan Health Savings Account Voluntary Benefits including: Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Legal Insurance and Pet Discount Plan -
Use Your Resources
Before you enroll, use the resources available to make the most informed decision possible.
- Anthem.com. Visit this website to see if your providers (physicians, labs and hospitals) are in the Anthem network.
- Go to Find Care at the top right of the home page.
- To search as a guest, click Basic search as a guest, select the care you’re searching for (e.g., Medical), your state, Medical (Employer-Sponsored), National PPO (BlueCard PPO) and then click the Continue button. Please note: Don’t be confused by “PPO” in the network name. It applies to the Hess Medical Plan.
- Express-Scripts.com. Visit this website to see if your pharmacy is in the Express Scripts network.
- Once you’ve registered and logged in, click Find a Pharmacy from the menu under Prescriptions.
- Enter the ZIP Code or City/State where you wish to find a pharmacy.
- Click locate pharmacy. You’ll see a map, list, address and contact information.
- The Hess Benefits Center at Empyrean. This website is where you go to enroll. It has your personal information, covered dependents, current and available benefit options and costs, and more.
- The Hess Benefits Center at Fidelity. Visit this Fidelity site to access your Savings and Pension Plans, as well as your HSA.
- Informational Videos. These short, informative messages help you get the most out of your benefits.
- Learn about key features of the Hess Medical Plan and the HSA.
- See examples of how Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance and Hospital Indemnity Insurance work.
- Learn about our POWER UP wellness program.
- Get to know Virgin Pulse, our POWER UP wellness administrator.
- Learn about what the Pet Discount Plan offers.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Have questions about your benefits? Review our robust FAQs for detailed answers to common questions.
- Health AdvocateTM. Your Health Advocate can help you navigate enrollment and the health care system.
- LiveHealth Online. Through LiveHealth Online, you can access a doctor through your computer or mobile device anytime of day, wherever you are.
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Ready? Enroll!
Enroll Online
- Go to the Hess Benefits Center at Empyrean and log in.
- Click the alert bar near the top of the home page.
- On the My Family page, be sure to provide the information required for each dependent you want to cover.
- On the Select Your Benefits Coverage page, make your elections and review your per-paycheck cost.
- On the Review Beneficiary Allocation page, you’ll designate a beneficiary for every coverage you elect that requires a beneficiary designation.
- On the Review Elections page, confirm and submit your elections.
Enroll by Phone
- Call 1-877-511-4377, Option 1 Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. CT and follow the instructions.