Certain life events can affect your Inova benefits. See what actions to take and what to keep in mind as you navigate your life’s changes. If you have a qualifying life event, benefit changes must be made on the Inova Benefits Center website within 31 days. Note: If the change is the birth, adoption or placement for adoption of your child, you must make your benefit election changes on the Inova Benefits Center website within 60 days of the event.
- Review the company’s leave policies.
- Notify your manager about the timing of your leave.
- Call The Hartford at 1-888-301-5615.
- The Hartford offers childbirth and parenting classes, a WellBaby program, as well as New mom & postpartum support groups, including Breastfeeding support.
- Review Inova’s benefits for programs you may want to take advantage of, such as back-up child care or a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
- Get a Social Security number for your new child, if an application has not yet been submitted.
- Add your new child to your benefits coverage and make any other applicable benefit changes within 60 days of birth or adoption or placement in your home. You must enroll your child in medical insurance to have coverage for your child. Newborn children are not automatically enrolled in medical coverage.
- Consider updating your life insurance beneficiary information. Your marriage or divorce does not override a beneficiary designation form.
- Consider updating your retirement plan beneficiary information.
- Change your tax withholdings.
- Update your will. Get assistance from MetLife if you’re a member.
- Contact the Informed Health Line at 1-800-556-1555 to get help with questions about your health benefits.
- Notify your manager of your return to work and discuss flexible working arrangements.
- Complete any required return to work forms.
- Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
This is a qualifying life event. You must contact the Inova Benefits Center within 60 days of this event. Visit the Inova Benefits Center website or call 1-877-466-8201 to adjust your benefits coverage
- Update your personal information, if necessary, in Oracle. If you’re outside of the Inova network, click here.
- If you’re changing your name, get a new Social Security card
- Order new business cards and new corporate credit card, if necessary.
- Change or update your benefits coverage within 31 days.
- Update your life insurance beneficiary information. Your marriage or divorce does not override a beneficiary designation form.
- Update your retirement plan beneficiary.
- Update your tax withholdings in Oracle.
- Update your direct deposit, if necessary, in Oracle.
- Update your will. Get assistance from MetLife if you're a member.
This is a qualifying life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as getting married, you have 31 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Inova Benefits Center website or call 1-877-466-8201 to adjust your benefits coverage.
- Update your personal information, if necessary, in Oracle. If you’re outside of the Inova network, click here.
- If you’re changing your name, get a new Social Security card.
- Order new business cards and new corporate credit card, if necessary.
- Change or update your benefits coverage within 31 days.
- Update your life insurance beneficiary information. Your marriage or divorce does not override a beneficiary designation form.
- Update your retirement plan beneficiary.
- Update your tax withholdings in Oracle. If you’re outside of the Inova network, click here.
- Update your direct deposit, if necessary, in Oracle. If you’re outside of the Inova network, click here.
- Update your will. Get assistance from MetLife if you're a member.
- Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
This is a qualifying life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as getting divorced, you have 31 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Inova Benefits Center website or call 1-877-466-8201 to adjust your benefits coverage.
- Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Review the company’s bereavement and personal leave policies.
- Update your benefits coverage, if necessary, within 31 days.
- Review the Beneficiary Checklist from The Hartford and utilize The Hartford's Funeral Concierge Service as needed.
- Contact the Social Security Administration to end benefits received by the deceased (if disabled or retired) and to determine if benefits are available to the surviving spouse and dependent children.
- Submit life insurance claims if you are the beneficiary.
- Update your life insurance beneficiary, if necessary.
- Update your retirement plan beneficiary, if necessary.
- Update your tax withholdings in Oracle. If you’re outside of the Inova network, click here.
- Update your direct deposit, if necessary, in Oracle. If you’re outside of the Inova network, click here.
- Update your will. Get assistance from MetLife if you’re a member.
This is a qualifying life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as a death in your family, you have 31 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Inova Benefits Center website or call 1-877-466-8201 to adjust your benefits coverage.
- Contact eServices at 703-205-2166 for answers to questions you may have about your change in work status.
- Adjust your benefits coverage, if your eligibility for benefits has changed, within 31 days of your work status change.
This is a qualifying life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as a change in your work status, you have 31 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Inova Benefits Center website or call 1-877-466-8201 to adjust your benefits coverage.
- Enroll in or cancel Inova benefits coverage, if necessary, within 31 days of the loss or gain of other benefits coverage.
This is a qualifying life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as gaining or losing other benefits coverage, you have 31 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Inova Benefits Center website or call 1-877-466-8201 to adjust your benefits coverage.
- Read the Inova Benefits Separation Guide.
- If applicable, convert Basic Life coverage and continue (port) Supplemental Life coverage.