Dental Coverage
East Alabama Health has a self-insured group dental insurance program that is administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama. Below is a brief description of the health insurance benefits.
Eligibility and Enrollment
- Dental insurance is available to employees who are in a full-time, part-time or flex work status.
- For benefits purposes, flex is treated as a full-time employee.
- New hires have 30 days from their date of hire to enroll in health coverage.
- To make changes outside of Open Enrollment, there must be a qualifying life event and the change is made within 30 days of the event.
- Participation in the dental plan is optional. You can also enroll in the dental plan without being enrolled in health.
Dental Plan Costs
East Alabama Health covers a portion of your biweekly premium each pay period. Below are the biweekly rates for standard dental insurance.
| FULL TIME EMPLOYEES | SINGLE COVERAGE |
FAMILY COVERAGE |
| $10.76 | $29.05 |
| PART TIME EMPLOYEES | SINGLE COVERAGE |
FAMILY COVERAGE |
| $13.83 | $37.21 |