New for 2011
Changes to the UI Choice Health Insurance Plan
UI Choice participants can benefit from seeking care at one of the nation's top-rated providers. Co-payments for office visits to any UI Health Care provider remain only $5, while co-pays to non-UI providers are $20 per office visit. All members of the UI family benefit when the UI family receives care in the UI system.
Detailed information about changes to UI Choice coverage is available from UI Benefits.
Enhanced Access to Nationally Recognized Health Care
UI Health Care is making it easier than ever for UI employees to schedule appointments at any UI Health Care clinic. New procedures, coupled with more available appointment times, will reduce wait times and facilitate better access to the world-class health care UI providers deliver. Changes include:
- UI Health Care – Southeast Iowa City will begin offering extended hours until 7 p.m. in November.
- UI Health Care – North Liberty offers appointments with UI Children's Hospital pediatricians, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m..
- UI QuickCare - is available for anyone six months or older suffering from common illnesses or conditions not serious enough to send you to an emergency room, and when you're unable to see your regular doctor. No appointment is needed to visit any of four convenient locations, including the new UI QuickCare-Coralville located off Highway 965 near the I-80 ramps, seven days a week. UI employees with UI Choice and Chip II health insurance plans, and their covered families, do not pay a co-pay or coinsurance when using UI QuickCare services.
- UI Health Care – River Crossing offers not only family medicine, general pediatrics, and women's health but also a pharmacy and optical service all in one facility that's located off Highway 218 near Riverside.
- UI Sports Medicine's new facility is conveniently located just off Mormon Trek Boulevard and features free parking.
- UI Heart and Vascular Center has added weekday evening hours, 5 to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
Coordinated Care
The UI Health Plans Office is available to help UI employees and their families schedule appointments and coordinate care. Everyone in the UI family can receive that world-class care in locations close and convenient to their homes in a manner that is coordinated, efficient, and cost-effective. For assistance, call UI Health Plans at 319-353-7531 or 800-356-8442.
MyChart
UI Health Care patients are able to access their own electronic medical record through a new service called MyChart. MyChart will provide patients a secure, online tool to request an appointment, ask questions, request prescription refills, review their medical records, and see test results.
Why Choose UI For Your Care?
Each year University of Iowa employees have the opportunity to choose the health plan and health care providers that best meet their needs. Choosing UI Health Care providers offers you several advantages:
- Improved access to world-class, comprehensive health care for every medical need, from keeping you healthy to treating serious illnesses and injuries. UI Health Care is consistently recognized nationally for the quality of care it provides.
- Greater convenience, with services available at UI Hospitals and Clinics and our growing network of primary care locations throughout Johnson County and nearby communities. We’re also making it easier for you to schedule appointments, access your medical information, pay your bills, and coordinate your care.
- Lower co-pays for UI Choice participants with UI Health Care providers than with those outside our network.
- Overall cost savings for the University. Because the UI is self-insured, it costs less to pay our own providers than to pay providers outside our network. These savings mean more resources to maintain the best level of care possible, support our research and education missions, and preserve jobs at the UI.