When you leave HPE, your medical, dental, and vision benefits generally end at midnight on your termination date. However, you’ll have different options for continuing coverage depending on whether or not you’re a retiree and are eligible for retiree medical benefits. You’re generally eligible for a retiree medical benefit if you retire from HPE in a benefits-eligible status after age 55 with 10 or more years of qualifying service. You may also qualify if you leave HPE at any age with combined age-plus-service "points" equal to 80 or more (for example, age 52 with 28 years of service). See your personalized benefits action plan for specific information on your program eligibility.
Even if you qualify for retiree medical benefits, in most cases your options to continue dental or vision benefits will be provided separately under COBRA. Follow the links below for additional information and key action steps based on your program eligibility.
Remember, there is an 18-month deadline for filing claims under most medical and dental options, as well as the vision options. Some medical plans may have 12-month or other filing deadlines, so check with your plan to be sure.
Remember, funds in your Retirement Medical Savings Account (RMSA) may be available after you leave HPE to help pay for unreimbursed medical, dental, and vision expenses; health insurance premiums (including COBRA costs or retiree coverage costs, if you qualify as a retiree); or Medicare premiums for you and your tax dependents.
After you leave HPE, you can opt in to access your RMSA contributions by contacting the HPE Benefits Center. Funds will be available for use on the first of the month following completion of the opt-in process, or as soon as is administratively possible. It’s important to know that if you opt in, you can’t make or receive contributions to a Health Savings Account. See HPE Retirement Medical Savings Account for more information.