First-time Enrollment
You have 30 days to enroll
If you’re new to the team or newly eligible for benefits, this page will help you enroll in benefits for the first time. Find out if your dependents are eligible for benefits under Eligibility.
You have 30 days to enroll, starting from the day you were hired or became benefits eligible. If you miss this deadline, you cannot enroll until the next annual enrollment period, or if you have a qualified change in family status.
Schedule your one-on-one session with a benefits counselor
Call Center Benefit Counselors will be available to all benefit eligible associates to assist with the following services during your appointment:
- Help you understand your benefit options
- Review your enrollment information and confirm your benefit elections
- Answer any questions you may have
Let ALEX help you choose your benefits
Get help with ALEX, an interactive online tool that will walk you through your benefit options and provide personal assistance in pointing out what choices make the most sense for you. Ask ALEX here.
Then, once you’re ready, log in to Workday to enroll in your benefits for the remainder of this year.
Enroll in Workday
Log in to Workday to review and enroll in your benefits:
- Go to https://wd5.myworkday.com/ohiohealth
- Log in with your assigned OPID and password
- From the Workday homepage, find the Workday Inbox
- Select the “Change Benefits” task from your Workday inbox
- Begin Enrollment
You must submit documentation verifying your dependents’ eligibility while completing the enrollment process in Workday, otherwise they will not have benefit coverage. Acceptable documentation is:
- Spouse: Marriage Certificate OR Most Recent Federal Income Tax Filing
- All children: Birth or Adoption Certificate or Legal Custody Document
Enrolling without access to an OhioHealth computer
If you don’t have access to an OhioHealth computer with Global Protect, you will be required to use a two-step verification process to access OhioHealth email (https://email.ohiohealth.com), Workday or eSource from outside of the OhioHealth or regional networks. This means that when logging in, you will enter your username and password and then the system will call your selected phone number (see below) and will prompt you to confirm your attempt to access the OhioHealth systems.
To be ready for two-step verification:
- Go to https://passwordportal.ohiohealth.com/OHPasswordPortal/(you can be on or off network and can even do it from your phone)
- Go to Existing User section and enter your OPID
- Click on Update User Profile and log in
- Go to Phone Section, update phone number and click Submit
You will receive a call requesting action. After receiving the call:
- Go to the eSource home page at sharepoint.com
- Click on Workday on the right side of the screen
After receiving a second call requesting action, complete the final steps for enrollment.
All benefits (excluding those with waiting periods) go into effect on your hire date/date you become benefits eligible.
Benefits chosen during first-time enrollment remain in effect for the remainder of the calendar year – unless you have a qualified change in family status. Otherwise, your next opportunity to enroll in benefits or make changes to your existing choices will be during annual enrollment
Some benefits require you to enroll and others are provided automatically:
- Enroll during annual enrollment
- Enroll/change benefits elections anytime
- No enrollment needed
- Medical plans
- Dental
- Vision
- Accident Ca$hback℠ Insurance
- Genomic Life
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Life Insurance (voluntary)
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Permanent Life Insurance with Long-Term Care
- Opt-In Wellness
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (your contributions)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Group Legal
- Life Insurance (employer-paid)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Purchasing Power (after waiting period)
- Time Away Pay (TAP (after waiting period)
- Temporary Disability Pay (TDP) (after waiting period)
- Education Benefits
Your Retirement benefits and the Employee Assistance Program go into effect on your date of hire, or the date you become benefits eligible. All other benefits (excluding those with waiting periods) go into effect on the first of the month following the date you were hired/became benefits eligible. For example: If you’re hired on January 15, your benefits are effective as of February 1.
Benefits chosen during first-time enrollment remain in effect for the remainder of the calendar year – unless you have a qualified change in family status. Otherwise, your next opportunity to enroll in benefits or make changes to your existing choices will be during annual enrollment.
Complete your Rightway Health Profile
Associates hired after November 1, 2023 can earn the $35 per pay period medical plan wellness credit by registering in Rightway and completing the Health Profile. Please allow two pay periods after completing the health profile for processing. The credit will continue through the 2024 benefit year. Click here to learn more about Rightway.