As a benefits-eligible faculty or staff member, you have access to many health-promoting programs alongside your health plans. Some featured offerings during the Open Enrollment timeframe are:
- Flu shots available at no cost: Flu shots are a fully covered benefit under your USC health plan, and USC also makes them available for free on-site. For more information, visit pharmacies.usc.edu/flu.
- Health assessment incentive: As part of the annual review into the university’s investment in healthy choice offerings, the Health Assessment and Fitness Incentive programs will be combined into one wellness incentive, with an updated savings of $300 in 2025. Complete your steps by Dec. 13, 2024, and you will save for 2025. Get all the details on the Health assessment incentive page on the Employee Gateway, or for a quick round-up, refer to the Health assessment incentive factsheet.
- Tobacco Cessation Program: USC Premier Care through Keck Medicine of USC offers a no-cost Tobacco Cessation Program for Trojans who want to live a nicotine-free life.
Another Healthy Choice Offering is a primary care physician copay discount, which is outlined below. This offering is designed to encourage you to take an active role in your health care and save money.
Primary care physician (PCP) copay discount
If you enroll in the USC Trojan Care EPO or the USC PPO plan and designate a PCP for yourself and each of your covered dependents, you will receive a $10 discount on your office visit copay each time you visit your PCP (excluding visits to a specialist).
Be sure to designate your PCP by the 15th of the month for the credit to take effect on the first day of the following month. This discount applies to each covered family member with a designated PCP and is only available through the USC Trojan Care EPO and USC PPO plans.
How to take advantage of the 2024 and 2025 Healthy Choice Offerings
| If you | And you do it | You’ll save |
|---|---|---|
| Complete the online Vitality Health Review and in-person Vitality Check or achieve Silver status through Vitality | No later than Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 | $25/month ($300/year) off your medical plan contributions for 2025 |
| No later than Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 | $25/month ($300/year) off your medical plan contributions for 2026 | |
| Designate your in-network primary care physician (PCP) if you are enrolled in the USC Trojan Care EPO or USC PPO plan | By the 15th of the month to take effect the 1st of the following month when you visit your primary care doctor | $10 off your copay every time you visit your PCP’s office, excluding visits to a specialist (applies to each family member who designates a PCP) |
For employees employed at Keck/Norris CNA, Keck NUHW, Norris NUHW, NUHW Ambulatory, and NUHW Alhambra Call Center
Except for the flu shots and Tobacco Cessation Program, the information on this page does not apply to you if you enroll in the Anthem MyChoice HMO or select one of the opt-out options. To review your details on the Employee Gateway, click on your union page in the bullet points below (note these pages reflect your current 2024 benefits information).