Fundamentals of Open Enrollment

Learn the basics of configuring and administering your Open Enrollment at Namely.

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Learn how to prepare, launch, and administer a successful Open Enrollment for your employees in Namely.

Learning Objectives:

  • Configure plans using our Plan Setup Assistant

  • Test your open enrollment configuration in the Open Enrollment Dashboard

  • Approve or reject benefits enrollments

  • Review post-open enrollment elections and deductions

  • PREPARING FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT 

  • WE RECOMMEND REVIEWING THESE ITEMS PRIOR TO OPEN ENROLLMENT SEASON TO ENSURE YOUR COMPANY IS SET UP FOR SUCCESS. 

Preparing Benefits Administration for Open Enrollment

Tune-up your site before you launch your Open Enrollment to ensure things run smoothly.

Company Class

How to add and edit company benefit classes.

Updating an Employee's Benefits Class

Learn how to update an employee's benefits class.

OPEN ENROLLMENT AND CARRIER FEED PROJECTS 

LEARN HOW YOU CAN PARTNER WITH OUR BENEFITS EXPERTS TO CRAFT A SEAMLESS ENROLLMENT EXPERIENCE FOR YOU AND YOUR EMPLOYEES. 

Planning for your Open Enrollment in Namely

Discover the benefits of working with Namely on setting up your company's Open Enrollment.

Submitting an Open Enrollment Project

How to initiate a partnership with our Project Services team to build Open Enrollment in Namely.

Open Enrollment Projects: Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked questions related to the Open Enrollment Projects offered at Namely.

Submitting an Open Enrollment Carrier Feed Review and Modification Project

If you have Carrier Feeds, Namely will ensure your carriers receive your OE elections in a timely manner with this project.

CONFIGURATION AND LAUNCH 

OUR PLAN SETUP ASSISTANT AND ENROLLMENT SETUP PLATFORM MAKE BUILDING OPEN ENROLLMENT PLANS AND RATES A SNAP.

Creating Life Events

Learn how to create Life Events (like Open Enrollment) that your employees can use to enroll in Benefits.

Creating and Mapping Coverage Lines

After your Life Events are set up, choose which coverages can be enrolled in during the event.

Plan Setup Assistant User Guides

Learn how to set up coverage lines and plans using our Plan Setup Assistant.

Testing Your Open Enrollment

Test your Open Enrollment prior to launching it to ensure everything behaves as expected!

Namely Recommended: Open Enrollment Kick-Off Kit

Download our sample Open Enrollment e-mail and newsfeed banners.

 ADMINISTERING OPEN ENROLLMENT 

TACKLE THESE OPEN ENROLLMENT-RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS WITH OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT DASHBOARD.

Using the Open Enrollment Dashboard

Build your Open Enrollment, confirm and finalize employee elections with our Open Enrollment Dashboard! 

Managing Qualifying Life Events During Open Enrollment

Learn how to handle QLEs during Open Enrollment.

Managing New Hires during Open Enrollment

How to manage new hire elections during Open Enrollment.

View, Change, or Enroll in Benefits

Provides employees with instructions for viewing, changing, or enrolling in benefits.

POST-OPEN ENROLLMENT TASKS AND DATA REVIEW 

REVIEW AND AUDIT YOUR EMPLOYEES' ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.

Election Summary Report – Open Enrollment Dashboard

View a summary of all elections made by employees and their dependents directly from the OE Dashboard!

Employee Notice Report for Passive Enrollments

Review enrollment information for passively-enrolled employees.

Post-Open Enrollment Election and Deduction Audit

Validate the benefits enrollment and deduction data on your employees' profiles to ensure it matches their election benefits.

KNOWLEDGE CHECKS AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND REVIEW OUR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE!

Fundamentals of Open Enrollment: Knowledge Checks

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New Benefits Administrator Guide

Read our guide to familiarize yourself with everything a Benefits administrator needs to know.

Namely Toolkit: Open Enrollment

Learn everything related to Open Enrollment in Namely.