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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2024-09-20
Create Health Care Plans

Create Health Care Plans

  • Set up benefits.
  • Create benefit coverage types for health care.
  • Create health care rates. Define rates by:
    • Age.
    • Demographic factors.
    • Length of service.
    • Percentage of salary.
    • Percentage of salary plus a flat amount.
  • Security:
    Set Up: Benefits
    in the Benefits functional area.
You can create a plan for each health care provider. You can have multiple plans, including high-deductible plans. For US employees, you can also configure options for US Medicare and US Affordable Care Act Form 1095-C.
  1. Access the
    Create Benefit Plan
    task.
  2. From the
    Benefit Plan Type
    prompt, select
    Health Care Coverage Plan
    .
  3. Select a
    Health Care Rate Type
    to determine how you map benefit groups with health care rates or plan costs.
    Select:
    • Flat Rate
      to configure plan costs for each benefit group.
    • Calculated Rate
      to select a predetermined health care rate. You can create a derived health care rate based on additional criteria that add credits or surcharges for the benefit plan from the
      Create Health Care Rate
      task.
  4. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Do Not Use
    When selected, Workday appends the
    Do Not Use
    label to the benefit plan name and hides it from
    Benefit Plan
    configuration prompts, as of the effective date. This check box doesn't hide the benefit plan name from configuration prompts in these tasks and business process:
    • Create
      or
      Edit External Payroll Deduction
      tasks.
    • Create
      or
      Edit External Payroll Earning
      tasks.
    • Review COBRA Eligibility Event
      business process.
    External Plan Description
    Create an external URL that Workday displays on the enrollment form.
    Worker Plan Eligibility
    Select an eligibility rule to limit plan coverage to a subset of workers in the participating benefit group. Example: Limit coverage in the
    Hourly Employees
    benefit group to the workers in the state of California. Select an eligibility rule that includes only California workers.
    Dependent Plan Eligibility
    Select an eligibility rule to limit coverage to a class or category of dependents.
    Example: Limit coverage to dependents under the age of 27.
    Overage Dependent Eligibility
    Select the eligibility rule to use in association with the
    Fair Market Value per Dependent
    field. This rule enables you to determine who should have imputed income calculated by Workday Payroll or Payroll Interface.
    Auto Enroll
    Select to enroll employees in a benefit plan automatically.
    When you select this option, access the
    Maintain Benefit Coverage Types
    task. Select the
    Only One Election
    check box for the coverage type that the health care plan belongs to.
    During enrollment, Workday automatically selects
    Elect
    for the plan and the employee can't make changes.
    High Deductible Health Plan
    Select to enable Health Savings Account elections.
    Use Individual Rates
    Available when if the
    Health Care Rate Type
    is
    Flat Rate.
    Select to override the employee and employer costs specified on the
    Manage Individual Rates
    task.
    Reset Individual Rates on Plan Year Begin
    Select to update employee and employer costs when the new plan year begins. Workday uses the values defined in the benefit plan. If you don't select this check box, the costs stay the same as the preceding year.
    Displays during enrollment when you select both:
    • A
      Health Care Rate Type of
      Flat Rate
      .
    • The
      Use Individual Rates
      check box.
    Currency
    Specifies the currency used to calculate the contribution amount for the benefit plan. Select the same currency used by the benefit groups that can enroll in the plan. Consider creating a separate benefit plan for each currency or country.
    You can only update this field if the
    Usage Count
    is zero.
    Frequency
    Available when the
    Health Care Rate Type
    is
    Flat Rate.
    Workday uses this frequency in payroll calculations, which might differ from the rate frequency displayed to employees during benefit enrollment.
    Derive Coverage Targets
    Select to have Workday automatically populate the
    Coverage
    targets that display when you view or modify your benefit plans. When you enroll workers in health care plans, Workday selects the
    Coverage
    target automatically based on current employee information.
    Earnings and Deductions
    For Workday Payroll, select:
    • Earning
      for benefit credits. Employer costs that are taxable to the employee. Required for imputed income.
    • Deduction
      for pretax and posttax employee costs. The employer costs and benefit surcharges that aren’t taxable to the employee. Workday also uses these deductions for calculated health care rates.
      You need to specify deductions to ensure that the plans display costs.
    When using the Payroll Interface for Workday, perform additional setup steps to map earnings and deductions to flexible health care rates. Contact your Integration Consultant for guidance on these setup steps.
    Related Articles
    Select existing articles related to the health care plan to build a knowledge base. You can link the last published version of an article that you create and publish with the
    Create Article
    task to a benefit plan.
    Workers don't see a link in the benefit plan details.
    See Steps: Set Up Knowledge Management.
  5. (Optional) Configure options for the US Affordable Care Act Form 1095-C in the
    US Affordable Care Act Options
    section when you select a
    Medical
    health care type.
  6. (Optional) Configure the
    US Medicare Options
    section to identify which benefit plans coordinate with Medicare.
  7. Add plan details for your employees so that they can see the specific features of the benefit plan.
    As you complete the
    Expanded Plan Details
    section, consider:
    Option Description
    Expanded Plan Details
    Select the dental, medical, or vision plan benefit detail. Example:
    Copay
    ,
    Coverages
    , or
    Office Visits
    .
    Coverage Details
    Select the coverage type, level, or benefit detail to display. Example: If you selected Chiropractor for the Expanded Plan Details, you might select
    In Network
    as the coverage detail.
    Coverage Detail Type
    Select the type of coverage. Available options depend on the value in the
    Coverage Details
    field and include:
    • Currency Amount
    • Percentage
    • Yes/No
    • Number
    • Months
    • Years
    Coverage Detail Value
    Enter or select the value for the benefit detail. Example: You select
    Chiropractor
    in
    Expanded Details
    ,
    Out of Network
    for
    Coverage Details
    , and
    Yes/No
    for
    Coverage Details Type
    . You can select or clear the check box to indicate whether employees have Chiropractic coverage.
    Value Override
    Enter text that replaces the value for
    Coverage Detail Value
    , such as an email address, phone number, or considerations for the employee.
  8. Configure the
    Benefit Rates and Eligibility
    grid to map benefit groups to health care rates or plan costs.
    As you complete the step consider.
    Fair Market Value per Dependent
    Flat Rate: Workday Payroll or Payroll Interface uses this value and
    Over Age Dependent Eligibility
    to calculate the imputed income.
    External Payroll Cost Splits
    Flat Rate: If you use an external payroll system to calculate flat rate costs, select:
    • The payroll entity.
    • The corresponding benefit deduction.
    • The cost amount.
Workday creates a health care plan that you can add to an enrollment event.
  • Create or edit the benefit plan year definition and add this plan to it.
  • After creating health care plans, associate them with:
    • Coverage types such as dental, medical, or vision.
    • Eligibility rules.
    • Plan costs.