Retiree Open Enrollment

Retiree Open Enrollment for the plan year 2026 begins Wednesday, October 16, 2025, and ends on Thursday, October 31, 2025.

Retiree Enrollment

The following enrollment options are available. You may do one of the following:

Email the Enrollment Form [pdf] to:
Ashleigh Baker (ashleigh.baker@sjsu.edu)   
Contact Ashleigh Baker by phone (408) 924-1449.

NO action is needed if you do not wish to make any changes.

Medical Benefits

Pre-65

For 2026, we will offer four plans: Kaiser, EPO, PPO, and HDHP. Other than Kaiser, plans are through Benefit and Risk Management Services (BRMS) with Anthem Network. Please review the Summary of Benefits for each plan below.

You may review the provider directory for the EPO, PPO, and HDHP plans at https://www.anthem.com/find-care/ and use Network: Prudent Buyer PPO/EPO.

How to Find a Provider [pdf] – Anthem (for EPO, PPO, HDHP plans)

Post-65

For 2026, Post-65 retirees, we will be offering the following plans below:

View the provider directory at https://www.anthem.com/ca/find-care/ 
For the prefix, enter “MBL.”

Combination Plan Enrollment

If the retiree and their dependent are currently in combination plan (retiree/dependents one of them is Post-65 and others Pre-65, or vice versa), then the retiree/dependent who is Pre-65 will choose from the above mentioned Pre-65 plan offerings and Post-65 will choose from the Kaiser Advantage or Anthem Advantage plan.

Please note that you cannot combine Kaiser and PPO plans.

Questions?

If you have questions, please contact Ashleigh Baker at 408 924-1449 or at ashleigh.baker@sjsu.edu