Pacific School of Religion

Students taking 9.0 units or more are required to submit to the registrar verification of health insurance coverage to register at PSR. The Graduate Theological Union administers health insurance coverage through Kaiser Permanente(KP) for students at Pacific School of Religion and for the rest of the consortium. Information including premium costs for the plan are available on the GTU Health Insurance page.

All students taking 9.0 units or more will either download and submit a Health Insurance Waiver form or enroll online in GTU HIPS with KP online through the KP website.  All students enrolled in GTU HIPS with Kaiser, including continuing students, must enroll online every Fall  in order to keep their coverage active. The links for enrolling in Kaiser and waiving out from Kaiser are located below and will be re-opened at the next HIPS open enrollment period starting General Registration. 

GTU HIPS with Kaiser Enrollment Application »
GTU HIPS Waiver Form »

The next open enrollment period is August 23 - September 17, 2010.

Open enrollment periods begin the first day of General Registration and end the last day of Late Registration for the fall and spring semesters. 

Effective dates of coverage for fall semester: September 1st to January 31st.
Effective dates of coverage for spring semester: February 1st to August 31st.

Here is some other helpful information about student health insurance:
Coverage Summary for GTU HIPS Kaiser for 2010-2011 »
Choosing Your Health Insurance in WebAdvisor »
FAQs regarding health insurance for students » 

2010-2011 Student Health Insurance Timeline & Rates » 

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 To Students New to our Consortium for Fall, 2010, Welcome!  

 Incoming students must indicate their student health insurance choice in two places.  Students need to indicate whether they want to enroll in the GTU student health insurance plan or waive out in Web Advisor, the GTU on line registration system.  This information is recorded in our GTU student information management system and linked to your GTU bill.                                                                                   

You also need to point your web browser to http://studentnet.kp.org/gtu to use a Kaiser Permanente website to actually enroll in GTU HIPS or waive out of the plan.  You will also find a link to this site in Web Advisor (or, using the Health Insurance link on the Students page at www.gtu.edu).                                                                                           

You can complete these two processes in any order you choose.  You must complete both processes between August 23 and September 17.  Note: you can not continue on with GTU registration until you designate your health insurance choice in Web Advisor.  And, you must visit the Kaiser site to actually enroll or waive health insurance, the Web Advisor designation simply triggers GTU billing. 

We will cover GTU HIPS in detail at the August 30 consolidated orientation sessions. 

  To Students Across the Consortium Who Registered in Spring, 2010, Welcome Back!

 Returning students who do not wish to change the health insurance choice in our systems in Spring, 2010 do not need to do anything about health insurance in Web Advisor.  But, you do have to go to http://studentnet.kp.org/gtu to use a Kaiser Permanente website to actually enroll in GTU HIPS or waive out of the plan.  You must verify your health insurance status with Kaiser at the start of every fall semester.  You will also find a link to the Kaiser site in Web Advisor (or, using the Health Insurance link on the Students page at www.gtu.edu). 

Returning students who do wish to change from health insurance they had last semester must indicate their student health insurance choice in two places.  Students need to indicate whether they want to enroll in the GTU student health insurance plan or waive out in Web Advisor, the GTU on line registration system.  This information is recorded in our GTU student information management system and linked to your GTU bill.                                                                                   

You also need to point your web browser to http://studentnet.kp.org/gtu to use a Kaiser Permanente website to actually enroll in GTU HIPS or waive out of the plan.  You will also find a link to this site in Web Advisor (or, using the Health Insurance link on the Students page at www.gtu.edu). 

You can complete these two processes in any order you choose.  You must complete these processes between August 23 and September 17.  And, you must visit the Kaiser site to actually enroll or waive health insurance, the Web Advisor designation simply triggers GTU billing. 

  To enroll or waive you need to record your:                       To waive you need to provide:

Legal name (Your “legal name” is the one we have recorded in the GTU student information system.  The system only “requires” your “first” and “last” names.)	Name of insurance company
GTU student ID number (including the zeros that appear in front of the number; check your student ID card for the number.  This is NOT your Web Advisor number)	Insurance company phone number
Birth Date	Policy number
Email address (GTU doctoral students use the ses.gtu.edu address)