Dental & Vision Benefits

Dental

Tulane offers a dual-choice Dental Preferred Provider Option(PPO) plan through Delta Dental. The two choices are the Low Plan and the High Plan. Please view the plan summary below for more information about the plans.

Dental

Eligibility 

You are eligible to enroll in dental benefits if the below applies:

  • A full-time employee scheduled to work with the university for no less than 7 months
  • A part-time employee working at least 50% of a full-time schedule and expected to work no less than 7 months

     

Vision

Tulane University offers vision insurance through EyeMed Vision Care. Two schedules of benefits apply; one for care received through EyeMed's network of providers and one for out-of-network providers. Below is a summary of covered vision care services:

Vision

Eligibility 

You are eligible to enroll in vision benefits if the below applies:

  • A full-time employee scheduled to work with the university for no less than 7 months
  • A part-time employee working at least 50% of a full-time schedule and expected to work no less than 7 months

Tulane's Optical Shop Now Accepts EyeMed

Employees and their family members who are enrolled in the EyeMed Vision Plan can now utilize their benefits for the following services:

  • Glasses
  • Contact lens fitting and dispensing
  • Repairs
  • Filling outside prescriptions
  • Providing lenses for patient-owned frames

Tulane's Optical Shop is located downtown, on the 4th floor of the Tulane Medical Center.

For more information, please call 504-988-5620 or email: jversfeld@tulane.edu.

Additional Information & FAQs

To enroll, visit Employee Self-Service within 30 days of your new hire/newly eligible date:

  • Go to Employee Self-Service and log in with your TU username and password
  • Make your benefits selections
  • Print your confirmation statement and keep it for your records

For more detailed instructions, CLICK HERE.

Call the Benefits Team

Phone:

504-865-HR4U(4748)

Email:

TUBenefits@tulane.edu

Monday-Friday

8:30am - 5:00pm CST