Hospitalization Insurance

If you are taking 6 or more credits (3 or more credits in summer) and are a degree-seeking student, you are required to have hospitalization insurance. The University-sponsored hospitalization insurance will automatically be charged to your student account unless you provide evidence of a current hospitalization policy (insurance company name and policy number). If you do not provide this information, you will be charged for insurance. You may receive a full refund by returning the "Student Hospitalization Insurance" form (available at http://policy.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/form/otr290.pdf) to one of the student service centers or by accessing your student record through the internet by the end of the first week of classes. This information is subject to periodic audits. Providing inaccurate or false information may result in unexpected charges. It is also a violation of the Student Conduct Code.

Note: You do not need to provide hospitalization insurance coverage information if you are enrolled in fewer than 6 credits (fewer than 3 credits in the summer) or are not enrolled in a degree program.

Boynton Health Service administers the student insurance plan at the University of Minnesota Rochester. This plan is known as the University-sponsored Student Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) visit enrollment brochure http://www.shb.umn.edu/downloads/2011-2012/SHBP_Enrollment_Brochure.pdf. The plan offers the same complete benefit design for eligible students, and their dependents, as provided to students on the Twin Cities and Duluth campuses. For benefit information visit http://www.bhs.umn.edu/insurance/rochester.

Eligible students will be automatically enrolled in the SHBP and billed $950/semester.  Students in Academic Health Center programs, including nursing, will be billed $1,340/semester. Eligible students who do not wish to purchase the SHBP plan must provide proof of other hospitalization insurance at the time of registration (insurance company name and policy number) or update insurance information online by the end of the first week of classes at http://www.bhs.umn.edu/insurance/rochester.

Visit  http://www.shb.umn.edu/rochester/students/voluntary-dental-plan.htm.