Additional Resources for Dental/Vision
and Spending Accounts

We have gathered important details of additional resources below with links to related documents for your convenience.

Dental and Vision Plan Details

These benefits are offered through The Standard.  To create an account and obtain an individualized ID card for either the Dental or Vision benefits, please register with The Standard:

1. Visit standard.com
2. Click Log In for Dental or Vision Benefits on the home page
3. Click Log In for Benefits (Outside of New York)
4. A window will appear noting that you are leaving The Standard website and going to Ameritas. Click Continue to Ameritas
5. Click Register Now under First Time Users
6. Enter requested information to create an account
7. Once the account is created, you are returned to the login screen. When logging in for the first time, you will be prompted to set up a 2-step authentication method as well as answer further identification questions.
8. Once logged in and viewing the Home page follow the links provided for your benefit to retrieve your ID card(s)

Dental Plan Information – If you enrolled in The Standard Dental plan, you should have received via (US Mail) two ID cards with The Standard logo – one for your Dental Coverage, and one for your embedded EyeCare coverage. This Eyecare coverage ID card is a reminder of the $150 vision benefit that is provided with your Dental plan. To use this added vision benefit, you will need to submit a claim reimbursement form with The Standard. Please keep in mind, if this benefit is used, the $150 will be deducted from your Dental plan’s annual calendar year maximum.

Below are generic temporary ID cards that can be used if you have not received the mailings from The Standard or had a chance to register above.

• • Temporary Dental ID Card
  • Vision PolicyLink ID Card
    • (included with enrollment in Dental plan, regardless of enrollment in Vision Plan)
  • Vision PolicyLink Claim Form

Vision Plan Information – If you enrolled in the stand-alone Vision plan, your Vision ID card will have both The Standard and the VSP logos on it. You will use this card when you want to access your full vision benefit plan. This generic temporary card can be used at the time of service if you have not received the mailings from The Standard or had a chance to register above.

• • Temporary Vision ID Card

NOTE: If you enrolled in both the Dental and Vision plans through The Standard, you should have received a total of 3 ID cards.

Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT (HSA) –  Group Dynamics, Inc.
An HSA or Health Savings Account is an account that an employee can set up to cover qualified health care expenses. Unlike the FSA (Flexible Spending Account), this is a personal account and can be used after the employee leaves the College. This account must be paired with a Qualified High Deductible Health Plan (QHDHP).  Employees can contribute to this account on a pre-tax basis. The IRS sets annual maximums for contributions to these accounts (www.irs.gov).

• Setting up your HSA account with Group Dynamic (GDI):
  • Following election of an HSA health plan in PlanSource, you will need to create an HSA account with GDI. Please go to https://gdiconsumer.lh1ondemand.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f and follow the instructions to create your account.
  • Although the process to open your account is easy by completing each screen, detailed instructions are available in this QuickStart Guide from GDI.