MEDICAL INSURANCE POLICY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
By Board of Trustees and university rule, all international students at FIU in F-1 and J-1 status are required to have medical insurance prior to registration, of which proof must be submitted to University Health Services. Students will NOT be allowed to register for classes without complying with the medical insurance requirement, and will receive an "IMI" service indicator (hold) on their student record, as it appears in PantherSoft.

The medical insurance requirement can be met in one of two ways:

• By purchasing the University-approved policy or
• By submitting an International Student Health Insurance Compliance Form completed by your current insurance company and aproved by UHS (This option is available only to students in F-1 status)

UNIVERSITY-APPROVED POLICY
The current University-approved insurance provider is UniCare Life and Health Insurance Company, from whom student plans can be purchased online or in person through our office.

Online-payments:
Credit card payments are accepted through Visa and Mastercard only via http://www.hillchesson.com/fiu.html. Once you have submitted the application and your payment clears, you will receive a confirmation indicating that the credit card transaction was successful. Print this page and keep it for your records. A copy of this confirmation can be submitted to our office to remove your hold immediately.

Payments can also be made in person:

• Complete and sign the appropriate insurance enrollment form
  • Spring 2009 Medical Enrollment Form
• Submit payment in the form of a Money Order or Cashier's Check payable to Unicare Life & Health Insurance Company. Personal checks are NOT accepted.

Note: "IMI" service indicators will NOT be lifted until students comply with the FIU medical insurance requirement. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule.

ALTERNATE INSURANCE POLICY
If you have your own insurance policy (or wish to purchase a policy other than the University-approved policy), your insurance company will have to complete and fax the International Student Health Insurance Compliance Form to UHS.The completed compliance form must verify the following:

• the coverage meets or exceeds the minimum FIU requirements
• the name, address, and telephone number of a claims agent in the United States
• you are covered under the policy
• your insurance has been paid through current year

Your policy will be reviewed, and if it complies with the guidelines, you will be cleared to register. If your policy does not comply with the guidelines, you will not be cleared until you document insurance coverage which meets FIU requirements or purchase the University-approved insurance policy.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Please note that effective Fall 2008, the medical insurance requirements have changed. Having had an Alternate Insurance policy approved in 2007-2008 (or earlier) does NOT guarantee that the same policy will be approved for 2008-2009.

Medical Evacuation & Repatriation
If your alternate policy is approved subject to Medical Evacuation & Repatriation, the service indicator will not be released until this requirement is met. You may purchase coverage for Medical Evacuation & Repatriation from Hill Chesson at UHS with a money order or cashier's check in the amount of $40.00 payable to Unicare Life & Health Insurance Company.

Note: You should NOT purchase Medical Evacuation and Repatriation UNTIL you have proof that your alternate insurance policy was approved subject to it.

ATTENTION: FIU GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

FIU provides subsidized health insurance to all graduate assistants holding a 0.5 FTE full term appointment as a Graduate Assistant, Presidential Fellows and Dissertation Fellows. All graduate assistants will be enrolled in the new Graduate Assistant health insurance program and will be cleared of the insurance service indicator (IMI) from a list provided by the Graduate School. Graduate Assistants will pay 25% of the insurance premium through payroll deduction.

For details, visit: http://gradschool.fiu.edu/student_current_grad_assistant_insurance.htm For any further questions, please contact the University Graduate School at (305) 348-2455 or visit PC 230 at University Park Campus.

IMPORTANT LINKS
Visit Hill, Chesson & Woody for additional information about the International Student Plan or Graduate Student Plan including brochures, rates, and forms.