Employee Benefits

Benefits are offered to:  Full-time employees regularly scheduled to work at least thirty (30) hours per week and Part-time employees regularly scheduled to work a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week but less than thirty (30) hours per week as determined by the Diocese. 

The Diocese of Knoxville offers a choice of two health insurance plans for eligible employees: an OAP (PPO) or a HDHP with the option of a Health Savings Account. The diocese also offers dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment coverage, long-term disability insurance and an employee assistance program for eligible employees, in addition to a 403(b) retirement savings plan through Principal as well as a lay retirement pension fund. 

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance coverage will begin on the first of the month coinciding with or following your date of hire. Coverage for your dependents will begin on the date your coverage begins provided you have enrolled them in a timely manner.  If you do not enroll within 31 days, you will need to wait until the next annual Open Enrollment to make your benefit elections.  

Cigna creates and publishes the Machine Readable files on behalf of The Diocese of Knoxville.  This link leads to the machine-readable files that are made available in response to the federal Transparency in Coverage Rule and include negotiated service rates and out-of-network allowed amounts between health plans and health care providers. The machine-readable files are formatted to allow researchers, regulators and application developers to more easily access and analyze data.  www.ticmfrf.com/62-1357183

If you have questions regarding benefits, please contact Maura Lentz ([email protected]).  Representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST.