Retiree Contacts
Contact information for all carriers and providers of retiree benefits at Columbia University.
Carriers & Providers
Hours: 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.
Telephone: 212-851-7000
Secure Fax: 212-851-7025
Email: hrbenefits@columbia.edu
615 West 131st Street
Mail code 8703
Studebaker Building, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10027
UnitedHealthcare (Officers)
General: 1-800-232-9357
Behavioral Health: 1-888-265-9945
columbia.welcometouhc.com/home
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (Support Staff)
1-800-435-1385
OptumRx (Officers)
800-232-9357
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (Support Staff)
1-800-435-1385
Aetna
1-800-773-9326
Columbia University Dentist
Website: faculty-retirement.columbia.edu
Flexible Spending Accounts
United Healthcare
1-800-232-9357
myuhc.com
Health Savings Accounts
Optum Bank
1-800-791-9361
www.optumbank.com
Health Advocate
866-799-2725
hr.columbia.edu/health-advocate
800-772-1213
Long-Term Care Insurance
Genworth
1-800-416-3624
www.genworth.com/columbia
John Hancock
1-800-964-3039
https://www.johnhancockinsurance.com/long-term-care/claims.aspx
877-267-2323
TIAA
1-800-842-2252
www.tiaa.org/columbia
Vanguard
1-888-523-1188
columbia.vanguard-education.com/ekit
Medicare Rights Center
800-333-4114
UnitedHealthcare
1-800-638-3120
myuhc.com