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Student Health Center

The mission of the SMU Health Service is to provide primary care services and health education, which will promote an environment of personal and community health enhancing academic productivity and reducing the incidence of medically related attrition.

All students who pay the maximum General Student Fee are eligible for health services. Students registered for 12 or more credit hours are automatically charged the health fee. Both Undergraduate and Graduate students taking 11 credit hours or less must request the Health Center option at the time of registration, or may pay the fee at the Health Center at the time of treatment. The health fee covers unlimited primary care, physician visits at no charge, as well as all counseling services. There is a charge for specialized physician care, laboratory tests, x-rays, pharmaceuticals and supplies, which may be charged to the student’s university account or paid at the time of the visit. Covered charges for Health Center treatment rendered to students enrolled in the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) will be billed directly to the insurance company, after paying their co-pay.

Students registered for 12 credit hours or more: automatically charged the health fee as a part of their General Student Fee.
Students registered for 11 credit hours or less: student chooses Health Center option at the time of registration. If the student chooses to select the Health Center option the student will pay the $140.00 Fee at the time of registration each term. If they choose to decline the Health Center option at the time of registration the student has the option to use the Health Center and pay $50.00 at the time of treatment not to exceed $140.00 per term or may choose not to use the Health Center.

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Mandatory Health Insurance

SMU is very concerned about the health and well-being of all students and we at the Student Health Center are here to serve and provide students with medical care while attending the University. In order to ensure students have appropriate health care coverage, a mandatory health insurance requirement was passed by the President’s Executive Council in February of 2008. This mandatory health insurance policy requires domestic students enrolled in nine or more credit hours and international (F-1 visa holders) students taking one or more credit hours to maintain insurance coverage as a condition of enrollment. This policy applies to both Undergraduate and Graduate students.

SMU’s mandatory policy requires those students with the enrollment status mentioned above to provide documentation of current insurance coverage or to enroll in the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) on a semester basis. Students will do so by selecting the “Health Insurance” button in the Student Center component of Access.SMU after they have enrolled for classes each semester. For domestic students already maintaining their own private coverage the student must waive SHIP coverage in order to avoid automatic enrollment into SHIP and thereby having the semi-annual premium of $759.00 applied to the student’s university account prior to the deadlines, which are August 26 for fall 2011 and January 23 for spring/summer 2012.

For more information on how to WAIVE or ELECT coverage please visit www.smu.edu/healthinsurance.

SMU has partnered with Academic Health Plans and Aetna Student Health to offer those students in need of health insurance coverage a student-focused comprehensive medical plan designed to provide convenient and affordable access to medical care whether at school, at home and while traveling or studying abroad. To view the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) please visit www.AHPcare.com/smu.

SMU Student Insurance Plan Rates for the 2011 - 2012 Academic Year: