!!!PROCESS EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OE ELECTIONS Once the employees have submitted their elections, the Benefit Administrator would then validate and process the employees’ elections via IBPOE. The Benefit Administrator can process the elections as they are submitted or can wait and process them all at once via the [UBPOE] (next step). IBPOE is a process screen that allows the Benefit Administrator to *submit on behalf of the employee *validate the elections *cancel the employee’s open enrollment *process the elections *and if necessary, re-open the open enrollment if changes are required by the employee. If Approval logic is defined for the open enrollments, here is where the Benefit Administrator would be required to make the approval. __Open Enrollment__ ;[Election Opened|ELECTION_OPEN_DATE]:This date indicates the start of the open enrollment period. Employees will not be able to access the Open Enrollment prior to this date. ;[Election Closed|ELECTION_CLOSE_DATE]:This date indicates the last day of the open enrollment period. Employees will not be able to make changes to their elections after this date. ;[Open Enroll Status|OPEN_ENROLLMENT_STATUS]:The Open Enrollment Status will be displayed here. This field is tied to the lexicon [X_BE_OE_STATUS]. ;[EE Open Enroll Stage|ELECTION_STAGE]:The stage of the employee's open enrollment will display here. This field is tied to the lexicon [X_BE_OE_ELECTION_STAGE]. ;[Total Plans|DRV_TOTAL_PLANS]:The total number of plans and plan sets in the open enrollment that the employee is eligible for. ;[Total To Be Decided|DRV_TOTAL_TO_BE_DECIDED]:The total number of plans and plan sets in the open enrollment that the employee has not made a decision for. ;[Total Declined|DRV_TOTAL_DECLINED]:The total number of plans in the employee's open enrollment with the decision of 'Declined'. __View Costs By__ ;[Year|DRV_VIEW_YEAR]: ;[Month|DRV_VIEW_MONTH]: ;[Period|DRV_VIEW_PERIOD]: ;[Submit|ACT_SUBMIT]: ;[Re-Open|ACT_REOPEN]: ;[Validate|ACT_VALIDATE]: ;[Cancel|ACT_CANCEL]: ;[Process|ACT_PROCESS]: __Plans__ ;[Plan / Plan Set|DRV_PLAN_ELECTION_SET_CODE]:This field will display the plan code or plan election set that the employee is eligible for during the Open Enrollment. ;[Current Coverage|COVERAGE_CODE]:The coverage the employee is enrolled in or if the employee chooses a different coverage, this is displayed in this field. ;[Election Stage|ELECTION_STAGE]:This field displays the stage of the employee's election. This field is tied to the lexicon [X_BE_OE_ELECTION_STAGE]. ;[Election Decision|ELECTION_DECISION]:This field tracks the employee's decision on the election of the coverage. The field is tied to the lexicon [X_BE_OE_ELECTION_DECISION]. ;[Reason for Decline|REASON_FOR_DECLINE]:If Decline Reasons are required for any plan that is declined and the employee declines the plan during the Open Enrollment, the decline reason is displayed here. ;[Evidence Status|EVIDENCE_OF_INSURANCE]:If Evidence of Insurance is required to be submitted, the status of the employee submitting the evidence is displayed here. The field is tied to the lexicon [X_EVIDENCE_STATUS].