It is open enrollment time for the university health insurance plan: Aetna Student Health.  

It is easy to enroll.  All you need to do is contact Retriever Integrated Health's email at: rih@umbc.edu or contact the Insurance Office for RIH at: 410-455-8091.  

RIH will become your primary doctor and the copay for an office visit is only $10.00. Aetna Student Health will pay your full balance due.  Also, if you have the university health plan, for the first time you can add a dental plan to your coverage.  All you have to do once you are enrolled in Aetna Student Health you can go to the UMBC page on the Aetna Student Health website, go to the benefits link and click on the link for the dental plan to enroll.

Plus, one of the great benefits is that students who have Aetna Student Health can receive a discount on acupuncture and massage.  The copay for these services is $20.00 for an hour appointment.

Open enrollment starts now and ends on October 1.  However, any students who lose their insurance or turn 26 after that date can still contact the Insurance Office to be enrolled.

The Insurance Office at Retriever Integrated Health is here to answer any questions you may have about the university health insurance plan!  You can contact the Insurance Office at:  410-455-8091 or 410-455-1557.

As we gear up for a new year of programming and opportunities to engage, we at the Center for Democracy and Civic Life would like to hear from you! As you know, many of our programs (e.g. Dinner with Friends, Change Makers Dinner) create opportunities for UMBC community members to have meaningful conversations with each other about topics that are important to them.

What would you like to talk about this year? Your thoughts on topics or issues you’d like to discuss at these events will inform our planning. Please enter your thoughts here by August 11, 2023.

We greatly appreciate your time. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Retriever Integrated Health Summer 2023 Groups and Workshops

This summer, RIH is offering students the opportunity to participate in a counseling group or workshop to help build skills as they navigate summer courses or prepare for the Fall 2023 semester.

You've Got This Group is a 4-week program based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy. It is intended to help students develop the tools they need to cope with some of the challenges they experience daily. The program utilizes evidence-based skills and strategies designed to reduce symptoms of distress and increase positive coping strategies. Topics include mindfulness, thought as thought, emotion as emotion, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Anxiety Toolbox is a three-session workshop series focused on helping students understand anxiety symptoms and build skills to manage them. Modules are as follows: 1) understanding anxiety, 2) introducing a method for slowing down and disentangling the experience of anxiety, and 3) developing alternative responses to anxiety. Students will leave the workshop with an individualized plan for managing anxiety. Students can join this workshop at any time following completing a triage appointment.

The first step to joining any group is to complete a triage appointment. Please call 410-455-2542 to schedule this brief assessment. During your triage appointment, please tell your provider you are interested in joining a group or workshop and which group or workshop you want to join.

For general group questions, please secure message our Group Coordinator, Lauren Mirzakhalili, via the patient portal: http://myretrievercare.umbc.edu/.

All summer groups and workshops will be held virtually. Due to licensure laws, group members need to be in Maryland to participate in a group. Workshop participants may be out of state for the workshop but must be in Maryland for the triage appointment.