1. Graduating/outgoing house staff must checkout with GME on the last day of their contract/appointment to receive their certificate.
2. Final Paycheck is direct deposit.
3. The GME house staff Checkout form and Information Security Exit Form must be reviewed, completed, signed, and returned along with the loaned materials during the checkout process with the GME office.

Graduating SHC house staff must checkout with the GME office on the last day of their appointment. HS who do not complete the process will not receive their certificate/s. Their file will be flagged until HS completes the checkout process. Due to COVID-19 our normal checkout procedure has been modified to meet the SHC social distancing guidelines. You have 2 options for checking out in 2021. Pls. complete a brief survey that will be sent to graduating house staff by mid-May:

Please review the Benefits Termination FAQs before offboarding from the House Staff Program.

• Benefits Termination FAQs
• Benefits and HR information
• See COBRA rates

Medical benefits for graduating house staff and dependents benefits will end on the last day of the month of the house staff appointment. For example, if the appointment ends on June 24, the medical benefits end on the last day of the appointment month on June 30.

COVID-19 provisions

Recent COVID relief legislation allows us to make changes to improve use of your Flexible Spending Account dollars. This applies to your 2020 Health Care FSA. This new carryover provision means you can use your contributed and unused dollars from 2020 for any expenses incurred during the entire 2021 calendar year.

For Healthcare FSA, you must submit all claims incurred for the calendar year by March 31 of the following calendar year. For 2020 eligible expenses, you must submit all claims incurred in through December 31, 2021, by March 31, 2022.

COVID-19 provision-Dependent Care

Recent COVID relief legislation allows us to make changes to improve use of your Flexible Spending Account dollars. This applies to your Dependent Care FSA. If you had a qualifying dependent who turned (or will turn) 13 during the 2020 or 2021 plan years, you may be able to use any unused funds from the 2020 plan year for qualifying expenses incurred for that child until they turn 14.  To qualify, you had to have been enrolled in the DCFSA during the 2020 plan year.

For Dependent Care FSA, you must submit all claims incurred for the calendar year by March 31 of the following calendar year. For 2020 eligible expenses, you must submit all claims incurred in through December 31, 2021, by March 31, 2022.

• You must submit claims for reimbursement to HealthEquity no later than 90 days from SHC date of termination. Unused funds will be forfeited upon employment termination. For example, if date of termination is June 30, you must submit IRS-qualified claims incurred through June 30 to HealthEquity no later than September 28.
• To learn more visit HRA page in HealthySteps https://shc.healthysteps4u.org/health-life-benefits/savings-spending-accounts/health-reimbursement-account/.

• Visit the Healthy Steps Incentive Program website
• You have until June 30 to complete 500 points for the required Quarter 2 activities/challenges to earn full wellness incentive dollars.

GME does not verify house staff appointment. Kindly refer all training verifications to your Stanford training program verifier. For a list of Stanford training program verifiers see training Verification

As an outgoing resident/fellow, please note the following regarding MedHub access:

• You have access to your MedHub account 30 days after your end date. 
  • This also includes trainees who will be staying at Stanford as Faculty. As a Stanford faculty, you will be issued a new MedHub account (separate from your trainee MedHub account).
• Before your appointment/contract end date, please do the following in MedHub:
  • download your procedure logs and portfolio entries,
  • verify all duty hours, and
  • complete all evaluations.

GME sponsors house staff’s Stanford University email account until the last day of the house staff contract/appointment. For example, if the contract/appointment ends on June 24, the @stanford.edu email ends on June 24.

If you are moving out of your apartment/house and would like an incoming/current house staff take over your lease, please let us know about the housing opportunity.