Welcome! Here at UC Davis Health, we’re proud to offer the health expertise of our world-class university at a variety of convenient locations – from Davis to Sacramento, and from Placer County to Folsom to Elk Grove.
As a UC Davis employee, you can select this extraordinary care for your or your family’s health needs, if you so choose. To do so, the first and most important step is to select a health insurance plan that gives you access to UC Davis Health — such as UC Blue & Gold HMO.
A network created just for UC
Administered by Health Net, the UC Blue & Gold HMO has a custom network of providers created exclusively for UC — including access to all of the UC Davis Health specialists and primary care experts you may need.
The UC Office of the President publishes details about medical plans like UC Blue & Gold on its UCnet site. (But don’t forget: the rates published on UCnet may be different than what you’ll actually pay, depending on factors such as your representation status and bargaining unit. You’ll learn more below).
For UC, maintaining UC Blue & Gold is a priority
UC will continue to offer the same medical plans for 2027, with no anticipated changes to carriers or plan administrators. Health Net will continue to administer UC Blue & Gold HMO through 2027, and UC will transition to a new administrator for the plan for 2028 and beyond.
Beginning January 2027, UC Davis will use the same systemwide UC Blue & Gold premiums as all other UC locations. Rates for represented employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements, many of which include monthly premium subsidies and/or caps on premium increases.
Rates vary, so check carefully
Employee medical plan costs for 2027 are available through the UC Davis Human Resources Open Enrollment website and its UC Davis Medical Plan Rates page. There are also helpful links to virtual and in-person Employee Benefits help desks, presentations, and the UC Davis Health Care Facilitator Program.
All employees should carefully review their individual rates, provider access and plan options! In particular, UC notes that it’s important to review your exact individual premium costs with the ALEX Benefits Tool or in your UCPath account, since your rates may differ from the published rates depending on your union representation and employee group. This especially applies to newly represented staff.
For benefits questions, please contact UC Davis Human Resources at benefits@ucdavis.edu.
Advantages of UC Davis Health care
Choosing high-quality health care is so important. And choosing UC Davis Health for your care means choosing the best for you and your family, such as:
- Experts in more than 150 medical specialties, covering virtually all areas of health care
- Convenient primary care at local clinics across the Sacramento region – all currently accepting new patients.
- Enhanced access to our world-class care for employees and their loved ones. Through our Project FAST program, all UC Davis employees and their dependents who are UC Davis Health patients and in a UC Davis Health-sponsored HMO or PPO medical plan (excluding Kaiser) can receive higher-priority access to UC Davis Health care.
- A complete system of world-class care, with a wide variety of options for same-day, next-day and after-hours care – including two newly introduced ways to access care.
- Nationally ranked care in 3 adult and 3 pediatric specialties, and high marks for many common health conditions
- Access to the quality and technology of Sacramento’s #1-ranked hospital, when needed
How to choose UC Blue & Gold for your care
It’s easy to sign up during your open enrollment period – whether you’re a new UC Davis employee, or an existing one who’s considering making a switch from Kaiser or another health provider.
1. First, select UC Blue & Gold as your health plan.
It allows you to access UC Davis Health care and its advantages.
2. Then choose UC Davis Health as your medical group
We may be listed as UC Davis Health or as UC Davis Medical Group in your plan materials.
If you don’t find us under those names, here are some other names we may be listed under that you can check for:
- UCD
- UC D
- UCD Medical Group or UCD Medical Center
- University of California, Davis
- Univ of CA Davis
3. Find your primary care doctor
When you’re ready to find a UC Davis Health provider, call our dedicated UC Davis Health employee phone line at 916-734-1700. This line has been specially established as part of our service commitment to our employees. You can also call this number if you have any questions.
Find your primary care provider
This page last updated October 2026.
