SSM Health
St. Louis, MO
SSM Health is one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the United States, based in St. Louis with a significant regional presence across multiple states. As a mission-driven healthcare organization, they emphasize employee wellbeing and professional development alongside patient care delivery.
see the full file on SSM Healthdocumented benefits (19)
| Birthing-parent leave | 6 weeks |
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| Partner leave | 1 weeks |
| Adoption leave | 1 weeks |
| Adoption & surrogacy support | offered |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Mental health | yes |
| Disability | yes |
| Life insurance | yes |
| Tuition reimbursement | offered |
| Retirement match | offered |
| Pet insurance | yes |
| FSA | yes |
| HSA | yes |
| Employer pays full premium | yes |
| Hours a week to qualify | SSM Health states the threshold in hours per PAY PERIOD, not per week: 40 hours per pay period (50% FTE or higher) qualifies a part-time employee for benefits, effective the first of the month on or after hire. Applies to all non-union employees; staff covered by a collective bargaining agreement get whatever the CBA provides instead. |
| Benefits while part-time | yes |
| Degree paid upfront | FlexPath Funded is upfront-paid and usable on day one of employment, but only for degree coursework at select ONLINE universities or online skills-based courses. SHORT CLINICAL CERTIFICATES ARE OUTSIDE IT: CNA, medical assistant and phlebotomy training runs through tuition reimbursement instead, which requires 90 days of service, must be paid by the employee first, and must be REPAID in full if you leave or drop below benefit-eligible status within 12 months (24 months for cohort and hard-to-recruit certification programmes). Scope: all benefit-eligible employees. |
| Union contract | SSM Health's own benefits page confirms part of its workforce is covered by collective bargaining agreements and that those employees' benefits come from the CBA, not from this page - employees are told to ask their recruiter for a separate Employee Benefits Guide. |
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by SSM Health. It applies to every employer in St. Louis, MO.
| IVF cycles the state covers | THERE IS NO FEDERAL MANDATE. No US law requires an employer health plan to cover IVF or any infertility treatment, so coverage comes either from the insurance mandate in the state where the plan is written or from the employer's own choice. And the state mandates reach less far than they look: they bind fully insured plans bought from a state-regulated carrier, while a self-funded employer plan is governed federally under ERISA and is preempted from state insurance regulation. KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers in a self-funded plan, and 80% of those at firms of 200 or more — so at the size of employer this site mostly covers, the state mandate usually does not apply, and any fertility benefit is a genuine company choice rather than a restatement of law. That is precisely why it belongs on a benefits page here. Perks has not yet read this employer's own state insurance mandate from an official source; the states that have been read carry their own entry. (No federal statute requires an employer health plan to cover infertility treatment or IVF. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) preempts state insurance regulation as applied to self-funded employer plans, which is why a state mandate does not reach them.) |
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| Adoption leave the law gives | 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.) |
| Pay when you are ill | No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.) |
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