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Benefits Eligibility The benefits offerings detailed on this page are for eligible University of Pittsburgh Physicians (UPP). For additional information, please visit the Review of Available Benefits There are a variety of benefits available to University faculty and staff, including comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, education benefits, retirement savings, and more. Enrolling In Your Benefits As a new hire, you must enroll in benefits coverage within 30 days of your start date. Enrollment takes place in Pitt Worx, the University's human resources and payroll system. The steps that follow can also be found on the As a reminder, you can make changes to your elections as often as needed throughout the first 30 days from your start date. Outside of this period, you can only make changes to your benefits elections during the annual Open Enrollment period, held in the spring of each year, or if you experience a • Login to Pitt Worx by visiting login.pittworx.pitt.edu and logging in with your University account credentials via Pitt Passport. • On the Me page (the Pitt Worx homepage), select Benefits. • If you need to add new dependents, navigate to People to Cover and follow the steps on this page in section " 2. Add Information for Your Dependents/Beneficiaries." • Note: If you are adding new dependents, you will also need to upload the appropriate documentation in Document Records prior to making your benefits elections. • If you do not need to add new dependen...

Procedure [ ] UPPP involves removal of the tonsils, the posterior surface of the soft palate, and the uvula. The uvula is then folded toward the soft palate and sutured together as demonstrated in the figures. In the US, UPPP is the most commonly performed procedure for obstructive sleep apnea with approximately 33,000 procedures performed per year. The surgery is more successful in patients who are not obese, and there is a limited role in morbidly obese (>40kg/m 2) individuals. Procedural details [ ] Standard procedure [ ] UPPP is typically administered to patients with obstructive Role in the "Stanford Protocol" operation [ ] UPPP is also offered to sleep apnea patients who opt for a more comprehensive surgical procedure known as the " Phase 2 involves maxillomandibular advancement, a surgery which moves the jaw top (maxilla) and bottom (mandible) forward. The tongue muscle is anchored to the chin, and translation of the mandible forward pulls the tongue forward as well. If the procedure achieves the desired results, when the patient sleeps and the tongue relaxes, it will no longer be able to block the airway. Success is much better for Phase 2 than for Phase 1 – approximately 90 percent benefit from the second phase, and the success of the Stanford Protocol Operation therefore is due in large part to this second phase. There is debate among surgeons as to the role of Phase 1 surgery. In 2002, an Atlanta-based surgical team, led by Dr. Jeffrey Prinsell, published Succes...

Category filter: Acronym Definition UPP Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora (Portuguese: Police Pacification Unit; Brazil) UPP United Progressive Party UPP Union Properties PJSC (Public Joint Stock Company; United Arab Emirates) UPP Universal Portable Protocol UPP Universal Parallel Port UPP Universal Procedure Pointer UPP Undeducted Purchase Price (pensions) UPP United People's Party (Liberia) UPP Urethral Pressure Profile UPP Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway UPP Unit Penyelarasan Pelaksanaan (Malay: Implementation and Coordination Unit) UPP Universal Phone Processor (various companies) UPP Unified Payment Page UPP Universal Procedure Pointer (operating systems) UPP User Pays Principle UPP Un-equal Packet-loss Protection (also seen as UPLP) UPP Utilisation Pilot Project (European Patent Office) UPP Universidade Popular do Porto (Portuguese: Popular University of Porto; Porto, Portugal) UPP Usha Pillai Properties (Malaysia) UPP Unión por Perú (Union for Peru) UPP User Partnership Program UPP Uniform Pension Plan (Canada) UPP Unmanned Powered Parafoil UPP Uniform Production Plan (manufacturing) UPP User Participation Plan UPP Unified Project Plan