OPM unveils its major plans and policy goals for federal health care in 2026 The Office of Personnel Management's 2026 Federal Employees Health Benefits program roadmap focuses on cutting red tape for feds and retirees while staying committed to key health care priorities—here’s what it could ...
On October 30, 2013, OPM published final regulations in the Federal Register to expand coverage for children of same-sex domestic partners under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). The regulation allowed children...
Inclusion in the final regulations of a revised list of qualifying events and event examples; Detailed information in OPM regulations about the period when salary deductions and elect changes become effective; Application of OPM regulations only to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.Rosenbaum...
Note: FEHB = Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; OPM = Office of Personnel Management. Setting the Government Share of Premiums Over the years, the government's share of premiums has increased overall. In the legislation that created FEHB, the government's share was set at 50% of the ...
The Alliance of Community Health Plans has proposed a number of recommendations to improve the Federal Employees Health Benefits program’s plan comparison tool to boost quality and enrollment.
Your Federal Health Benefits & Medicare: Helpful Resources from OPM The Office of Personnel Management offers several resources for federal employees and retirees regarding Medicare and how it works with the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program... ...
Until 2025, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program was the sole program for federal employees and retirees, including those working for, or who had retired from, the semi-corporate U.S. Postal Service. The Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) began in calendar year 2025 as a...
mass termination of fed probationary, temporary, term employees. VA already terminated over 1000. OPM HR Guidance and Transmittals FED Status, Closure, Dismissal Procedures ♦ Feb 17, .. SCD: Griffin v. Police Standards Commission .. On August 26, 2020, Police Officer Anthony Griffin and oth...
Employees who are "excepted" may continue to work — but their pay may be delayed. Excepted employees "are performing tasks that, by law, are allowed to continue during a lapse in appropriations," OPM said. Examples include tasks related to protecting human lif...
President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it — angering some, confusing many and raising questions about whether the offer is even legal.