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...
Define Federal employee health benefit. means the program of health benefits plans, as defined in 5 USC 8901, available to federal employees under 5 USC 8901 to 8914.
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 ...
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...
OPM is required to administer the contracts in the same way it administers contracts with carriers under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP), that include negotiating with each plan regarding: a MLR; a profit margin; premiums to be charged; and other terms and conditions. OPM ...
Federal employees health benefits program; medically underserved areas for 1998--OPM. Notice of medically underserved areas for 1998. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has completed its annual calculation of the States that qualify as Medically Underserved Areas under the Federal E... N Liste...
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.
after taking over as chairman of the House Oversight panel went to Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja, citing a Government Accountability Office audit that revealed that the government is spending up to $1 billion per year on health benefits for ineligible federal emp...
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...
Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) Is Your Agency Providing the Proper Financial Education? OPM requires agencies to accept ‘the primary responsibility for the delivery of retirement financial education to their employees and for supporting financial literacy’. ‘Each agency must develop...