Those employees and retirees who are enrolled in a FEHB program health plan which offers some dental and vision benefits will have primary coverage for dental and vision expenses through their FEHB plan and have secondary coverage for their dental and vision benefits if they are enrolled in a FED...
• Have adopted one or more recognized entities in order to guide evidence-based benefits coverage and medical policies pertaining to gender affirming care and services, such as the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care, the Endocrine Society, and the Fenway...
For the 2025 Plan Year, OPM is pleased to continue to promote benefit offerings in the following areas across the FEHB and PSHB Programs: Contraception, Fertility, Maternal Health, Mental Health/Substance Use Disorders, Prevention and Treatment of Obesity benefits, and Pharmacy Coverage. Contraception...
Benefit coverage for Utah's more than 60,000 federal employees and retirees is offered through the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. SelectHealth, the insurance division of Intermountain Healthcare Visitors to the website can compare plans based on a number of quality indicators incl...
Two current congressional bills mandate parity for benefits for mental disorders with benefits for medical/surgical conditions in private insurance when mental health benefits are provided; the bills differ in regard to benefit levels and access to out-of-network coverage. This study assessed clinicians...
The program was created by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (FEHBA; P.L. 86-382). FEHBA and its subsequent amendments established the parameters for eligibility; election of coverage; the types of health plans and benefits that may be offered; and the level of the governmen...
The annual letter begins the negotiation process between OPM and health insurance companies that ends with announcements of new plan rates and terms in the fall, with a late-year open season for eligible persons to elect coverage for the following year. While for decades that has meant only th...
Updated for the 2025 Plan Year:The 2025 plan year marks the most significant change in federal employee and retiree health insurance coverage since the Federal Employees Health Benefits program was created decades ago. For all that time, the FEHB has been the sole program, applying both to emplo...