FEHBP Open Season Guide

GovExec.com's guide to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Open Season for federal managers, employees and their families.

In The News

• Pay & Benefits Watch: Healthier Health Care (September 23, 2004)
• Federal health insurance premiums to rise by 7.9 percent (September 13, 2004)
• Pay & Benefits Watch: Pushing HSAs (September 16, 2004)
• Pay & Benefits Watch: Flexible Rollover (August 26, 2004)
• Pay & Benefits Watch: Healthy Explanation (July 28, 2004)
• Senate panel passes pay and benefits bills (July 21, 2004)
• Pay & Benefits Watch: Eyes, Teeth, Ears and Benefits (July 8, 2004)
• Pay & Benefits Watch: Healthy Skepticism (May 13, 2004)
• OPM seeks firms to offer health savings accounts (April 23, 2004)
• Feds promote new health accounts, but think workers will stay away (April 5, 2004)
• Lawmakers voice doubts about health savings accounts (March 25, 2004)
• OPM official ducks lawmakers' call for better dental, vision benefits (February 24, 2004)

2004 FEHBP Premiums

• Non-Postal Rates
• Postal Rates

Questions and Answers

• Who is Eligible for FEHBP and How Does One Apply?
• What Types of Plans Are Available?
• Which type of insurance is right for you?

FEHBP Information

• OPM's FEHBP Web site
• Download FEHBP Guides from OPM
• Health insurance glossary
• Changes to Health Plans in the FEHBP
• FEHBP Plan Comparisons

For information about long-term care insurance, click here: http://www.opm.gov/insure/ltc/about/index.htm

For information about flexible spending accounts, click here: http://www.opm.gov/insure/pretax/fsa/index.asp

Health Plan Tools, Calculators and Report Cards

• National Committee for Quality Assurance, a non-profit organization that rates health insurance programs for consumers.
• Consumer's Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees. Contains ratings of plans for likely out of pocket costs, ratings of HMO and Fee-for-Service plans for customer satisfaction based on independently collected survey data, and much more. Users must pay a fee to access ratings.
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, a non-profit that evaluates and accredits nearly 18,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.
• Healthfinder, a research site for health information.