Open Season

5 highlights of the 2024 Open Season

Open Season for the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program may be over, but it was still filled with new additions and best practices for federal employees and beneficiaries to keep an eye on. Here are some of the highlights.

  • Carten Cordell

Last-minute Open Season advice

Tips and tools to help you with decision-making before the window closes for the year.

  • Kevin Moss

Open Season: Medicare Advantage or Disadvantage?

Medicare Advantage options have only been offered through Federal Employees Health Benefits Program carriers since 2021 and may provide benefits that are not covered under traditional Medicare.

  • Tammy Flanagan

Open Season: You really ought to review your new benefit choices for 2024

Make sure the plan you have from last year is still the one that makes sense for you.

  • Nathan Abse

Open Season and tax savings

Spending a few hours reviewing your options for 2024, may save you a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars next year.

  • Tammy Flanagan

Flexible Spending Account contribution limits to increase in 2024

FSAs can be an essential way to save money on health care costs.

  • Kevin Moss

An Open Season checklist for active federal employees

Tips for saving money on health care and to help guide you through the process of choosing a plan in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

  • Kevin Moss

Medicare Part D is coming to an FEHB plan near you

The prescription drug benefit is being automatically added to many of the FEHB program options for the 2024 plan year.

  • Tammy Flanagan

What federal annuitants need to know about Medicare Part D for 2024

This upcoming Open Season will be one of the most important in recent years for annuitants to evaluate their existing plan against those that offer Part D coverage.

  • Kevin Moss

FEHB: Here’s what’s new for Open Season 2024

Expanded infertility coverage and increased premiums are among some of the changes federal employees can expect during Open Season this year.

  • Kevin Moss

Bureau of Prisons employees welcome their raise, unions embrace the shutdown pause, and OPM urges an early start on Open Season

Pay and benefits updates you may have missed.

  • Nathan Abse

A closer look at 2024 Federal Employee Health Benefits premiums

Wondering how the increase might impact your FEHB plan choice? We’ll walk you through it.

  • Kevin Moss

Federal workers will pay 7.7% more towards health insurance premiums in 2024

Next year, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program will feature new coverage of anti-obesity medication, as well as expanded access to mental health, assistive reproductive technology and gender-affirming care.

  • Erich Wagner
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Dental and vision benefits are now open to many part-time, temporary and seasonal federal employees

A rule finalized Tuesday makes nearly 200,000 additional federal employees, including postal workers, eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program.

  • Erich Wagner

GovExec Daily: More Open Season Tips for Feds and Annuitants

Kevin Moss joins the podcast to talk about health care options.

  • Adam Butler and Ross Gianfortune

An Open Season Checklist for Federal Annuitants

For starters, make sure you check if your premium is increasing, so you’re not caught off guard next year.

  • Kevin Moss

An Open Season Checklist for Federal Employees

With the largest premium increase in the last 10 years, federal employees should consider whether their existing health insurance plan is still the best fit.

  • Kevin Moss

Why Every Active Federal Employee Should Consider a Flexible Spending Account

You can contribute pre-tax dollars for qualified health care expenses, among other things.

  • Kevin Moss

A Closer Look at 2023 Federal Employee Health Benefits Premiums

Wondering how the increase might impact your FEHB plan choice? We’ll walk you through it.

  • Kevin Moss

OPM Director Urges Enrollees Not To Leave Savings on the Table During Open Season, and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

  • Michael Gennaro

Federal Employees Will Pay 8.7% More Toward Health Care Premiums Next Year

The Office of Personnel Management said increased use of health care services as the COVID-19 pandemic has waned has led to the sharpest uptick in health insurance premiums in more than a decade.

  • Erich Wagner