With open season underway, Ed and Dan review the different FEHB health plan types and options. They delve into PPOs, PPOs with FFS, HMOs, HDHPs with HSAs, and CDHPs with POS plans, explaining each type and outlining their advantages and ... Read More

Your Guide to Federal Employee Health Benefits Enrollment This is part eight of our series on OPM’s FEHB Handbook,  The previous sevens parts went over the following topics – Part One: General Overview Part Two: Legal Responsibilities Part Three: FEHB ... Read More

Everything feds need to know about enrolling in the federal employee health benefits (FEHB) program This is part eight of our series on OPM’s FEHB Handbook,  The previous sevens parts went over the following topics – Part One: General Overview ... Read More

Benefits “Open Season” Means It Is Time for Employees to Enroll or to Re-Enroll in a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account   For some federal employees, particularly those employees who have young children or those employees who have adult tax ... Read More

Our deep dive into the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program continues with examining how FEHB plans coordinate with other health coverage like Medicare, TriCare, and CHAMPVA. OPM’s FEHB Handbook is a dense digital document that details all the technicalities ... Read More

Benefits “Open Season” Means It Is Time for Employees to Enroll or to Re-Enroll in a Health Care Flexible Spending Account. For all employees, the current benefits “open season” (which runs through December 11, 2023) means that it is time ... Read More

Enrollment Types and Tax Savings Associated with the FEHB Program During the current Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program “open season”, federal employees who are enrolling in the FEHB program for the first time choose their enrollment type in the ... Read More

Our deep dive into the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program continues with a look the types of health plans available. OPM’s FEHB Handbook is a dense digital document that details all the technicalities around health insurance for active and ... Read More

Inflation Reduction Act makes FEHB enrollees able to benefit from Medicare part D. 17 FEHB Plans will offer a Medicare part D component in 2024. FEHB open season is the time to evaluate the costs and benefits of part D. ... Read More

Is Medicare free? Should you get a medigap plan? Are you “over-insured”? Is dropping FEHB in retirement a good idea? – Learn the answers to these questions and more! Don’t miss our Special FEHB Open Season Webinar on November 28th ... Read More