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With significant changes to Medicare Part D in the Inflation Reduction Act, a federal health expert says FEHB participants should reconsider their plan options to save money.
The Office of Personnel Management expects to receive a much higher volume of calls during next year’s Open Season. That’s because a Postal Service reform bill signed into law in 2022 is moving postal employees…
The Office of Personnel Management still has a lot of rebuilding to do. The Trump administration tried to roll its functions into the White House and GSA.
If you wonder why federal employees worry, along with everyone else, consider: mini financial crises, a stubbornly bear stock market, no breakthroughs on Social Security solvency, and the debt-ceiling debate dragging out.
Among heated questions about federal telework, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee urged Office of Personnel Management Director to make improvements to retirement services, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and the federal hiring process.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee pressed Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja on federal telework, hiring process reforms, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the retirement case backlog and much more.
Employee retention is a hot topic for many agencies. Agencies have made positive steps toward keeping people, but there are a few things they could still do.
The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program has a problem. Its overseer, the Office of Personnel Management, doesn't have a reliable way of know whether plan holders' family members are actually eligible. The Government Accountability Office estimates insurers might be paying out a billion dollars a year on ineligible members.
The Office of Personnel Management has established a verification process for adding new family members to FEHB enrollees’ plans, but the Government Accountability Office said more still needs to be done.
The omnibus spending bill would give the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget 120 days to come up with a plan to speed up the federal hiring process.
Whether you are (or should be) for Postal Reform or against the Windfall and Offset laws, help is coming. John Hatton, staff VP for NARFE, will discuss the status of these on Your Turn.
To be eligeble for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program in retirement, you must have been enrolled for at least five years before leaving your job.
Federal workers, retirees or their survivors have 12 more days to pick the health plan that will cover them and their families next year.
Come Jan. 1, health insurance plans must treat emergency services performed out-of-network as if they were done in-network. The new rules apply to almost all major public and private health insurance plans, including the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.