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| **FEHB Program Carrier Letter**        | **U.S. Office of Personnel  |
|                                        | Management**                |
| All Carriers                           |                             |
|                                        | **Office of Insurance       |
|                                        | Programs**                  |
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| **Letter No. 1999-045** **Date:        |                             |
| September 15, 1999**                   |                             |
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| Fee-for-service \[ 39 \]               |                             |
| Experience-rated HMO \[ 38 \]          |                             |
| Community-rated \[ 37 \]               |                             |
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**Subject: Fall Conference**

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the American Association of
Health Plans (AAHP) are once again collaborating on a conference to
address program-wide as well as HMO and fee-for-service plan specific
issues under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. We
encourage all FEHB carriers to attend.

**Dates: October 12, 1999**

7:30-8:45 a.m. Registration

> 9:00-3:45 p.m. General Session
>
> FFS and HMO Breakout Sessions

3:45-4:30 p.m. DoD Demo Project

4:30-6:00 p.m. Opening Night Wine and Cheese Reception

**October 13, 1999**

> 9:00-4:30 Mental Health Parity

New Initiatives

**October 14, 1999**

9:00-4:30 Plain Language Training

Draft of Year 2001 FEHB Benefit Language (FFS and

> HMO Breakout Sessions)

**Location: Hilton Arlington & Towers at Ballston**

950 North Stafford Street

Arlington, VA 22203

Phone: (703) 528-6000

Fax: (703) 528-4386

There is a special conference rate for either a single or a double room
of \$174.50, including tax if you make your reservation by **Friday,
September 17, 1999.** Please contact the hotel directly for reservations
and indicate that you will be attending the OPM/AAHP Carrier Meeting.
All reservations must be guaranteed with first night\'s room and tax by
cash or credit card. The deposit will be applied to any guaranteed
no-show reservation. The hotel is located at the Ballston Metro Stop,
with easy subway access to Reagan National Airport and downtown
Washington, D.C.

AAHP is handling arrangements for the conference registration. The cost
of the conference is \$275 per registration. Conference registration
policies and the registration form are available on the AAHP web site
(http://www.aahp.org). From the services menu on the left-hand side of
the screen, click \"Conferences.\" You may download the registration
form from that page.

If you have technical questions about how to access these documents,
please call the AAHP Online Hotline at (202) 778-3286 or email your
question to <webmaster@aahp.org>. If you have questions about
registration, please call the AAHP membership and customer action center
at (202) 778-3269. If you have other questions regarding the conference,
please call Tricia Pergal at (202) 778-3295.

Please forward agenda items to Mary Hartman at OPM by email
(<mchartma@opm.gov>) by September 24, 1999.

We look forward to seeing you at the Fall Conference!

Sincerely,

(Signed)

Frank D. Titus

Assistant Director

for Insurance Programs

Enclosure

> *\"This document is not available electronically and will be sent
> separately with this Carrier Letter mailing.*
>
> *\"At other times, contact Mary Hartman, 202/606-0745 for this
> enclosure.*\"