OPM.gov / Insurance / Healthcare / Plan Information / Guides

Skip to main content

### In this section

- Open Season Toggle submenu   - Active Federal Employees
  - Federal Retirees & Other Annuitants
  - Tribal Employees
  - Uniformed Services
- Life Events Toggle submenu   - Me/My Family
  - Job
  - Retirement
- Changes in Health Coverage Toggle submenu   - Eligibility & Enrollment
  - Changes in Health Coverage FAQs
- Healthcare Toggle submenu   - Eligibility
  - Enrollment
  - Temporary Continuation of Coverage
  - Medicare Toggle submenu     - Coordination of Medicare and FEHB Benefits
    - Letter from OPM about Medicare Part D
    - Medicare vs FEHB Enrollment
    - Medigap Coverage
    - Medicare Part B Coverage
    - Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
  - Transparency in Healthcare Toggle submenu     - Public Use Files
  - Health Savings Accounts
  - Contraception Coverage
  - Consumer Protections
  - Plan Information Toggle submenu     - Compare Plans Toggle submenu
    - Plan Types
    - Summary of Benefits
    - Plans
    - Enroll
    - Guides
    - Premiums
    - Previous Years
    - Compare Quality
  - Reference Materials Toggle submenu     - FEHB Handbook
    - Attorney Handbook
    - Federal Employees Receiving Premium Conversion Tax Benefits
    - Bill of Rights
    - HIT
    - Premium Conversion
    - Reporting Guidance
- FEHB Plan Comparison Tool
- Dental & Vision Toggle submenu   - Eligibility
  - Enrollment
  - Premiums
  - Benefits Administration Letters
  - Vision
  - Dental
  - Reference Materials
- FEDVIP Plan Comparison Tool
- Life Insurance Toggle submenu   - Eligibility
  - Enrollment
  - Program Information
  - Death Claims
  - Designating a Beneficiary
  - Reference Materials
- Flexible Spending Accounts Toggle submenu   - Enrollment
  - Reference Materials
- Long Term Care Toggle submenu   - Program Information
  - Reference Materials
- Issuer
- Tribal Employers Toggle submenu   - Health Insurance for Employees
  - Premiums
  - HR Personnel
  - Indian Tribes FAQs
  - Reference Materials
  - Compare Plans
  - Plan Types
  - Summary of Benefits
  - Plans
  - Previous Years
- Special Initiatives Toggle submenu   - Health Care Reform
  - Going Green
  - Quit Smoking
  - Managing My Own Health
  - Self Plus One
- Insurance Glossary
- Insurance FAQs Toggle submenu   - Health
  - Dental & Vision
  - Flexible Spending Account
  - Life
- Contact Healthcare & Insurance
- The Affordable Care Act
- Carriers Toggle submenu   - FEHB Carriers
  - PSHB Carriers
  - Dental & Vision Carriers
- Postal Service Health Benefits Program

### Resources For

          - New / Prospective Employees
          - Federal Employees & Annuitants
          - Benefits Officers

# Guides

# Guides Overview

OPM is no longer producing the Guide to Federal Benefits (Guide) beginning with the 2016 benefit year. This will include both the printed and online versions of the Guide. We have determined that it is no longer cost effective to produce the Guide and due to the implementation of the Going Green Initiative in 2010, an increasing number of agencies are turning toward online resources for information about the federal benefits programs instead of ordering printed copies of the Guide.

## Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program

                - Plan Information
                - Compare Plans
                - Plan Types
                - Premiums
                - Eligibility
                - Enrollment

## FEHB for Tribal Employers

                - General Information
                - Plan Information
                - Compare Plans
                - Plan Types
                - Benefits and Premiums
                - Eligibility
                - Enrollment

## Federal Employee’s Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP)

                - Plan Information
                - Compare Plans
                - Premiums
                - Eligibility
                - Enrollment

## Flexible Savings Accounts (FSAFEDS)

                - Enrollment
                - Reference Materials

## Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI)

                - Eligibility
                - Program Information
                - Premiums for Annuitants
                - Premiums for Employees
                - Enrollment
                - Reference Materials

## Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)

                - Program Information
                - Reference materials

# 2015

## Guides

The summary information describes each of the Federal Benefit Programs and gives details intended to educate and inform you about the choices available to you. In the case of the health, dental, and vision programs, the Guides list the plans available in each state, premium rates, selected benefits, health plan consumer satisfaction survey results, and links to other health plan quality indicators.

# 2014

## Guides

The summary information describes each of the Federal Benefit Programs and gives details intended to educate and inform you about the choices available to you. In the case of the health, dental, and vision programs, the Guides list the plans available in each state, premium rates, selected benefits, health plan consumer satisfaction survey results, and links to other health plan quality indicators.

# Earlier Guides

## You are about to access archived material

Plan Information, Rates and Guides to Federal Benefits issued prior to January 1, 2013, will be added to the revamped OPM website in the near future. Until then, you can access them in our temporary archive.

Please note that, if you access materials in the temporary archive other than Plan Information, Rates or Guides to Federal Benefits, you may encounter hyperlinks that no longer function. You should also bear in mind that this content may contain text and references which are no longer applicable as a result of changes in law, regulation and/or administration.

With that understanding, you are welcome to proceed to our temporary archive.