Office of Personnel Management

Retirement and Insurance Service

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Benefits Administration Letter

Number: 95-401 Date: June 12, 1995 

SUBJECT: FEHB Open Season: Introduction

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DATES

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 Dates The 1995 Federal Employees Health Benefits

(FEHB) open season will be held from November

13 through December 11.

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HOTLINE

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 Number The number for the open season hotline is

202-606-0777, ext. 952.

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 Purpose The hotline enables us to provide agencies

with information regarding open season

efficiently and quickly.

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 How It Works The hotline contains a recorded message with

information about the 1995 open season. As

new information becomes available, the

recording is updated.

At the end of the recording, you may leave a

message if you have a question about open

season.

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 Users The hotline is to be used only by agency

headquarters Insurance Officers.

Employees should direct their questions to

their personnel office.
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Personnel offices should direct their

questions to their headquarters Insurance

Officer.

The hotline cannot be used by or on behalf of

annuitants.

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CHANGES AFFECTING THE 1995 OPEN SEASON

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FEHB Guides There will be no changes in quantity of RI

70-1, the FEHB Guide used by most employees,

for the 1995 open season. The same quantity

that was printed for the 1994 open season,

i.e., an amount equal to 60% of an agency's

population, will be printed for this year's

open season.

We do not anticipate any reductions in the

quantities of RI 70-5 (the FEHB Guide for TCC

and spouse equity enrollees) or RI 70-7 (the

Guide for overseas employees). However, we

do expect that the quantity of RI 70-8 (the

Guide for temporary employees) will be

reduced, since a smaller percentage of these

employees enroll in the FEHB Program.

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 Audio Cassettes This year OPM will not be involved in the

ordering of audio cassette tapes for the

visually impaired. Agencies will order these

tapes directly from the open fee-for-service

plans, rather than from OPM as in the past.

When we send the Benefits Administration

Letter on ordering and distribution (this

should be issued in late August), we will

send the list of plan contacts for ordering

the cassette tapes.

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 OPM Mainstreet As was done last year, the Press Release

announcing the 1996 rates will be uploaded to

OPM Mainstreet.

This year the FEHB Guide (RI 70-1) will also

be uploaded to OPM Mainstreet.
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We will also upload the brochure for any

health plan that submits its brochure text in

an acceptable format.

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Abby L. Block, Chief

Insurance Policy 

 and Information Division