Civil Service 

Retirement 

System 

Federal Employees’ 

Group Life 

Insurance Program 

Federal Employees 

Health Benefits 

Program 

Federal Employees 

Retirement 

System 

Federal Long 

Term Care 

 Insurance 

Program 

United States 

Office of 

Personnel Management 

The Federal Government’s Human Resources Agency

Retirement and Insurance Service 

Benefits Administration Letter 

Number: 02-211 Date: October 3, 2002 

Subject: Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Opportunity for 

Enrollees of Amcare Health Plans, Enrollment Codes 2V and ZG, to Change 

Enrollment

Amcare Health Plans, enrollment codes 2V and ZG, will no longer participate in the Federal 

Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program effective October 31, 2002. 

Amcare enrollees in codes 2V and ZG must change to another participating plan in order to 

continue to receive benefits under the FEHB Program. Enrollees who do not change plans 

will have no benefits for the remainder of the 2002 benefit year. The opportunity to change 

enrollment will begin immediately and continue through October 31, 2002. The effective date of 

all enrollment changes will be the beginning pay period in which the enrollee makes the change, 

but no later than October 20, 2002. Agencies may accept belated enrollment changes, however, 

the effective date of all enrollments accepted after October 31, 2002 must be effective no later 

than the last pay period in October. Effective dates for agencies that have pay periods other than 

bi-weekly pay periods must be no later than November 1, 2002. 

Since HMO Blue Texas, Code YX, will not be offered in 2003 please do not allow members to enroll in 

this plan. Please refer to BAL 02-204 or the FEHB website at www.opm.gov/insure/health for a 

list of terminating plans. 

The Plan will send a letter to enrollees advising them of this opportunity to change enrollment. 

We have attached a copy of that letter for your information. 

 Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. 

Abby L. Block, 

Assistant Director 

 for Insurance Programs 

Attachment 
2

United States

Office of

Personnel Management Washington, DC 20415-0001 

TO ALL FEDERAL ENROLLEES OF AMCARE HEALTH PLANS CODE 2V AND ZG

 

Amcare Health Plans, enrollment codes 2V and ZG will no longer participate in the Federal Employees 

Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. If you are an employee, you must transfer to another participating 

health plan immediately to continue to receive health benefits under the FEHB Program. 

 

A special open enrollment period is effective immediately and continues through the end of October 

2002. Please contact your personnel office to obtain a 2002 Guide to Federal Employees Health Benefits 

Plans. You may request brochures directly from the health plans at the phone numbers appearing in the 

Guide. You may also visit our 2002 FEHB web site (www.opm.gov/insure) to view a plan’s brochure or the 

FEHB Guide to help you choose a health plan. NOTE TO MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN THE DALLAS 

AREA: Please do not enroll in HMO Blue Texas, Code YX, since it will not be offered in 2003. 

 

IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE

You should take a copy of this letter to your personnel office and complete a new Health Benefits Registration 

Form (SF 2809). Coverage under your new health plan must begin no later than the last pay period in October 

2002. 

 

IF YOU ARE AN ANNUITANT 

If you are an annuitant under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees’ 

Retirement System (FERS), you should call the Retirement Information Office’s toll-free number 1-888-767-

6738 Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm Eastern Time to make an enrollment change. Please 

have available your CSS or FERS annuity claim number and your social security number when calling. If 

you have impaired hearing, call 1-800-878-5707. Coverage under your new plan will begin on November 1, 

2002. 

If you do not select a new plan during the special open enrollment, OPM will enroll you in the Standard 

Option of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan. This action is to ensure your continued 

coverage and eligibility to participate in the FEHB Program. If Standard Option Blue Cross and Blue Shield 

is the plan you want, do not wait for us to enroll you. If you elect Blue Cross and Blue Shield during the open 

enrollment period, you will receive your plan identification card sooner. 

TRANSITIONAL CARE UNDER THE PATIENT’S BILL OF RIGHTS

If you (or a family member) have a chronic or disabling condition, or are in the second or third trimester of 

pregnancy, you may be able to continue seeing your specialist for up to 90 days from this notice or through 

the end of post-partum care. The plan that enrolls a new member from a plan that leaves the FEHB Program 

must pay for or provide remaining transitional care. Contact your new health plan so it can help coordinate 

your care. 

 

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation. 

 U.S. Office of Personnel Management