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United States

Office of 

Personnel Management 

The Federal Government’s Human Resources Agency

Tribal Benefits Administration Letter

Number: 20-702 Date: October 8, 2020 

Subject: 2020 FEHB Open Season for Tribal Employees: Ordering and Distributing

 Materials and Conducting the Open Season

This Tribal Benefits Administration Letter (TBAL) is the second in our series of 2020 

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season for Tribal Employees TBALs. 

This TBAL (20-702) provides instructions for ordering and distributing FEHB Open 

Season materials as well as conducting the Open Season. 

This year’s FEHB Open Season for Tribal Employees will run from Monday, 

November 9 through Monday, December 14, 2020. 

The following attachments provide information regarding your responsibilities for the 

upcoming Federal Benefits Open Season and assistance for your employees:

Please distribute Attachment 2 (Tribal FastFacts) to your tribal employees and inform 

them that the 2021 plan information will be available by late October on our website at 

www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/tribal-employers/plan-information/plans/. 

OPEN SEASON MATERIALS

The Open Season resource materials, including the above attachments, are available on 

our website at www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/tribal-employers/reference-materials/. 

Please distribute the link to the materials to your employees. 

• Attachment 1: Inform Tribal Employees and Provide Information about the

FEHB Open Season

• Attachment 2: Tribal FastFacts: What to Consider During the FEHB Open

Season for Tribal Employees

• Attachment 3: Process FEHB Enrollment Actions
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FEHB BROCHURES 

Please be aware that the deadline has now passed to order FEHB Fee-for-Service (FFS)

health plan brochures. If you did not order a supply of FFS health plan brochures, you 

can access these brochures at www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/tribal-employers/planinformation. 

You can request HMO plan brochures directly from the health plan contacts as described 

below. 

PLAN CONTACTS

Plan contact information for items listed below are available on our website at 

www.opm.gov/plancontacts. 

• FEHB Plan Contacts for Requesting Brochures 

• FEHB Plan Tribal Liaisons 

• FEHB Plan Contacts for Ordering Materials for the Visually Impaired 

• FEHB Plan Contacts for Organizing Open Season Fairs 

PREMIUMS

The premiums are posted on our website at www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/tribalemployers/benefits-premiums. 

For 2021 there are several FEHB choices where the enrollee share of premiums for the

Self Plus One enrollment type will be higher than for the Self and Family enrollment 

type. Enrollees who wish to cover one eligible family member are free to elect either the

Self and Family or Self Plus One enrollment type. Enrollees should carefully check the 

rates of their current plan and any other plan options they are considering. If the Self and 

Family enrollee premium is less expensive, they may want to choose that enrollment 

type.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Visit our website at www.opm.gov/tribalprograms to learn more about the FEHB 

Program. 

If you are not already receiving the TRIBALPROGRAMS Listserv, please subscribe by 

sending an email to tribalprograms@opm.gov. In the body of the email, please indicate 

that you would like to be added to the listserv and include your first and last name. 

If you have specific questions, please contact your Tribal Benefits Officer. If you are a 

Tribal Benefits Officer and you have questions, please contact the OPM Tribal Desk at 

tribalprograms@opm.gov or 202-606-2530. 

Sincerely,
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Laurie Bodenheimer 

Acting Director

Healthcare and Insurance 

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