United States Office of Personnel Management 

The Federal Government’s Human Resources Agency 

Tribal Benefits Administration Letter 

Number: 21-702 Date: October 7, 2021 

Subject: 2021 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 2021 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season for Tribal 

Employees TBALs. This TBAL (21-702) 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 8 through Monday, December 13, 2021. 

The following attachments provide information regarding your 

responsibilities for the upcoming Open Season and assistance for 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

Please distribute Attachment 2 (Tribal FastFacts) to your Tribal employees 

and inform them that the 2022 plan information will be available in October 

on our website. 
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Tribal Benefits Administration Letter 21-702

Open Season Materials 

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

available on our website. Please distribute the link to the materials to your 

employees. 

FEHB Brochures 

Please assist us in “going green” by encouraging your employees to access 

all FEHB brochures online. 

All FEHB brochures are available on the OPM website in a Section 508-

compliant format. Individuals may download a PDF version of the brochure 

for printing, if desired. 

Please be aware that the deadline has now passed to order print FEHB Feefor-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/FEHBbrochures. 

You can request print HMO plan brochures directly from the health plan 

contacts as described above. 

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

Health Fairs 

Contact the individual FEHB Carriers to request their participation in health 

fairs (in-person or virtual) you may be hosting. Plan contacts for health fairs 

are available at www.opm.gov/plancontacts. 
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Premiums 

FEHB premiums will be posted on our website in October. 

For 2022, 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 Tribal Programs Listserv messages, 

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 about the Federal Benefits Open Season, 

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, 

Laurie Bodenheimer 

Associate Director 

Healthcare and Insurance 

Encl.: 

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