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As open season kicks off, OPM uses Web to get word out
Shirley Patterson, the assistant director of federal employee insurance options at OPM, told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris the agency turned to a new channel of communication to get the word out this year: webcasts.
Tags: OPM , Shirley Patterson , Open Season , health insurance , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris
Open season demystified: Tips for making smart choices
Registered employee benefit consultant Ed Zurndorfer, a registered employee benefits consultant, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris with tips for making the best decisions.
Tags: Ed Zurndorfer , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , Open Season , health insurance , pay and benefits , OPM
Health insurance Open Season means 'homework' for feds
Federal benefits specialist Ann Vanderslice joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the various plans the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.
Tags: pay and benefits , Federal Drive , benefits , healthcare , Open Season , Ann Vanderslice
High-priced health plans ailing
After years of being asleep at the health-insurance switch, it appears that many federal workers and retirees are actually doing more than complaining about higher premiums, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Mike Causey , pay and benefits , benefits , healthcare , health insurance , Open Season
Long-term care: Your clock is ticking!
Saving money on long-term care insurance premiums is easy: All you need is to sign up a couple of weeks before a stroke or accident makes it impossible for you to dress, bathe, eat or get in and out of bed. If you don't know that horrible, magic moment, check out Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's column today.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , healthcare , long-term care insurance ,
Playing Russian roulette with your health plan
Are you one of those federal workers that is unwittingly playing Russian roulette with your lifetime health coverage? Mike Causey says you should be aware of the so-called 5-rule to protect your health insurance coverage when you retire or take a buyout.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , health plans
OPM officials asking for more transparency in FEHBP prescription drug program
Stopping the high cost of prescription drugs some federal workers pay in the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program another goal of new legislation.
Tags: pay and benefits , management , best practices , Congress , Stephen Lynch , House Federal Workforce Subcommittee , OPM , Patrick McFarland , John Berry , John O'Brien
OPM works to make Open Season easier
Tags: technology , contracting , P&B , Vangent , OPM , health benefits , Open Season , Craig Janus
OPM announces same-sex domestic partner health plans
Ed Zurndorfer, a registered employee benefits consultant, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss OPM's plan to allow domestic partners of federal employees to be added to federal health plans.
Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , benefits , healthcare , Ed Zurndorfer , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , domestic partnerships
Finding feds' G-spot
For many federal workers there is one place you don't go, don't touch. It's their G-spot which, in this case, refers to the giant Group Plan, the FEHBP, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So does the G-spot bring you pleasure or pain?
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , healthcare , pay and benefits , benefits
