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Open Season: FEDVIP offers new dental, vision plans for 2014
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his year’s Federal Benefits Open Season, November 11-December 9, features four new dental plans and one new vision plan under the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently announced that it awarded contracts under FEDVIP to 10 dental insurance carriers and four vision insurance carriers with coverage beginning January 1, 2014. FEDVIP provider contracts run for seven years, although benefits and premium rates are negotiated each year. The
plans announced by OPM will be available until 2020. One dental plan that had been available, GHI, no longer will be offered. The 10 dental plans available starting in 2014 are: Aetna, MetLife, United Concordia, GEHA, Blue Cross Blue Shield (New), Delta Dental (New), Triple S, Dominion Dental (New), Humana, and Emblem Health (New). The four vision plans available under the program starting in 2014 are: Aetna (New), Blue Cross Blue Shield, VSP, and United Healthcare. During Open Season, federal
employees, retirees and survivors can enroll, change or cancel an existing enrollment in dental and vision plans under FEDVIP. Premium rates should be available from OPM by early October. —By Federal Benefits Service Department
Open season PREVIEW: FAQs SEE PART 1 OF NARFE’s annual Open Season Report on p. 36. Parts 2 and 3 will appear in the November and December issues.
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FEDVIP Open Season Enrollment at: www.benefeds.com or 1.877.888.3337 November 11 – December 9
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