Postal Bulletin 22086 - October 3, 2002 - USPS.com® - About

POSTAL BULLETIN 22086 (10-3-02)
Health Benefits Open Season
The 2002 Federal Employees Health Benefits Open
Season is scheduled for November 11 through December
9, 2002. During this open season, eligible employees may
make any one, or a combination of, the following changes:
– Enroll if not enrolled.
– Change from one plan to another plan.
– Change from one option to another option.
– Change from Self Only to Self and Family.
– Change from Self and Family to Self Only.
– Cancel enrollment.
– Change from pre-tax to post-tax payment of health
insurance premiums, or vice versa.
Enrollment changes and new enrollments made during
the 2002 open season will be effective January 11, 2003
(Pay Period 03-03).
Distribution of Open Season Materials
Employees
Prior to the start of open season, the 2003 Guides to
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Plans for (1)
career employees (RI 70-2); (2) Postal Inspection Service
and Office of Inspector General (OIG) employees (RI
70-2IN); and (3) certain temporary noncareer employees
(RI 70-8PS) will be mailed from the national level to each
employee’s address of record. Each 2003 Guide includes:
– An overview of FEHB Program eligibility requirements
and election choices during open season.
– A comparison of biweekly premium costs of participating
plans.
– An explanation of the pre-tax payment feature, including
a revised listing of qualified life status
changes.
– Enrollee survey results provided by the individual
health plans.
– Information about accreditation of the key systems
and processes that managed care organizations use.
Installations
Distribution will be made to the same list used for Thrift
Savings Plan (TSP) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
materials distribution. This distribution is to all customer
service district offices, processing and distribution centers,
airport mail centers, bulk mail centers, remote encoding
centers, the OIG and selected Postal Inspection Service Divisions,
and selected Headquarters field units.
Personnel offices will receive through automatic
distribution:
– RI 70-2, 2003 Guide to FEHB Plans (postal career
employees) — NSN 7690-03-000-3774.
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– RI 70-2IN, 2003 Guide to FEHB Plans (United States
Postal Service (USPS) Inspectors and Office of
Inspector General employees).
– RI 70-5, 2003 Guide to FEHB Plans (temporary continuation
of coverage and former spouses) — NSN
7690-03-000-3772.
– Most fee-for-service plan brochures.
Personnel offices must requisition RI 70-8 PS, 2003
Guide to FEHB Plans (certain temporary/non-career employees)
from the Material Distribution Center (MDC) as
follows:
Touch Tone Order Entry (TTOE): Call
800-332-0317, option 1, then option 2.
Note: You must be registered to use TTOE. To register,
call 800-332-0317, choose option 8, extension
2925, and follow the prompts to leave a message
(wait 48 hours after registering before placing your
first order).
E-mail: Complete PS Form 7380, MDC Supply
Requisition (manually or using F3Fill), and send it as
an attachment to the e-mail address MDC Customer
Service or to mcustome@email.usps.gov.
Mail: Mail a completed PS Form 7380 to the MDC at
the following address:
SUPPLY REQUISITIONS
MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
500 SW GARY ORMSBY DR
TOPEKA KS 66624-9702
The relevant ordering information for RI 70-8 PS, 2003
Guide to FEHB Plans, is as follows:
PSN: 7690-03-000-3754
PSIN: RI 70-8 PS
Unit of Issue: Each
Bulk Pack Qty: 100
Price: No cost
Edition Date: November 2002
Automatic distribution of the Rural Carrier Benefit Plan
will be made to District and Area Human Resources offices
(not to the TSP/FSA installation distribution list). Offices
may also requisition additonal copies of RI 72-5, Rural Carrier
Benefit Plan, from the MDC. The relevant ordeirng information
is as folows:
PSN: 7690-03-000-3809
PSIN: RI 72-5
Unit of Issue: Each
Bulk Pack Qty: 100
Price: No cost
Edition Date: January 2003