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Certain employees received letters indicating that their health plan is reducing its service area for the 2010 plan year. This change will not affect all employees who received the letter. To determine whether or not you will be affected, review the table below, consult your health plan brochure, and/or contact the health plan for further information.
If your service area is dropped for the 2010 plan year and you do not elect a new plan during this Open Season (November 9–December 15, 2009), you may be required to travel to the plan’s remaining service area for medical care in order to receive full benefits from the plan after January 1, 2010.
If you wish to elect a new plan, you must complete a PostalEASE FEHB Worksheet and enter your election in PostalEASE via LiteBlue (https://liteblue.usps.gov), at an Employee Self-Service Kiosk, on the Employee Service Line (877-477-3273, option 1, or TTY: 866-260-7507), on the Blue page (http://blue.usps.gov); or via submitting your worksheet to the Human Resources Shared Service Center (HRSSC) by close of business December 15, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The new plan coverage you elect will become effective on January 2, 2010.
You can obtain a PostalEASE FEHB Worksheet from inside your 2010 Guide to Benefits, which is mailed to your address of record during Open Season. Plan brochures and other information are available on the Office of Personnel Management’s website at www.opm.gov/insure/health.
Contact the HRSSC at 877-477-3273, option 5, if you have further questions.
Plans Reducing Their Service Areas Without Terminating Enrollment Codes
State
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Plan Name
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3-Digit Plan Code
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Area Dropped
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California
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PacifiCare of California
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CY1, CY2
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Entire counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Marin, Placer, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, and Yolo
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California
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Anthem Blue Cross
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M51, M52
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Entire counties of Butte, El Dorado, Lake Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, San Benito, and Tulare
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Connecticut
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Aetna Open Access
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JC1, JC2
JC4, JC5
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Entire state of Connecticut
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Florida
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Humana CoverageFirst
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QP1, QP2
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Entire counties of St. Lucia, Indian River, and Okeechobee
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North Carolina
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Aetna Open Access
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JN1, JN2
JN4, JN5
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Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham areas and entire counties of Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Durham, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Orange, Rowan Union, and Wake
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Pennsylvania
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Aetna Open Access
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P31, P32
P34, P35
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Entire counties of Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill, and York
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Texas
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PacifiCare of Texas
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GF1, GF2
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Entire counties of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Rockwell, Tarrant, and Wise
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Texas
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FirstCare
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CK1, CK2
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Entire counties of Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Brewster, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Ector, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Pecos, Reagan, Reeves, Roberts, Scurry, Sherman, Terry, Upton, Ward, Wheeler, Winkler, and Yoakum
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Virginia
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M.D. IPA
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JP1, JP2
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Entire cities of Chesapeake, Clifton Forge, Covington, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Norton, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Radford, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, and Williamsburg; and
Entire counties of Accomack, Allegheny, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Buckingham, Charlotte, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, Montgomery, Nelson, Northampton, Patrick, Pulaski, Roanoke, Southampton, Surry, Tazewell, and York
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— Compensation, Human Resources, 9-10-09
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