AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: This rule finalizes an interim final rule that established the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program for Postal Service employees, Postal Service annuitants, and their eligible family members, pursuant to the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. This Program will include health benefits plans available to…
In this issue: Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Updates – Read updated information about PSHB including the Special Enrollment Period, Lunch and Learn seminars, Watch Parties and more. Arthritis Awareness – Did you know that osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and occurs most frequently in the hands, hips, and knees? Social Connectedness – Social connectedness is when…
OPM News Release – March 13, 2024 Washington, D.C. â The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a list of conditionally approved carrier applicants today to participate in OPMâs new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program for U.S. Postal Employees and their families. The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 requires that OPM establish this new…
Will the APWU Health Plan participate in the new PSHB Program? As your Health Plan, we have submitted the necessary paperwork to apply for participation in the Postal Services Health Benefits program. Are APWU Health Plan Postal members impacted during the current 2023 Open Season period? The PSHB Program will not impact the upcoming Open…
October 25, 2023 Postal Service employees can take part in a series of live and on-demand webinars on health insurance plans and the annual open season benefits enrollment period. âInsurance 101â is an on-demand webinar that will explore insurance terms, types of plans and how to choose the right one. It will also offer an…
Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control. The kind of breast cancer depends on which cells in the breast turn into cancer. While breast cancer is most often found in women, men can get breast cancer too About 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in…
Iâm a current APWU member & USPS retiree. As such, I feel that the APWU & other unions have let us retirees down in the worst way. I worked my entire careers being told Iâll have the very best health care -the same FEHP used by all federal employees at all levels. Yet, now that…
September 21, 2023 The United States Postal ServiceÂź (USPSÂź) is committed to providing quality healthcare options for pre-career employees. The USPS Health Benefit (HB) Plan is administered by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and is available to eligible pre-career employees (see poster below). When you enroll in the USPS HB Plan, the Postal Service™ provides a contribution…
