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News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 22, 2003

Contact: Edmund Byrnes
(202) 606-2402

OPM Issues Call Letter to Federal Employees Health Benefits Providers
Points Out the Qualities That Make the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program a Model

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has issued its annual Call-Letter which provides guidance and negotiation objectives for benefit and rate proposals from health plans participating in Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) programs.

OPM Director Kay Coles James has taken aggressive steps to keep the FEHB program on the cutting edge of employer-sponsored health benefits, and she has recognized the unique nature of the program and highlighted its nationwide accessibility and competitive dynamic which underpin its reputation as a model of excellence for employee health care.

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