The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced last week that it has selected insurance carriers to provide comprehensive, accessible and competitively priced dental and vision coverage through the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Program (FEDVIP), effective January 1, 2021. The contract term is seven (7) years.
“The competitive application process allowed OPM to strengthen the FEDVIP program through increased focus on wellness and education,” OPM said in a press statement. “OPM improved quality assurance, financial reporting processes, and enhanced fraud waste and abuse (FWA) requirements.”
In the 2021 plan year, the number of FEDVIP dental carriers will increase from 10 to 12. The number of vision carriers will increase from 4 to 5. OPM anticipates no disruption of enrollee’s continuity of services.
Eligible individuals may enroll, cancel, or change their enrollment during the Federal Benefits Open Season this year, November 9 to December 14, 2020.
OPM provided the following information about the dental and vision insurance carriers for 2021.
2021 Dental Carriers
Nationwide/International
- Aetna Dental PPO
- Delta Dental PPO
- BCBS FEP Blue Dental
- GEHA Dental PPO
- MetLife Dental PPO
- United Concordia PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Dental PPO (New)
Regional
- Dominion Dental EPO (New)
- Emblem Health
- HealthPartners (New)
- Humana EPO/PPO
- Triple S Salud
2021 Vision Carriers
Nationwide/International
- Aetna Vision
- BCBS FEP Vision
- MetLife Vision (New)
- UnitedHealthcare Vision
- VSP
FEDVIP has 3.3 million unique enrollees including 1.7 million enrollees enrolled in both programs. In total, the program provides dental and vision benefits to a total of 6.9 million federal employees, uniformed service members, retirees and their family members.