Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 26.09.2001

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Medically Underserved Areas for 2002

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has completed its annual determination of the States that qualify as Medically Underserved Areas under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program for calendar year 2002. This is necessary to comply with a provision of the FEHB law that mandates special consideration for enrollees of certain FEHB plans who receive covered health services in States with critical shortages of primary care physicians. Accordingly, for calendar year 2002, OPM's calculations show that the following states are Medically Underserved Areas under the FEHB Program: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. We have removed Louisiana from the list for calendar year 2002 and added the states of Georgia, Montana, North Dakota, and Texas.