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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program: Medically Underserved Areas
for 2006
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice of Medically
Underserved Areas for 2006.
AGENCY:
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Effective Date: January 1, 2006.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ingrid Burford, (202) 606–0004.
FEHB law
(5 U.S.C. 8902(m)(2)) mandates special
consideration for enrollees of certain
FEHB plans who receive covered health
services in States with critical shortages
of primary care physicians. The FEHB
law also requires that a State be
designated as a Medically Underserved
Area if 25 percent or more of the
population lives in an area designated
by the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) as a primary medical
care manpower shortage area. Such
States are designated as Medically
Underserved Areas for purposes of the
FEHB Program, and the law requires
non-HMO FEHB plans to reimburse
beneficiaries, subject to their contract
terms, for covered services obtained
from any licensed provider in these
States.
FEHB regulations (5 CFR 890.701)
require OPM to make an annual
determination of the States that qualify
as Medically Underserved Areas for the
next calendar year by comparing the
latest HHS State-by-State population
counts on primary medical care
manpower shortage areas with U.S.
Census figures on State resident
populations.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Office of Personnel Management.
Linda M. Springer,
Director.
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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 2006. 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
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year 2006, OPM’s calculations show that
the following states are Medically
Underserved Areas under the FEHB
Program: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New
Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina,
South Dakota, West Virginia, and
Wyoming. For the 2006 contract year
Arizona and West Virginia are being
added to the list and Texas is being
removed.
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
[Docket No. MC2005–3; Order No. 1441]
Negotiated Service Agreement
Postal Rate Commission.
Notice and order on new
baseline negotiated service agreement
case.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This document establishes a
docket for consideration of the Postal
Service’s request for approval of a
baseline negotiated service agreement
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with Bookspan. It identifies key
elements of the proposed agreement,
which involves Standard Mail letter
rates; its relationship to the Capital One
Services, Inc. negotiated service
agreement; and addresses preliminary
procedural matters.
DATES: Key dates are:
1. August 8, 2005: Deadline for filing
notices of intervention.
2. August 8–10, 2005: Authorized
alternative dates for settlement
conference.
3. August 11, 2005: Prehearing
conference (10 a.m.).
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Sharfman, general counsel,
at 202–789–6818.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Procedural History
Capital One Services, Inc. Negotiated
Service Agreement, 67 FR 61355
(September 30, 2002).
Negotiated Service Agreement Final
Rule, 69 FR 7574 (February 18, 2004).
On July 14, 2005, the United States
Postal Service filed a request seeking a
recommended decision from the Postal
Rate Commission approving a
Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA)
with Bookspan.1 The NSA is proffered
as a new baseline agreement. This is the
first new baseline agreement filed since
the Capital One Negotiated Service
Agreement, MC2002–2, and the first
baseline agreement filed under the
Commission’s new rules for baseline
NSAs. Rule 195 [39 CFR 3001.195]. The
Request, which includes six
attachments, was filed pursuant to
Chapter 36 of the Postal Reorganization
Act, 39 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.2 The Postal
Service has identified Bookspan, along
with itself, as parties to the NSA. This
identification serves as notice of
intervention by Bookspan. It also
indicates that Bookspan shall be
considered a co-proponent,
1 Request of the United States Postal Service for
a Recommended Decision on Classifications and
Rates to Implement a Baseline Negotiated Service
Agreement with Bookspan, July 15, 2005 (Request).
2 Attachments A and B to the Request contain
proposed changes to the Domestic Mail
Classification Schedule and the associated rate
schedules; Attachment C is a certification required
by Commission rule 193(i) specifying that the cost
statements and supporting data submitted by the
Postal Service, which purport to reflect the books
of the Postal Service, accurately set forth the results
shown by such books; Attachment D is an index of
testimony and exhibits; Attachment E is a
compliance statement addressing satisfaction of
various filing requirements; and Attachment F is a
copy of the Negotiated Service Agreement.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Medically Underserved
Areas for 2006
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice of Medically Underserved Areas for 2006.
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SUMMARY: 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 2006. 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 2006, OPM's calculations show that the following
states are Medically Underserved Areas under the FEHB Program: Alabama,
Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, West
Virginia, and Wyoming. For the 2006 contract year Arizona and West
Virginia are being added to the list and Texas is being removed.
DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2006.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ingrid Burford, (202) 606-0004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEHB law (5 U.S.C. 8902(m)(2)) mandates
special consideration for enrollees of certain FEHB plans who receive
covered health services in States with critical shortages of primary
care physicians. The FEHB law also requires that a State be designated
as a Medically Underserved Area if 25 percent or more of the population
lives in an area designated by the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) as a primary medical care manpower shortage area. Such
States are designated as Medically Underserved Areas for purposes of
the FEHB Program, and the law requires non-HMO FEHB plans to reimburse
beneficiaries, subject to their contract terms, for covered services
obtained from any licensed provider in these States.
FEHB regulations (5 CFR 890.701) require OPM to make an annual
determination of the States that qualify as Medically Underserved Areas
for the next calendar year by comparing the latest HHS State-by-State
population counts on primary medical care manpower shortage areas with
U.S. Census figures on State resident populations.
Office of Personnel Management.
Linda M. Springer,
Director.
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