Are you enrolled in a Federal Employee Retirement Health Plan or are you the family member or former spouse of a Federal retiree? If so, please see below for information that may apply to you.

The Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), covering Federal retirees and their dependents recently added a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan for their members. All FEHBP members eligible for the newly added program were automatically enrolled and were notified by mail. Federal regulations prohibit a person from being enrolled in more than one Medicare Part D program so any member who was moved to the FEHBP plan also received a letter from Optum Rx, informing them that they had been disenrolled from AlaskaCare’s Medicare Part D plan. If you received such a letter, and are being affected by this change, please continue to read below, and learn what your options are.

Eligible members will continue to have prescription drug coverage either through FEHBP or AlaskaCare.

• If you decide that you want to be in the FEHBP Medicare Part D plan, no action is needed. Your coverage under the FEHBP Medicare Part D program will begin January 1, 2024, and you should receive a Welcome Packet from the Federal plan.
• If you decide you want to be in the AlaskaCare Medicare Part D plan,
• Contact the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program at (888) 338-7737 and ask to be disenrolled.
• Then contact the Divisions Member Education Center at (907) 465-4460 and they will be able to help you reenroll in the AlaskaCare Medicare Part D plan.

  Please note Optum Rx will be calling all impacted members and offering to walk you through the process.

We hope you find this information helpful. If we can provide you with any additional assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact Optum Rx at (855) 409-6999, or the Alaska Division of Retirement and Benefits at (907) 465-3086 or (907) 465-4460.