"...Critically different from FEHB, the PSHB Program requires stronger coordination with Medicare and verifying the Medicare enrollment eligible of PSHB Program enrollees. For example, if a postal annuitant who is required to be enrolled in Medicare Part B is not enrolled or disenrolls, they are no longer eligible to be enrolled in the PSHB Program. To meet this requirement, OPM must routinely accept and integrate Medicare eligibility information for enrollees and confirm PSHB Program eligibility (including exceptions to the Medicare Part B requirement) with a number of stakeholder agencies, including exchanging data with the Social Security Administration (SSA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Labor Office of Workers Compensation (DOL), OPM Retirement Services (RS), and, of course, USPS. This integration is unique among employer-based health insurance programs."
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