2017 Medicare Part B Premiums Announced
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced the premiums for Medicare for 2017.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced the premiums for Medicare for 2017.
John Hancock Financial, the company that currently oversees the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program, announced this week that it will no longer sell new long term care insurance policies.
Lawmakers are concerned that OPM’s announcement that some federal employees will have to re-enroll with another service provider to continue to receive identity theft protection services is going to create confusion.
If a holiday falls on a Monday and that’s my day off, does the holiday move to Tuesday or does my day off move to Tuesday?
The theft of personal data of current and retired federal employees continues to impact those who were affected. A number of people will be required to re-enroll in the program to receive monitoring services. Here is an explanation.
The Federal Salary Council says the federal workers are, on average, underpaid by 34.07% relative to the private sector. When will salary figures for 2017 be released?
The Federal Salary Council has proposed adding San Antonio and Birmingham to the list of locality pay areas for 2018.
A new report says that the incoming presidential administration should consider making some radical changes to the federal workforce in order to improve government performance.
Recent news that nearly 10,000 soldiers were asked by the Pentagon to repay bonus overpayments may have other federal employees wondering what happens if they find themselves in a similar situation. The author provides some details on how agencies usually handle overpayments.
There are changes to the 2017 FEHB that will impact some individual insurance plans. Here is the second of a two part article outlining the changes.