PAYROLL OFFICE LETTER

U. S. Office of Personnel Management

Number: P-98-3	Date: April 24, 1998

Termination of Health Power HMO, Code 3R

This is to advise you of the termination of Health Power HMO (health benefits plan code 3R) effective May 1, 1998. This will impact agencies with employees in the Northeastern Ohio counties of Cuyahoga and Mahoning where the plan provides coverage.

This information was forwarded to agency benefits officers in Benefits Administration Letter 98-404, dated March 6, 1998. As a result, agencies were authorized to offer a special open season to those enrollees covered by plan 3R. Employees who wish to maintain FEHB coverage must enroll in a new plan by April 30, 1998.

Please do not process any new enrollments for plan 3R and work with your personnel office to ensure that all employees enrolled in plan 3R are transferred to a new plan. If you have any questions regarding the termination of Health Power HMO, please address them with your agency's Health Benefits Officer.

Robert A. Yuran, Chief

Financial Policy Staff

Retirement and Insurance Service