94-20521. Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Medically Underserved Areas for 1995

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

 

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Medically Underserved 
Areas for 1995

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice of medically underserved areas for 1995.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management 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 1995. This determination is necessary to comply with a provision 
of 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 1995, OPM has determined that the following States are 
Medically Underserved Areas under the FEHB Program: Alabama, Georgia, 
Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South 
Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming. This list is the same as that for 
1994, with the exception of the addition of Georgia.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Leibach, [phone].

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. Such States are designated as Medically Underserved 
Areas for purposes of the FEHB Program, and the law requires payment to 
all qualified providers 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 Department of Health 
and Human Services State-by-State population counts on primary medical 
care manpower shortage areas with U.S. Census figures on State resident 
population.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Lorraine A. Green,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 94-20521 Filed 8-22-94; 8:45 am]
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