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ENROLL NOW! Open Season is here for FSAFEDS, TRICARE and FEDVIP
Federal Benefits Open Season is here! From November 11 to December 9, 2024 for FSAFEDS and FEDVIP and through December 10, 2024 for TRICARE, you can select options for your benefits for 2025. This is your annual opportunity to review your benefits options and make choices to meet you and your family’s unique needs. Eligibility varies by program and details are available at the below links.
FSAFEDS:
NEW FOR SERVICE MEMBERS! Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account – Contribute up to $5,000 per household tax-free to pay for eligible dependent care expenses such as preschool, summer day camp, before or after school programs, and child or adult daycare.
– Learn more and enroll here: https://www.fsafeds.gov/enroll.
TRICARE:
TRICARE Health Plan – Beneficiaries eligible for TRICARE Prime and Select have three options during open season. Stay in your plan, no action required; enroll in a plan if not previously enrolled; or change plans. Actions during open season are effective on January 1, 2025.
– Enroll or Change Plan Here: https://tricare.mil/Plans/Enroll.
FEDVIP:
Vision Care – Active-duty family members are eligible for enrollment in a FEDVIP vision insurance plan.
– Enroll or Change Plan Here: https://www.benefeds.com/eligibility.
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How to Add the Navy Medicine Quality and Safety Leadership Academy (NMQSLA) AQD to Your Record
If you have attended NMQSLA, the document below tells you how to add the Additional Qualification Designator (AQD) to your record:
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