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• OPM Responds to Concerns Over Plan to Access to FEHB/PSHB Medical Records - June 17, 2026

• FMA sent extensive comments to OPM, voicing concerns over possible exposure of federal employees personally identifiable information.

  FEDweek

  OPM has sought to allay privacy concerns about its plan to access detailed medical information on FEHB/PSHB enrollees, with one of the organizations that raised such concerns—the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association—cautiously optimistic that OPM is addressing them.

  In a Federal Register notice posted in December, but which only drew attention months later in April, OPM proposed to gain access to carriers’ records including office visits, treatment, prescriptions and other medical information, without a requirement that they withhold personally identifying information.

  To read the full article, click here.

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