Federal government employees can elect, change, or cancel Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB). Employees enroll and manage their FEHB benefits using Oracle Self-Service Human Resources (SSHR). The information entered using self-service is the same information required for the SF-2809 (Health Benefits Election Form for Federal Employees). As an HR administrator, you can enroll employees when you process an Appointment, Conversion to Appointment, or Extension RPA action. Afterwards, you can administer benefits for employees using the benefits user interface.
See: Appointment, Conversion, and Extension Enrolments
The application simplifies the process of determining health benefit eligibility through life events. With the exception of employees who waive the pre-tax deductions, employees can change their benefits selection only when a valid life event change occurs.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) defines life events that permit benefits enrollment or changes to benefit elections. Some life events result from RPA updates, such as an Appointment or Change in Duty Station personnel action. Other life events result from employee entering or changing their personal details, such as the addition of a dependent or change in primary address. Some life events are not automated, such as when a family member loses coverage due to the discontinuance of a FEHB plan. In these cases, you initiate a life event for that employee, so the employee can make a new election.
Before the employees or you can enroll and make changes to employee benefits through SSHR or the professional user interface, you must set up FEHB.