How to Enroll

Enrolling in BCBS FEP Dental is easy. Follow the steps below to check your eligibility, choose your plan and enroll with BENEFEDS.

Your Steps To Enroll

1. Check if You're Eligible

Federal employees, retired federal employees and their families who are eligible for the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program as well as USPS employees, retired USPS employees and their families eligible for the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program can enroll in BCBS FEP Dental

• You do not need to be enrolled in an FEHB or PSHB medical plan.
• Annuitants receiving an immediate annuity are eligible for FEDVIP dental coverage.
• Dependent children are covered until age 22.

Retired uniformed service members and their families can enroll in BCBS FEP Dental.

• You must be enrolled in a TRICARE health plan.
• Dependent children are covered until age 21 (non-students) or 23 (full-time students).
• Unmarried surviving spouses and eligible children/dependents of retired uniformed service members can enroll.

2. Choose a Plan

BCBS FEP Dental has two plans, High Option and Standard Option.
You can choose between three levels of coverage:

• Self Only (coverage for yourself)
• Self + One (coverage for you and one eligible family member)
• Self & Family (coverage for you and multiple eligible family members)

Use the AskBlueSM BCBS FEP Dental Plan Finder to answer a few questions about your vision care needs and find out which plan is right for you.

3. Enroll

BENEFEDS provides the secure, government-authorized and OPM-sponsored enrollment portal that eligible participants use to enroll in and manage their FEDVIP coverage. BENEFEDS also provides customer service and billing systems for the collection of FEDVIP premiums.

4. Start Coverage

Your coverage begins on January 1. Download the brochure to get familiar with your new benefits.

When Can I Enroll?

You can enroll in a plan or change your coverage during Open Season, which typically runs from the second Monday of November through the second Monday of December each year. If you don't want to make any changes to your coverage, you don't need to do anything. Your coverage will automatically carry over to the next year.

Qualifying Life Events

You can also change your FEDVIP plan outside of Open Season if you have a qualifying life event (QLE).These include getting married, having a baby, losing existing health coverage or losing a family member. For a complete list of QLEs, visit opm.gov or BENEFEDS.com.

Newly hired federal employees may enroll 60 days from your entry on duty date.

Uniformed service members retiring or recently retired from service may enroll between 31 days before your military retirement date or 60 days after.

Discrimination is Against the Law

Blue Cross Blue Shield FEP Dental complies with all applicable Federal civil rights laws, to include both Title VII and Section 1557 of the ACA. Pursuant to Section 1557 Blue Cross Blue Shield FEP Dental does not discriminate, exclude people, or treat them differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (including pregnancy and gender identity).

Blue Cross Blue Shield FEP Dental makes the following available:

• Free aids and services for people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as:
  • Qualified sign language interpreters
  • Written information in other formats (such as accessible electronic formats)
  • Qualified interpreters
  • Information written in other languages
  • Calling Blue Cross Blue Shield FEP Dental at 1-855-504-BLUE (2583), dial 711 for TTY relay services.
  • Sending a letter to Blue Cross Blue Shield FEP Dental, P.O. Box 551, Minneapolis, MN 55440-0551.