Benefits Newsletter: April, 2025

It is very important and your responsibility to review your LES each pay day to ensure that proper deductions are being withheld.  You can access your LES at any time in myPay.  Should you discover a benefits withholding problem, notify your Benefits Contact immediately.

Do you have questions about the terms on LES? You can view the LES terms and definitions. Additionally, you can view the LES overview video. You can access your LES in myPay.

myPay is the self-service system that allows you to make a number of employee elections, such as changes to your home address, TSP contributions, direct deposit of pay, allotments, tax withholdings, and Open Season health benefits elections.  When entering elections into myPay, carefully read the important information contained on the entry pages.  If you move to or from Maryland, you must complete a state tax form for you

Dual enrollment in the FEHB Program is prohibited except under very limited circumstances. Dual enrollment is when you or an eligible family member covered under your “self and family” or “Self Plus One” enrollment is also covered under another FEHB enrollment.

To be eligible to continue your health benefits enrollment into retirement, you must: (1) have retired on an immediate annuity (that is, an annuity which begins to accrue no later than one month after the date of your final separation); and (2) have been continuously enrolled (or covered as a family member) in any FEHB Program plan (not necessarily the same plan) for the five years of service immediately preceding retirement, or if less than five years, for all service since your first opportunity to enroll.

The TSP has a selection of individual funds that offer broad market diversification. You can choose to have your retirement dollars invested in everything from a short-term U.S. Treasury security to index funds made up of domestic and international stocks.  The TSP also offers Lifecycle (L) Funds.  Each of the ten L Funds is a diversified mix of the five core funds (G, F, C, S, and I).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determines what are considered eligible expenses for all Flexible Spending Accounts. A listing of eligible expenses can be found on the FSAFEDS website.

Questions may be directed to FSAFEDS at 877-372-3337.

To view the list of frequently asked insurance questions, visit the insurance FAQ page on the Office of Personnel Management’s website. 

Questions may be directed to your Benefits Contact or AskBenefits@nih.gov.