O.D.S-Delta Dental

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Available in 50 states

 

Administered by Northwest Plan Administrators, inc.

PPO and Indemnity Plans for all U.S. federal employees sponsored by the N.F.F.E. featuring O.D.S.-DDelta Dental.   N.F.F.E. members pay the member rate and all other federal employees pay the associate member rate.

This voluntary benefit plan is preferred provider plan with 95% of the licensed dentists in the state of Oregon on panel and over 140,000 dentists nation-wide on the delta premier network.  If your dentist is not on the panel you can still sign up for the indemnity plan with usual and customary charges.  Payment is handled through Direct Deposit.

Find a Dentist

Nationwide use:  Delta Dental   Note: Under part #1 of the dentist search, please be sure to select  "DeltaPremier"  for the PPO dentist panel.   If a dentist is unavailable in your area you may use the indemnity plan.

Oregon Residents use: O.D.S. panel

View the Plans

If you terminate your ODS Dental Benefit there will be a 3 year waiting period to get ODS benefits.

Premeir option B $1500 Dental no Orthodontia, %100 preventative %80 Basic %50 major (PPO)

Premier option C $1000 Dental with a $1500 Orthodontia rider, %80 preventative %80 basic %50 major(PPO)

Here's how to enroll

  1. Print then fill out the Enrollment Application plus the coordination of benefits form .  Make sure to fill in all the information requested and mail the enrollment form to NWPA(address below)     Enrollment Form   
  2. Find the rate below for the plan you have selected.  Your rate will be on a "Per Pay Period" basis(every 2 weeks).
  3. Print then fill out the Direct Deposit form to include the total rate for all plans you have selected. You will only need to fill 1 out for all plans selected.  Once submitted, ensure that deductions are being made from your paycheck for we will need 3 deductions before determining your effective date.
    Members Direct Deposit    (if you are having problems with the link, right click on it and "save target as" or "save link as", saving the file to your computer.)
  4. Mail the application for enrollment form to NWPA. (address listed at the bottom of the page)

V.S.P.

Need vision benefits? Check out Vision Service Plan.

Vision Benefit Summary

Rates Per pay period (every 2 weeks). Includes rate for selecting both dental and vision plan.

Rates Effective 10/01/2009 through 9/30/2010

$1000 Dental + $1500 ortho

Dental + Vision

Dental Only

Member

Associate Member

Member

Associate Member

Employee

$35.24

$42.24

$23.35

$35.35

Employee + 1

$62.06

$69.06

$52.97

$59.97

Employee + Chrn

$

$

$58.45

$65.45

Employee + Fam

$97.92

$104.92

$85.05

$92.05

$1500 Dental, no ortho

Dental + Vision

Dental Only

Member

Associate Member

Member

Associate Member

Employee

$43.09

$50.09

$36.20

$43.20

Employee + 1

$77.59

$93.68

$68.50

$75.50

Employee + Chrn

$

$

$69.48

$76.48

Employee + Fam

$117.31

$124.31

$104.44

$111.44

 
Contact NWPA  by email: nwpa@postalunionbenefits.com     Phone  541-484-2781  Fax  541-349-0486

Please remember to mail your enrollment form to:

NWPA
1805 Tabor St. 
Eugene, Or     97401