The FEHBlog trusts that his readers enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday. He certainly did.

The Federal Benefits Open Season continues for another ten dats until December 9. Tammy Flanagan in Govexec.com offers Five Open Season Questions and Answers.

Congress returns to Capitol Hill next week. Modern Healthcare reports that Congressional negotiations over surprise billing legislation have resumed making progress.

Becker’s Hospital Review points out six trends and issues for hospital and health systems.

Health IT Analytics explains how geographic data can help social determinants of health efforts.  After all isn’t all healthcare local?

In that regard, here’s an OPM website that profiles the demographic characteristics of federal employees (as of 2017).  Average age — 47 1/2 years old.