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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a final rule to make changes, updates, and conforming changes to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition Regulation (FEHBAR). These change: (1) Define which entities' groups may be included for consideration as similarly sized subscriber groups (SSSGs); (2) require that the SSSG must be traditional community rated; (3) establish that traditional community rated Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) plans must only select one rather than two SSSGs; and (4) make conforming changes to FEHB contract language to account for the new medical loss ratio (MLR) standard for most community rated FEHB plans.