Easy Pay Health Insurance Premiums with

            Preauthorized Debit

Federal Employee Health Benefits Program

DirectPayment: Preauthorized Debits

A preauthorized debit is an electronic transfer of funds, through the Automated Clearing House system, from an individual's or company's bank account to the Federal Government. The National Finance Center, Direct Premium Remittance System debits from your account only after you, the remitter, have authorized it to do so. Preauthorized Debits let the National Finance Center collect payments automatically on a predetermined date. Checks are a thing of the past when you make the move to preauthorized debits. With the safety and security of electronic transfer of funds, you have the guarantee that your payment will be made, not lost in the mail.

Benefits for Your Convenience

• Eliminates the need to write checks
• Helps establish excellent payment and credit record Cost Savings
• Saves postage expense
• Greater Security
• Provides for timely payments
• Eliminates lost checks
• Benefits for the Agency Cost Savings
• Reduces postage expense
• Cuts personnel time for processing remittances manually
• Paper Elimination
• Reduces paper needed for billing
• Precludes reminder notices
• Eliminates paper check handling
• Cash Management Improvement
• Accelerates availability of funds
• Improves internal controls
• Provides better cash management forecasting

Interested?

If you wish to enroll, please fill out the form NFC-1321 (Note: the NFC-1321 form is available online in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To access the online form click here. To download a free copy of Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Web site, click here.) Complete form NFC-1321 and return it with a voided check or savings account deposit ticket to:

USDA, National Finance Center
DPRS Billing Unit
P.O. Box 61760
New Orleans, LA 70161-1760

If you have any questions, please call us at: 1-800-242-9630.