CMS recalls nearly 3,000 employees to manage open enrollment amid shutdown [View all]

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is temporarily bringing furloughed employees back to work to help individuals sign up for health insurance plans during the open enrollment period.

CMS told employees in an email obtained by Federal News Network that it is bringing back its furloughed employees, starting Monday, Oct. 27.

The agency said it will repurpose some of its funding to ensure furloughed and excepted employees are paid on time for days worked during the open enrollment period.

CMS said all these employees “will be paid for the days you work” or take approved leave, beginning on Oct. 27. Employees working these days will receive a partial paycheck on Nov. 7.

Many federal employees received a partial paycheck earlier this month, and are on track to miss their first full paycheck this week.

A CMS spokesperson told Federal News Network that the agency is temporarily calling back all furloughed employees, “in order to best serve the American people amid the Medicare and Marketplace open enrollment seasons.”

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/cms-recalls-nearly-3000-employees-to-manage-open-enrollment-amid-shutdown/