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Final Rule Boosts Price Transparency & Addresses the MLR

Final Rule Boosts Price Transparency & Addresses the MLR The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued a final rule that requires almost all health insurance comp...

Kaiser Permanente Broker Bonus

Kaiser Permanente Broker Bonus Just in time for the busiest months, Kaiser Permanente® is offering an extra incentive: Bonus: $100 per enrolled Kaiser Permanente® subscriber Effective Dates...

Kaiser Permanente Broker Bonus

Kaiser Permanente Broker Bonus Just in time for the busiest months, Kaiser Permanente® is offering an extra incentive: Bonus: $100 per enrolled Kaiser Permanente® subscriber Effective Dates...

CCSB Adds to Blue Shield of California Premium Credit

CCSB Adds to Blue Shield of California Premium Credit Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) will apply a 10% one-time premium credit for eligible employees who are enrolled in an employer-sp...

CCSB Adds to Blue Shield of California Premium Credit

CCSB Adds to Blue Shield of California Premium Credit Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) will apply a 10% one-time premium credit for eligible employees who are enrolled in an employer-sp...

Blue Shield of California’s Bring Your Business Back Bonus

Blue Shield of California’s "Bring Your Business Back" Bonus Blue Shield of California wants your support to bring back small business groups that left Blue Shield last year and enroll them in ...

Blue Shield of California’s Bring Your Business Back Bonus

Blue Shield of California’s "Bring Your Business Back" Bonus Blue Shield of California wants your support to bring back small business groups that left Blue Shield last year and enroll them in ...

Health Net Unveils Portfolio Options & Bonuses for Q1

Health Net Unveils Portfolio Options & Bonuses for Q1 Health Net’s Q1 2021 update includes opportunities for brokers to grow their small group book of business ˗ new portfolio options to satis...

Health Net Unveils Portfolio Options & Bonuses for Q1

Health Net Unveils Portfolio Options & Bonuses for Q1 Health Net’s Q1 2021 update includes opportunities for brokers to grow their small group book of business ˗ new portfolio options to satis...

Does Meeting the Deductible Drive Low-Value Health Care Services?

Does Meeting the Deductible Drive Low-Value Health Care Services? A study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) reveals that members who met their plan deductible were 83% more like...

Employers Eye New Health Delivery Approaches

Employers Eye New Health Delivery Approaches In the next three years, 73% of employers plan to roll out new health delivery models, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson. From August 11...

Guardian’s New EOI Communication Process

Guardian’s New EOI Communication Process The process of sending out and tracking evidence of insurability (EOI) forms has been a time-consuming and paper-driven process. That’s all about to change!...

Guardian’s New EOI Communication Process

Guardian’s New EOI Communication Process The process of sending out and tracking evidence of insurability (EOI) forms has been a time-consuming and paper-driven process. That’s all about to change!...

Updated 1095-C Employer Reporting Guide - 2020

Updated 1095-C Employer Reporting Guide - 2020 The IRS recently provided the final 1095-C employer reporting forms and instructions. The 1095-C forms were modified slightly, primarily to facilitate...

Webinar: Key Insights from the Ease Q4 Preparedness Report

Webinar: Key Insights from the Ease Q4 Preparedness Report This can’t miss webinar delivers insights from the Ease Fourth Quarter Preparedness Report -- a survey of nearly 600 brokers, account mana...

California Grants Nurse Practitioners Full Practice Authority by 2023

Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 890 into law. It will allow nurse practitioners to practice without physician supervision after a three-year or 4,600-hour transition to practice. The majority of Calif...

Employers Won’t Cut Medical Benefits in 2021

Most Employers Say They Won’t Cut Medical Benefits in 2021 Only 18% of employers say they’ll shift more healthcare expenses to employees in 2021, such as adopting higher deductibles or copays, acco...

MediExcel Health Plan 2021 Update

MediExcel has released their 2021 rates. All plans will decrease by -0.4%. All plans experienced slight changes in benefits as outlined below. Quoting and SOBs/SBCs will be released soon. GM Gold ...

MediExcel Health Plan 2021 Update

MediExcel has released their 2021 rates. All plans will decrease by -0.4%. All plans experienced slight changes in benefits as outlined below. Quoting and SOBs/SBCs will be released soon. GM Gold ...

CoPower ONE Has a Rate Pass

CoPower ONE has a rate pass and is now quoting for 2021. They have simplified enrollment by eliminating the DE9C requirement. With CoPower ONE, groups of 2-99 get the kind of benefits that are usua...

CoPower ONE Has a Rate Pass

CoPower ONE has a rate pass and is now quoting for 2021. They have simplified enrollment by eliminating the DE9C requirement. With CoPower ONE, groups of 2-99 get the kind of benefits that are usua...