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Covered California for Small Business Extends Broker Bonus Program

Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) has extended their Broker Bonus Incentive Program. New small groups with effective dates from July 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021 are eligible for group bonuse...

Jumbo Cases or Mid-size Clients in SF Bay Area? Consider Health Net CanopyCare HMO

Health Net’s CanopyCare HMO is the perfect fit for your Bay Area Jumbo cases or mid-size clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. CanopyCare HMO offers access to care in and around the San Francisco Bay...

Jumbo Cases or Mid-size Clients in SF Bay Area? Consider Health Net CanopyCare HMO

Health Net’s CanopyCare HMO is the perfect fit for your Bay Area Jumbo cases or mid-size clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. CanopyCare HMO offers access to care in and around the San Francisco Bay...

Big or Small, It's Time to Build Your Brand

A brand is not simply a name, logo, tagline, or website – that is just your identity. Your brand is the way a company, organization, or even an individual is perceived. It's what differentiates you fr...

Q1 Quoting Available for Sutter Health Plus

Sutter Health Plus is now available for quoting Q1 2021 plans. They remain a low-price HMO leader in Northern California with over 8,000 providers and 30 hospitals. There are no plan terminations or a...

Q1 Quoting Available for Sutter Health Plus

Sutter Health Plus is now available for quoting Q1 2021 plans. They remain a low-price HMO leader in Northern California with over 8,000 providers and 30 hospitals. There are no plan terminations or a...

Employee Benefits Remain a Strong Priority

Some have feared that employers would cut back or eliminate benefits amid the COVID-19 pandemic and financial downturn. For the most part, that hasn’t happened, according to a survey by the Employee B...

HIV Status No Longer a Barrier to Disability Coverage and Life Insurance

Governor Newsom signed SB 1255, which ends the practice of denying life and disability income insurance coverage based solely on a positive HIV test. The Equal Insurance HIV Act was sponsored by Senat...

New Rate Reporting Law for Individual and Small Group Markets

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2118 (Kalra), which requires rate reporting in individual & small-group health insurance markets, similar to requirements in the large group market. “Col...

UnitedHealthcare Updates Telehealth and Virtual Visit Guidelines

Virtual Visits Virtual Visits through Teladoc®, Doctor On Demand™, and AmWell® as of October 1, 2020: Beginning October 1, 2020, members will pay cost-share services up-front for COVID-19 and...

UnitedHealthcare Updates Telehealth and Virtual Visit Guidelines

Virtual Visits Virtual Visits through Teladoc®, Doctor On Demand™, and AmWell® as of October 1, 2020: Beginning October 1, 2020, members will pay cost-share services up-front for COVID-19 and...

Fall and Winter Compliance Deadlines

It’s that time of year again! Some important compliance deadlines are coming up this fall and winter.

Blue Shield of California Q1 2021 Update

Blue Shield of California reports a rate pass for the first quarter of 2021 for all plans and rating regions. They're launching two new plans in the market next year: Platinum PPO 250/10 and Gold ...

Blue Shield of California Q1 2021 Update

Blue Shield of California reports a rate pass for the first quarter of 2021 for all plans and rating regions. They're launching two new plans in the market next year: Platinum PPO 250/10 and Gold ...

UnitedHealthcare Specialty Updates

Dental Rate Cap Extension The Dental Rate Cap Program guarantees that new and existing groups enrolling in dental plans will have no more than a 5% increase at first the renewal. UnitedHealthcare is ...

UnitedHealthcare Specialty Updates

Dental Rate Cap Extension The Dental Rate Cap Program guarantees that new and existing groups enrolling in dental plans will have no more than a 5% increase at first the renewal. UnitedHealthcare is ...

New Kaiser Permanente Underwriting Guidelines Make It Easier for Sole Proprietors to Enroll

Just in time for Q4, Kaiser Permanente is making it easier for sole proprietors to enroll. Effective immediately, sole proprietors who apply for Kaiser Permanente small business coverage in California...

New Kaiser Permanente Underwriting Guidelines Make It Easier for Sole Proprietors to Enroll

Just in time for Q4, Kaiser Permanente is making it easier for sole proprietors to enroll. Effective immediately, sole proprietors who apply for Kaiser Permanente small business coverage in California...

Anthem Blue Cross Renews with Santa Clara Valley Hospital

Anthem Blue Cross renewed their Commercial Hospital Agreement with Santa Clara Valley Hospital in Santa Clara County. The fully executed contract is effective November 1, 2020. Anthem renewed thei...

Anthem Blue Cross Renews with Santa Clara Valley Hospital

Anthem Blue Cross renewed their Commercial Hospital Agreement with Santa Clara Valley Hospital in Santa Clara County. The fully executed contract is effective November 1, 2020. Anthem renewed thei...

Top Open Enrollment Trends for Large Employers

The Business Group on Health surveyed large employers to reveal open enrollment trends: Cost increases: Employees expect total health benefit costs to rise an average of 5% in 2021. Most large ...