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Get Your Essential Carrier Updates All in One Place

We’ve enhanced our Quarterly Release Status page so you can check more types of carrier updates online: HealthConnect rate availability LISI Ease Rate and Benefits Library Carrier materials...

Sutter Health Plus Offers a Special Enrollment Period for SB78

Sutter Health Plus will honor a special open enrollment period that is offered by employer groups under the following conditions: The special open enrollment period must end no later than Decemb...

How to Get Ahead of the ACA Filing Season

The first deadline for the ACA tax filing season is on March 2, 2020. Help your clients to start preparing now for ACA Filings and ERISA Wraps. It’s essential to take action so that your clients ...

Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) Extends Special Enrollment Period

CCSB has announced an SEP extension from the standard November 15th through December 15th period and will now accept submissions all the way through December 31, 2019. During this period, new small...

Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) Announces New Portal Enhancement

CCSB is committed to providing you with the tools and resources you need to manage your business. They have recently announced a new portal enhancement feature, which allows agents and employers to ad...

Eligible Small Group Employees Can Enroll for January 1, 2020 Coverage for Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield of California will allow eligible employees and/or their dependents, who previously declined coverage in 2019, to enroll for January 1, 2020 coverage to comply with Senate Bill 78, El...

First Home Doctor Visit Free for Blue Shield of California Trio and Tandem Members

Beginning with the 2020 plan year, Blue Shield of California Trio and Tandem members get their first at home doctor visit free. With Heal, members can schedule a doctor house call from 8:00AM to 8:00P...

Kaiser Permanente® Announces Attractive Broker Bonuses for 2020

Kaiser Permanente® has announced a broker bonus for all small groups effective January 1, 2020. You can take home a $100 bonus per enrolled subscriber. The bonus is payable for new small groups writte...

Alexa Now Has Your Carrier Promos

Getting the latest underwriting promos is now as easy as asking Alexa. She's always ready with quick details on current promos, such as DE-9C and participation reduction. Below are some easy instructi...

Anthem Blue Cross Portfolio Highlights

Anthem Blue Cross captures portfolio changes that you should be aware of in their 2020 Highlights Flyer. They feature three new PPO plan designs that offer more price points and first dollar copays on...

Anthem Blue Cross Offers Special Enrollment Period in Response to SB78

Anthem Blue Cross is offering group employees, who previously declined coverage, another chance to enroll for January 1, 2020 under a new Special Enrollment Period required by a new state law, SB78. ...

CaliforniaChoice® Anthem Blue Cross EPO Plans Available Out-of-State

CaliforniaChoice® has good news for groups with out of state employees! Beginning December 1, 2019, Anthem Blue Cross EPO plans will be available to out-of-state employees for new and renewing groups....

Get Your SEP Groups to LISI by December 9, 2019

The window for the small group Special Enrollment Period (SEP) is open from November 15, 2019 to December 15, 2019. Your groups can apply for a January 2020 effective date without meeting carrier part...

The Latest Broker Bonuses From California's Health Carriers

Have you taken advantage of the latest broker bonuses from health insurance carriers in California? Some of these great opportunities are ending soon: Date Ending ...

Sharp Health Plan Offers Special Enrollment Period for SB78

Under California Senate Bill 78, residents who don’t have qualifying health insurance coverage beginning January 1, 2020 will be subject to a tax penalty of $695 or more, unless they qualify for an ex...

Anthem Blue Cross Reaches Agreement with Beaver Medical Group

Anthem Blue Cross has reached a multi-year agreement with Beaver Medical Group (under Epic Management) effective January 1, 2020. Beaver Medical Group provides services to members in the Inland Empi...

Sutter Health Expands Service Area in Santa Clara County

Sutter Health Plus is expanding their service area in Santa Clara County effective January 1, 2020 and adding 15 new ZIP codes. The expansion will provide more convenient access to care for members in...

Kaiser Permanente® Offers Special Enrollment Period for Individual Mandate SB78

Help small group employees avoid tax penalties. A new California law requires all state residents to have health coverage in 2020 or face state tax penalties. To help your clients’ employees avoid ...

Health Net Q4 Broker Bonus Increase in December

Health Net has introduced their Q4 broker bonus program: Earn a $100 per-member bonus for every new small business group (SBG) sale with effective dates from October 1, 2019 to November 30, 201...

Carriers Respond to Wildfires

Principal, VSP Vision Care, and Delta Dental of California have all reached out to support Californians who are affected by the wildfires in Sonoma, Ventura, and Los Angeles Counties. Principal ...

CVS Caremark to Become Sharp Health Plan’s PBM

Effective January 1, 2020, CVS Caremark will be Sharp Health Plan’s new pharmacy benefit manager (PBM). New customer enhancements include: Dedicated prescription helplines staffed by experts to ...