11/05/2019
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11/01/2019
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 ...
10/31/2019
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 ...
10/30/2019
Kaiser Permanente® Paperless Billing Has Arrived
Paperless billing is the new standard at Kaiser Permanente® starting January 2020. Go green and save some time by using Kaiser Permanente® online tools to view and pay bills. Groups will get their las...
10/29/2019
Health Net’s 2020 Small Group Portfolio Features Choice and Value
Health Net has introduced a simplified 2020 Small Group Solutions portfolio that’s easy to sell with attractive plan choices at competitively low rates. 2020 New Plans and Designs ...
10/28/2019
Round up of Carriers Offering a SEP for the Individual Mandate SB78
California’s Individual Mandate, SB78 was included in the state budget, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed on June 27, 2019. Generally speaking, a taxpayer who fails to secure coverage will be subject...
10/28/2019
UnitedHealthcare Offers Special Enrollment Due to CA Individual Mandate SB78
UnitedHealthcare is offering special open enrollment for employees, and their dependents, who previously declined coverage in 2019. They can enroll for January 1, 2020 coverage. On June 27, 2019, ...
10/22/2019
UnitedHealthcare: NEW expanded Alliance HMO Network Now Available in Orange County!
UnitedHealthcare SignatureValue Alliance HMO Benefit Plan is a health plan that offers access to physicians selected based on their ability to guide their patients to the care and resources that help ...
10/21/2019
Blue Shield of California Underwriting Updates and Reminders
Blue Shield of California is clearing obstacles for start-ups and spin-offs. In lieu of payroll documents, they will accept simple attestation forms and W-4 forms for these groups. Other standard docu...
10/21/2019
Blue Shield of California Q1 2020 Plan Options
Blue Shield of California is adding several new plans to their 2020 medical portfolio to provide more options for your new and renewing small business accounts. They added a Platinum PPO with no deduc...
10/16/2019
Governor Signs Health Insurance Bills
Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the following two bills that affect the health insurance industry: Dialysis Reimbursement Limits — AB 290: The new law limits the private-insurance reimburs...
10/15/2019
UnitedHealthcare Updates Small Group Applications
UnitedHealthcare has released updated employer and employee applications. Please begin using these forms immediately. Older applications will not be accepted after January 2020. Get the forms now: ...
10/14/2019
Sharp Health Plan Q1 2020 Rate and Portfolio Update
Sharp Health Plan has released their Q1 2020 update. All plans will have updates on benefits though only a few plan names will change. When enrolling your 2020 groups, please make sure to use the corr...
10/14/2019
Principal Changes Open Enrollment Guidelines
Enrollments are underway or just around the corner for many of your clients. The process for employers who offer Principal coverage is evolving in the new year. As of January 1, 2020, here’s how their...
10/11/2019
Kaiser Permanente® Updates Startup Group Guidelines
Kaiser Permanente® has updated startup group guidelines effective October 1, 2019. Groups can now apply with fewer than four weeks of payroll and have valid business documents. Groups must submit the ...
10/10/2019
Get Online Savings and Convenience With Eyeconic
Eyeconic is the only online retailer where employees can use their VSP benefits to buy glasses, sunglasses, and contacts online and save. VSP members save an additional 20% above their frame allowance...
10/07/2019
Riverside Physician Network joins PrimeCare, Adding More Trio Provider Options for Your Inland Empire Groups
Riverside Physician Network (RPN) doctors are moving to PrimeCare Riverside, which means more options for your clients in this area. Effective immediately, Blue Shield members may select RPN primary c...
10/07/2019
Western Health Advantage Q1 Update
Western Health Advantage (WHA) announces a 2.6% rate impact across their regions (Regions 2 and 3). Q1 quoting is now available. Remember that WHA's region is changing effective January 1, 2020. C...
10/07/2019
Q1 2020 Update Round Up
Carriers have begun releasing their Q1 2020 updates. So we created the chart below to offer them all in one place. We’ll continue to add to this resource as more Q1 updates come out. Click on the carr...
10/02/2019
Sutter Health Plus Releases 2020 Rates
Sutter Health Plus has released their 2020 rates. All plans will increase by 1.1%, on average, compared to Q4 2019. There are no underwriting changes at this time. The 2020 portfolio experienced mi...
10/02/2019
