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NAHU Capitol Conference Recap

by Ken Doyle I was honored to meet with legislators on Capitol Hill to advocate for brokers as part of the NAHU Capitol Conference. Samantha Siders, LISI Regional Sales Representative also attended...

The Best Ease GA Library Just Got Even Better

At LISI, we added Delta Dental Small Business Program Plans to our Ease (formerly EaseCentral) library along with VSP, and MetLife. More plans are coming soon! Now it’s even simpler to enroll medi...

Webinar: How to Compare Dental Networks

Join us for an information-packed webcast and walk away with tips and tools to help you analyze different types of dental networks across carriers. You Will Learn Rob Peavey, MetLife’s Dental Pr...

Health Net Broker Bonus

Health Net’s simplest bonus program returns in 2019. Earn a $100 per-member bonus for every new Small Business Group sale you make with effective dates from February 1, 2019, through November 1, 2019....

Employee Benefit Planning Association (EBPA) Summit

The recent Employee Benefit Planning Association (EBPA) Summit in Los Angeles highlighted industry trends to watch in 2019. Attorney Marilyn Monahan of the Monahan Law Office in Marina Del Ray discus...

Kaiser Permanente® Extends Underwriting Promotions

Great news! Kaiser Permanente® is extending their popular underwriting promotions to January 1, 2020. Promotions: A DE 9C is not required for new groups with 6 or more enrollees For startup gr...

Kaiser Permanente® Extends Broker Bonus Programs

Kaiser Permanente® has extended all their broker bonus programs for groups with effective dates through July 1, 2019. Get $50 per member when you enroll a new group with 50 or more full-time emp...

Blue Shield of California Announces Q2 Rates and More Dental Options

Blue Shield of California is focusing on keeping health care costs as low as possible, which is reflected in their rate actions for Q2 1019: A 1.5% PPO rate increase, for a 3.5% annualized incre...

Health Net Issues Rate Update for Q2 2019

In Q2 2019, Health Net reports a statewide average increase of 3.1% for full HMO plans and a 1.9% increase for limited HMO plans. Full PPO plans will see a 2.7% increase, and Limited PPO plans will se...

Compliance Alert: Employer Mandate Questions

LISI recently fielded two compliance questions on the employer mandate: Q.We have a group that’s no longer over 50 FTEs. Does the employer have to notify the insurance carrier to send the 1095-B fo...

Oscar Health Extends & Expands Underwriting Promotion

Oscar Health has extended and expanded their relaxed promotion through June 15, 2019 effective dates. Relaxed Participation Rules Only employees in Oscar’s service area, Los Angeles and Orange Countie...

UnitedHealthcare Offers New 2019 Sales Bonus

UnitedHealthcare is offering a new broker bonus to agents in California who sell new medical plans with effective dates from February 1, 2019 to January 1, 2020. Eligible cases are new fully insured S...

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 February 1, 2019 to June 1, 2019 are eligible for group bonus...

Update on Anthem Blue Cross and Sutter Health Negotiations

Anthem Blue Cross and Sutter Health are engaged in negotiations to renew their contract, which is set to end on April 1, 2019. While they continue to negotiate, California Department of Managed Care ...

Blue Shield of California Small Business Market — Some Bronze PPO Off-Exchange Plans Closing To New Sales

The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has required that Blue Shield of California pause actively marketing the plans below for new sales until modifications are made and the benefit changes app...

California Shifts Focus from Single Payer to Medicare For All

Bringing single-payer health care to California was prominent in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign. But the obstacles to such a plan have led him to embrace a less ambitious strategy in Medicare for all. C...

Kaiser Permanente® Addresses Housing Insecurity in Oakland

Kaiser Permanente® unveiled several initiatives to create stable housing for vulnerable populations in Oakland, CA: About $5.2 million has been committed from The Housing for Health Fund to acqu...

Blue Shield of California Releases Q2 2019 Rates

Blue Shield of California’s Q2 2019 rates are available to quote. Blue Shield is reporting the following statewide average rate actions for all plans: PPO rates increase 1.5% in the second quar...

Western Health Advantage Offers New Payment Options

Western Health Advantage (WHA) has made it easier to install new groups by offering two more payment options. Option 1: For Groups Setting Up Ongoing Electronic-Funds Transfer (EFT) They can pay vi...

Sharp Health Plan Announces Q2 2019 Rate Update

Sharp Health Plan has announced their Q2 2019 rate update. All HMO plans will increase by 0.8%. There are no plan changes with this increase. Expect quoting to be available in the next week. As a ...

Western Health Advantage Releases 2019 Q2 Rate Update

Western Health Advantage (WHA) Q2 2019 rates are approved, and plans are available for quoting. While the overall statewide rate change shows 1%, all Platinum, Gold, and Silver plans received a rate p...