03/12/2019
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03/06/2019
Sutter Health Plus Annual Training Requirement for Contracted Agents
Sutter Health Plus requires contracted broker agents and producers to complete Fraud, Waste and Abuse, and General Compliance Training annually. Please complete this Compliance Training and return a s...
03/06/2019
Ebix Enhances HealthConnect Quoting
Ebix introduced two enhancements to its online quoting system. First, plan names are now linked in the ACA Medical Plan Employee Worksheet as well as in medical side-by-side reports. Simply click on t...
03/06/2019
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...
03/05/2019
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...
03/05/2019
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...
03/04/2019
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....
02/28/2019
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...
02/11/2019
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...
02/10/2019
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...
02/05/2019
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...
02/05/2019
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...
02/05/2019
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...
02/04/2019
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...
02/04/2019
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...
02/01/2019
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...
02/01/2019
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 ...
01/31/2019
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...
01/25/2019
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...
01/25/2019
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...
01/22/2019
