06/23/2022
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06/22/2022
Health Net's Exciting New Elite Partners Program
Health Net is excited to share that there is a NEW broker incentive program for September 2022 through January 2023 new business effective dates! Additional Compensation With Health Net Small Bu...
06/22/2022
San Francisco: MCO and HCAO Updates
Minimum Compensation Rate Updates For-Profit Rate Effective July 1, 2022, the For-Profit Rate increases to $19.15 per hour. Posters and Forms reflecting this rate increase will be available in Jun...
06/22/2022
Cigna + Oscar and Talkspace
Cigna + Oscar members can now access Talkspace through their behavioral health benefits plan. Talkspace provides online therapy with a licensed clinician via private message and live video. How Tal...
06/22/2022
Cigna + Oscar: A Post-enrollment Webinar for Brokers and Clients
Join Cigna + Oscar for a webinar for a close up look at how to equip enrolled groups and members with getting the most out of their digital experience. See what Cigna + Oscar offer members and h...
06/21/2022
Employers Rethink Benefit Offerings
Nearly every component of employee well-being has suffered over the past two years including mental, physical, financial, social, and career. So employers are rethinking their jobs and benefits pr...
06/21/2022
Most workers Make Full Use of Their FSAs
A new study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute reveals that employees boosted their participation in flexible spending accounts in 2020 over the previous year. Eighty-nine percent took dis...
06/17/2022
Blue Shield of California Transparency in Coverage: Machine-Readable Files
Blue Shield of California is working in good faith to implement requirements of the Machine-Readable Files (MRF) provision of the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule (TCFR) for July 1, 2022. These ...
06/17/2022
Covered California Small Business Q4 2022 Update
Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) has released Q4 rates. Full HMOs average a 0% change statewide, and Limited HMO plans are showing a 2.7% increase. Full PPO plans have an average statewide...
06/17/2022
Anthem Small Group 7% Commission Incentive for September 2022
Earn more in 2022 with Anthem's California broker commission incentive program for new Small Groups with 5 or more enrolled employees. Anthem's broker commission program has returned for you to ear...
06/17/2022
UnitedHealthcare Rate Update, Q4 2022
UnitedHealthcare has released new small group rates for Q4 2022. There are no benefit or underwriting changes to the current portfolio. QUARTERLY RATE CHANGE NORTHERN CA SOUTHER...
06/16/2022
Sharp Health Plan Rate Update, Q4 2022
Sharp has released updated rates for Q4. All plans will increase 1.0% compared to Q3 rates. There are no plan or underwriting changes and quoting is now available. As a reminder, Sharp has revised ...
06/16/2022
A Note from Anthem: Introducing Elevance Health
Introducing Elevance Health Focusing on whole health and its most powerful drivers We are pleased to announce that our shareholders voted to approve our parent company's name change from Anthem,...
06/16/2022
Humana Q4 Specialty Bundling Bonus
Humana is excited to announce they have released their 4th quarter specialty bundling bonus. To earn a bonus, place new specialty lines of coverage standalone, or with a new or existing Humana medical...
06/15/2022
Webinar Replay: PCORI Fee Refresher
In this webinar, our partners at BenefitComply, talk about updated Form 720, and will review which group health plans are subject to the fee, how to count covered lives, the fees for different plan ye...
06/14/2022
Mental Health Coverage Gets High Marks
Over the past two years, nearly all health plan members who sought mental health care received treatment for themselves or family, according to a survey by America's Health Insurance Plans. Sevent...
06/14/2022
Today’s Top Benefits Strategies
Employers are trying to expand benefits and manage healthcare costs in a very challenging environment. They’re facing the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, record employee attrition, the need to adapt...
06/14/2022
Aetna Transparency in Coverage: Machine-Readable Files
The Transparency in Coverage rule requires health plans and insurers to disclose pricing information via MRF by July 1, 2022. Health plans must generate two MRFs that contain: Negotiated rates f...
06/14/2022
Kaiser Permanente® Policy Update for Renewal Date Change Requests
Effective May 1, 2022, Kaiser Permanente Small Group implemented an updated renewal date change request policy. Existing groups wanting to align their renewal date with another carrier’s health pla...
06/14/2022
Simplify Transition to Kaiser Permanente®
The Transitioning Member Hub has been developed for your employees transitioning between lines of business and plan types. This support is provided via a one-stop digital self-service hub behind sign-...
06/13/2022
