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Webinar Replay: Surprise Billing

The regulatory agencies have released Part 1 of the Surprise Billing Rules that go into effect Jan. 1, 2022. In this webinar our partners at BenefitComply discuss how these rules may impact employer s...

Aetna Small Group Producer Reward Program

Earn additional producer credits when you sell Aetna Small Group new business plans to groups in California with 1-100 eligible employees. For cases with effective dates from January 1, 2021 throug...

HHS Issues Rule on Surprise Medical Bills

The Biden Administration issued an interim final rule to restrict out-of-pocket costs from surprise billing and balance billing. The regulations will take effect for health care providers and faci...

Anthem Blue Cross of California Q4 2021 Update

Anthem Blue Cross has released their Q4 2021 medical rates. There are no benefit or underwriting changes. HMO plans have 1.1% increase in most regions (-5.2% for regions 3 and 17) PPO plan...

Oscar Q4 2021 Rate Pass

Oscar has extended their Q3 rates through the end of Q4. There are no plan changes. Quoting will be available soon. Contact your Amwins Connect Regional Sales Manager for more information.

ChoiceBuilder® Rate Pass for Q4 2021

ChoiceBuilder® Q4 2021 rates, effective August 1, 2021 have been extended through December 1, 2021. There are no plan nor benefit changes. Quoting will be available soon. Contact your Amwins Con...

Health Net Underwriting Promotions for Q4 2021

Health Net has extended their underwriting promotions through Q4 2021. View the Q4 Promo Flyer. Sell HMO with 6 Promo Mix and match any HMO plans + Full Network PPO Bronze plans Must have 6...

Covered California Small Business Q4 Update

Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) Q4 rates are now quoting. As always with CCSB, actual rate changes may vary greatly by plan and region. Contact your Amwins Connect Regional Sales Manag...

Aetna Rate Update for Q4 2021

Aetna has issued new medical rates for Q4. There are no benefit or underwriting changes. There is an overall statewide decrease as follows: HMO Full: -7.9% HMO Limited: -4.0% PPO Full: -5...

Cigna + Oscar Webinar: The Difference Card

Join Cigna + Oscar for this live webinar on how to build health plans that benefit all parties involved: brokers, employers, and employees using the The Difference Card paired with Cigna + Oscar healt...

Kaiser Permanente® Announces Large Group Enhancements

Kaiser Permanente® has announced three product enhancements that make their POS and PPO plans more competitive and provide a more seamless customer and member experiences. Redesigned 2022 Large...

Blue Shield of California Rate Update for Q4 2021

Blue Shield rates for Q4 2021 are now available to quote in Ebix. Average statewide quarterly rate change shows a 1.4% increase across all plan types. Keep in mind that forms have been updated for ...

UnitedHealthcare Rate Update for Q4 2021

UnitedHealthcare rates for Q4 2021 are now available. All plans received a rate pass, with the current Q3 rates extended through end of the year. Remember that UnitedHealthcare now allows employers...

Western Health Advantage Q4 Update

Western Health Advantage has announced a rate pass for Q4 rates. There are no plan changes. Rates will be quoting soon. Contact your Amwins Connect Regional Sales Manager for more information.

Webinar Replay: 2021 Six Month Wrap-Up

Our partners at BenefitComply review the compliance issues from the first six months of this year, and more importantly talk about what we expect to be focused on going forward, including understandin...

Sutter Health Plus Releases Q4 Rates

Sutter Health Plus has released their Q4 HMO rates. Regions 3, 8, and 9 have a 1.0% increase while all other regions have a less than 0.5% increase. Quoting is now available. As a reminder, effecti...

Sutter Health Plus is Expanding in Nevada and Placer Counties!

July 1, 2021, will mark the fifth service area expansion for Sutter Health Plus, offering coverage for two new ZIP codes in Nevada County and five new ZIP codes in Placer County effective July 1, 2021...

Cigna + Oscar Webinars: Benefit Blitz

Join Cigna + Oscar Senior Sales Executives, Rachael Jones and Kaylan Kelson for a summer webinar series. Each Benefit Blitz webinar will spend 15 minutes on various topics to empower brokers to se...

Humana Bundling Bonus

Place new specialty lines of coverage with the same employer and initial effective dates of coverage between August 1 and December 31, 2021: Small Group Bonus for 5-99 – per case Dental (5 en...

Aetna: Commercial ID Card Changes Coming September 2021

Beginning September 24, 2021, Aetna will add information such as family and individual in- and out-of-network deductibles and out-of-pocket limits for both medical and Rx plans on their ID card as wel...

Anthem Blue Cross of California Medical & Specialty Broker Incentive Program

Anthem is offering a special small group broker incentive program which will run from September 2021 through January 2022. Earn more commission when you sell medical, plus, get a special bonus for den...