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Health Net Q4 Update

Health Net's HMO plans have an overall slight average rate increase for Q4. Full Network HMO plans have an average increase of 1.3%, and Limited Network HMO plans have an average increase of 1.7%. Quo...

UnitedHealthcare Dental ID Cards are Going Digital

Effective July 1, 2021, printed dental ID cards will be sunset and replaced with digital ID cards for new business groups. Existing groups will be switching to digital ID cards on October 1, 2021. ...

Kaiser Permanente® and Mayo Clinic Partner to Advance Leading Edge Home Care for High Acuity Patients

Kaiser Permanente® just announced it is partnering with the Mayo Clinic to invest in Medically Home, an innovative company with a one-of-a-kind technology and service platform that enables caring for ...

Cigna + Oscar Announces Q4 Rate Pass for California

Cigna + Oscar has announced a rate pass for Q4 2021 in California. Quoting is not available yet. Have you taken advantage of Cigna + Oscar's broker bonuses yet? Through 7/15 effective dates,...

Kaiser Permanente® Announces American Rescue Plan Process

Kaiser Permanente has announced a process for facilitating the new APR requirements based on how federal COBRA and/or Cal-COBRA is currently billed. Groups Billed Federal COBRA and Kaiser Billed Ca...

Guardian: American Rescue Plan Act COBRA and State Continuation Subsidy

As part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act, most employers subject to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) will be responsible for pre-funding and administering a temporary ...

CaliforniaChoice® and ChoiceBuilder® Release Important ARPA COBRA Subsidy Updates

CaliforniaChoice® and ChoiceBuilder® have released more information that pertains to American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) COBRA premium subsidy requirements in COBRA and Cal-COBRA Information. Key takeaw...

Anthem Blue Cross of California Urges Small Groups with Less than 20 Employees to Take Action

Anthem Blue Cross of California (Anthem) urges small groups with less than 20 employees to take action in order to qualify Assistance Eligible Individuals for state continuation COBRA premium assi...

CaliforniaChoice® Amends Broker Agreements

CaliforniaChoice® is amending their CHOICE Administrators Agent Agreement to include the following changes: Six Month Commission Consideration Eliminated: When a group chooses a new broker duri...

Anthem Released a COVID-19 Relief Guide to Help Employers

Anthem Blue Cross created a guide to help employers respond to the effects of COVID-19 on their business and employees. COVID-19 Employer Relief Options Guide includes the following information: ...

Cypress Break the Bank Broker Bonus for Dental PPO Sales

Cypress Dental is offering a broker bonus for fully insured dental PPO groups you enroll from May 1, 2021 through September 1, 2021. The bonus is broken out by group size. 3-9 employees = $150 ...

Principal's Stance on ARPA COBRA Premium Subsidy

Since the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act on March 11, our community of employers, brokers, carriers, and members have stretched compliance skills to understand how the provisions of fully sub...