Effective immediately, Blue Shield of California is allowing a cross-border health plan to be written alongside Blue Shield and another carrier. That includes SIMNSA (Sistemas Medicos Nacionales, S.A....
Anthem Blue Cross has renewed their Commercial Hospital Agreement with Redlands Community Hospital in the City of Redlands in San Bernardino County. The fully executed multi-year contract is effective...
UnitedHealthcare is making ancillary benefits even easier to sell with relaxed underwriting for dental plans.
Relaxed Dental Plan Underwriting
Effective January 1, 2019, UnitedHealthcare is offe...
Oscar Health has a consistent overall rate decrease for Q1 2019. Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) HSAs are showing a big decrease across the board. Quoting is expected to be available soon.
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Kaiser Permanente® revised their policy, and is now offering coverage to small groups with a professional employer organization (PEO) agreement — effective November 2018. Who Qualifies Employers must ...
Blue Shield of California is changing their 2019 commissions for off-exchange mirror plans to a level 5%. This change applies to groups with January 1, 2019 effective dates and after. The commissions ...
Blue Shield of California now lists Pomona Valley Medical Group as in-network for their Access+ HMO and their Trio HMO for 2019. The Independent Practice Association is comprised of individual private...
CaliforniaChoice® is expanding metal tier options for new and renewing groups effective January 1, 2019. Small groups will now have a third option:
Single Tier
Tiered Choice
Ne...
MediExcel Issues Q1 2019 Update MediExcel is announcing a slight overall rate increase of 2.4% for Q1 2019. MediExcel is keeping it simple. For 2019, there are no underwriting changes, and no new or ...
Western Health Advantage (WHA) is announcing a slight overall rate decrease, with some regions receiving an increase and others a rate pass. Quoting is available through March 31, 2019.
WHA is kee...
Health Net released Q1 2019 rates with minor changes across all plans. LISI’s average rate change tool compares Q1 2019 over Q4 2018 rates among like-to-like plans. We report the following statewide a...
Kaiser Permanente® is offering a broker bonus for groups enrolled from October 1, 2018 to January 1, 2019, and membership in CaliforniaChoice® qualifies. Get paid on all membership enrolled starting ...