Effective April 1, 2019, MediExcel will calculate employees' ages as of the group’s agreement date. New hires will be rated based on the group’s contract date. Previously, MediExcel calculated employe...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Blue Shield of California’s Q2 2019 rates are available to quote. Blue Shield is reporting the following statewide average rate actions for all plans:
PPO rates increase 1.5% in the second quar...
Western Health Advantage (WHA) has made it easier to install new groups by offering two more payment options.
Option 1: For Groups Setting Up Ongoing Electronic-Funds Transfer (EFT) They can pay vi...
Sharp Health Plan has announced their Q2 2019 rate update. All HMO plans will increase by 0.8%. There are no plan changes with this increase. Expect quoting to be available in the next week.
As a ...