UnitedHealthcare has released Q1 2020 rates with quoting available immediately. The quarterly average change for all networks is as follows:
Northern California
HMO 1.1%
PPO -1.1%
Sout...
Kaiser Permanente® has released their January to June 2020 rates. Quoting is available now. All plans received a rate increase: HMOs went up 1.2% and PPOs went up 5.2%.
All plans have benefit chan...
Health Net reports a quarterly statewide average increase across all plans. Health Net's published rates are 3.6% for PPOs and 4.6% for HMOs.They are expanding their portfolio with new Gold HMO and PP...
Effective January 1, 2020, Western Health Advantage (WHA) will no longer be part of Canopy Health. This means members will no longer have access to Canopy affiliated medical groups in the East Bay, Sa...
Principal Managed Care Vision added Walmart and Sam’s Club as in-network providers, effective September 1, 2019. That means more providers in big cities and rural areas — 9,579 new access points for a...
Anthem Blue Cross will issue Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) rebate checks to small group employers by September 30, 2019. Rebate notifications will also be sent to employees of impacted groups. LISI has a l...
Stanford Health Care is again participating in the Anthem Blue Cross network. The contract between Anthem Blue Cross and Stanford had been terminated effective September 1, 2019. However, both parties...
You can now quote Anthem Blue Cross Q1 2020 plans. LISI reports a minimal statewide quarterly increase across all plans with HMOs at 0.3%, PPOs at 0.4%, and PPO HSAs at 0.8%. Anthem will only terminat...
You can now pair the Anthem Blue Cross Full PPO and Select PPO within the same group offering for new groups with effective dates of October 1, 2019 to January 15, 2019. The employer’s principal busin...
UnitedHealthcare will now allow groups down to 5 eligible to enroll in the following:
Calendar Year Max $2000+
Implants
Ortho
Previously, these benefits were only available to groups wi...
Medical Loss Ratio must be calculated and reported for all fully insured individual and group business, with customers aggregated by group size, legal entity and state. UnitedHealthcare has systems an...
The UnitedHealthcare mobile app is the new name of the app that will make it easier for members to find. The new mobile app will improve the member experience through intuitive design and alignment wi...