Anthem Blue Cross and Sutter Health System had been engaged in contract negotiations for several months. Although the termination date for commercial business was December 31, 2018, Anthem honored a t...
Effective January 2019, the first three LiveHealth Online visits are free for PPO and HMO members, but not for PPO HSA members. Anthem Blue Cross offers LiveHealth Online to all members. Patients can ...
Blue Shield of California is relaxing underwriting participation requirements to June 1 for groups with five or more enrolled employees to just 25% for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plan...
Anthem Blue Cross renewed their agreements with Scripps Health in San Diego County. The fully executed agreements are retroactive effective January 1, 2019. Scripps Health includes the following hosp...
Starting with April 1, 2019 new business, UnitedHealthcare will accept start up groups with only two weeks of payroll (previously six weeks)! Payroll must be included with the submission. Don’t forget...
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 ...