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The due date for providing 1095-b forms to members for the 2016 tax year is March 2, 2017. Highmark will mail 1095-b forms to members in late February.

In December of 2016, Highmark mailed approximately 22,000 "Invalid TIN Letters" to members. There are separate group and individual versions of these letters that were sent to contract holders if a 1095-b form that Highmark filed with the IRS for that contract holder for the 2015 tax year was flagged by the IRS as having a Name/TIN mismatch. A Name/TIN mismatch occurs when a name associated with a TIN on the form filed by Highmark is different from the name associated with that TIN in the pre-existing IRS records. For example, a SSN on our file belongs to a member named Mary Smith and the same SSN in the IRS files belongs to a taxpayer named Ann Jones.

Click here to learn how a member can update their IRS/Social Security records.

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