What's Inside: Using health equity to shape health plan strategies | How your clients can support employee health with enhanced perks through Blue365 | 2024 product alignment and discontinued plan offerings | February is National Children's Dental Health Month
Using health equity to shape health plan strategies
Join us on February 22 at 11:00 AM ET to see how Capital Blue Cross is focusing on the critical intersection of health equity and health plan strategy to develop and deliver meaningful solutions that best meet our customers’ collective and unique needs. If you haven't yet, sign up for a spot now.
How your clients can support employee health with enhanced perks through Blue365
With Blue365®, your clients can help their employees access even deeper discounts on wearable devices, gym memberships, and more! Whether they want to buy in-full or help cover a portion of the costs for employees, Blue365 has several solutions for employers to support employee well-being.
The Blue365® program is brought to you by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is an association of independent, locally operated Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Companies. Blue365 offers access to savings on health and wellness products and services and other interesting items that members may purchase from independent vendors, which are different from covered benefits under your policies with Capital Blue Cross and its family of companies, its contracts with Medicare, or any other applicable federal healthcare program.
2024 product alignment and discontinued plan offerings
As a reminder, Capital is working to align and match retiring benefit plans to new offerings in 2024 for PPACA small groups. Please take note of the following changes:
Groups enrolled in this plan in 2023...
...will be mapped to this plan at their 2024 renewal
Silver Valley Advantage EPO 5000/0/35
Silver PPO 5000/0/35 (with same Rx options as 2023)
Silver Capital Advantage EPO 5000/0/35
Silver PPO 5000/0/35 (with same Rx option as 2023)
Gold Simple PPO 0/0/40
Platinum PPO 0/0/15 Rx 0
Gold PPO 0/0/20
Platinum PPO 0/0/15 Rx 0
Employer groups enrolled in discontinued plan offerings in the mid-market and small business ASO portfolio will be mapped at their 2024 renewal as follows:
Groups enrolled in this plan in 2023...
...will be mapped to this plan at their 2024 renewal
Simple PPO 0/0/40
PPO 0/0/35 Rx 0
Capital Advantage EPO 5000 with and without HRA
PPO 5000/0/30 with and without HRA (with same Rx plan)
Valley Advantage EPO 5000 with and without HRA
PPO 5000/0/30 with and without HRA (with same Rx plan)
QHDHP PPO 3500/0/0 with HRA
QHDHP PPO 3500/0/0 (with no HRA)
QHDHP PPO 4500/0/0 with HRA
QHDHP PPO 4500/0/0 (with no HRA)
QHDHP-E PPO 6900/0/0 with HRA
QHDHP-E PPO 7500/0/0 with HRA
Signature PPO 500/20/30
PPO 500/0/25 Rx 0
Signature PPO 5000/0/30 — Deductible First
PPO 5000/0/30 Rx 250
Signature QHDHP PPO 3500/0/0
QHDHP PPO 3500/0/0
Signature QHDHP Valley Advantage EPO 3500/0/0
QHDHP PPO 3500/0/0
Signature Shared Deductible PPO 4000/0/30 – 500
PPO 4000/0/30 Rx 0
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month
No matter what age, oral health is linked to overall health. But good dental hygiene doesn’t stop with brushing alone — especially for kids. So it helps when adults practice healthy oral hygiene because children are likely to follow, setting the stage for a lifetime of healthy smiles.
Good oral hygiene best practices include:
Brushing teeth 2x/day with fluoride toothpaste.
Cleaning between teeth daily.
Eating healthy foods and limiting sugary beverages.
Seeing a dentist at least twice per year.
Remind your groups how important dental health is to overall health. Capital Blue Cross can offer an entire wholehealth benefits package including medical, drug, dental, and vision plans.
If you would like more information on Capital Blue Cross Dental, contact your account executive.
Your producer relations team
Capital Blue Cross has adopted a team approach to support you, as we collaborate to enhance business relationships, foster your growth through education and incentives, and actively support the communities we serve. The Producer Relations team thanks you for your commitment and hard work. Reach out whenever you need them.
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