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Capital BlueCross offers 'grandmothered' insurance plans Capital BlueCross has decided to let some customers keep their existing health insurance plans for another year, and it says the response has been positive. Click here to read more. UPMC Producer Update 4/17/2014 - Extension of Medically Underwritten Plans UPMC Health Plan is pleased to provide your small market clients - with renewal dates of April 1 through July 1 - the opportunity to renew their current plans (not compliant with the Affordable Care Act [ACA]) for an additional year. Click here to read more. Highmark announces small employer clients can keep existing health insurance coverage Almost 200,000 people stand to benefit as Highmark Inc. announced April 24 that small employer business clients will be able to keep their current health insurance plans. This means customers with renewal dates between July and December 2014 will be able to delay for at least another year having to enroll in potentially costlier health plans that reflect new 2014 requirements of the Affordable Care Act. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, click here. Highmark Agency Action Alert for April 28, 2014 Please share this information with your sub-agents by forwarding this email, posting this content to your internal website, or copying and pasting the text into another format. Click here to read more. FFM NEWS ALERT: New Tools Launched for Agents/Brokers to Help Small Businesses Today HealthCare.gov launched two new tools to assist agents and brokers working with small employers in the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace. Click here to read more. IRS announces 2015 HSA limits Maximum contributions to health savings accounts will jump slightly next year, the Internal Revenue Service announced. It will increase $50 for individuals and $100 for families. Click here to read more.
Highmark Agency Action Alert 4/30/2014 As you know, only individuals with a qualifying life event can enroll in an insurance plan on or off the exchange since open enrollment ended on March 31. These events trigger a special enrollment period (SEP), and it allows individuals to sign up for new coverage or update their dependents for up to 60 days after the qualifying life event occurs. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, click here. Earn up to 30% level commission on every BOST Advantage Card sale! Premiums are increasing. Deductibles are through the roof. Give your clients a reason to smile. BOST Advantage Card is a valuable discount medical & lifestyle program designed to help mitigate the rising cost of health care and everyday living expenses. Click here to read more. Banet's Bullet: IBC Individual Adult Dental and Vision Care plans now available Good Afternoon. Below you will find some important information regarding a new Individual portfolio that contains Individual Adult Dental and Vision Care Plans that are now available. Click here to read more. UPMC Producer Update 4/29/2014 - Dominion Dental Plans for Individuals and Families UPMC Health Plan will offer dental coverage to individuals and families beginning May 1, 2014, for June 1 effective dates. Click here to read more.
Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call In a continuing effort to assist our agent-partners in getting the information needed to flourish within the under 65 group and individual markets in Pennsylvania, we are holding weekly live webinars. They will serve as a place to get your questions answered and discuss topics and strategies that will lead to your continued success in the health insurance market. Click here to register. *Please note the next PPACA Update Conference Call will be held on 5/15/2014. Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives Click here to view the archived recordings of the PPACA Conference Calls.
Administration Begins Search for New Contractors to Run Health Care Site The Obama administration has begun a wide-ranging search for companies to run the online federal health insurance exchange, seeking new talent to prevent a repeat of problems that immobilized the website last fall. Click here to read more. Self-Funding and the Management of Risk With nearly one fifth of the U.S. economy tied to health care, costs continue to be a critical topic of concern for the economy. U.S. businesses face competitive challenges in a global market, as a burgeoning portion of operating capital is siphoned away to cover employee health care costs. Click here to read more. Maintaining coverage, but concerned by costs Employer-sponsored health coverage is nowhere close to going the way of the dodo bird. Many surveys of employers, particularly large ones, have provided proof that companies believe offering health coverage is a key element for retaining and attracting top talent. Click here to read more. Small Businesses Unprepared for Obamacare Changes Only a little over half of small businesses understand and are prepared for the changes required by the Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey. The survey, by payroll service provider Paychex, found that only 54 percent of small businesses with 100 or fewer employees understand what is expected of them under the Affordable Care Act. Click here to read more. Carriers reject D.C. exchange fee assessment Insurers and insurance trade groups are hoping to divert a plan by the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority to charge a “health carrier assessment” to carriers that are not offering products through the government-run health insurance exchange. Click here to read more. Aetna: We have 360,000 exchange enrollees Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) is starting to get a substantial number of enrollees coming in both through the new public exchange system and through private exchanges. Click here to read more.
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