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2014 Healthcare Symposium On July 25, the Central Penn Business Journal will host the 2014 Healthcare Symposium at the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey hotel. Topics include: Consumer involvement with healthcare decisions, Plan options for employers, How employers are keeping costs down and keeping employees healthy, How hospitals and Health Systems are aligning with physicians, insurers and each other. Click here to learn more and get tickets.
Special Enrollment Periods and Hardship Exemptions for Persons Meeting Certain Criteria This guidance provides information related to three types of special enrollment periods (SEPs) for persons seeking to enroll in qualified health plans (QHPs) through the Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM). Click here to read more. *Don’t Forget about the COBRA Special Election Period!
Privacy Act Statement Privacy Act Statement for distribution to your clients when taking an FFM application. Click here to read more. The Marketplace might need more information from you While most people provided all the data they needed on their applications, some consumers were asked for follow-up when they applied for Marketplace coverage. If we asked you for information to back up what you put on your application, we need your help. Click here to read more. Highmark Small Group Update - PPACA Employee Count Data Collection Starting Tuesday, July 15, small group clients (2-50) may receive phone calls from a vendor to collect employee count data in order for Highmark to remain compliant with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Click here to read more.
URL Insurance Group is once again offering Certification Support Sessions for the 2015 Federally-Facilitated Marketplace required testing. The sessions will enable you to sell market plans for Individuals, Families, and Groups for the balance of 2014 and for all of 2015. Click here to read more. A unique approach to Self-Funded Group Health Plans Learn how to obtain self funded group health quotes with no individual underwriting and how employees can buy down their deductibles with wellness benefits. Click here to read more. Highmark Health Care Reform Update - Reminder - FFM & FF-SHOP Registration Now Open You can access the training and agreements (Part I of registration) assigned to you through the Medicare Learning Network (MLN). Click here to read more. FFM Update: FFM registration for the 2015 Plan Year launches July 7, 2014 You successfully completed both Parts I & II of the agent/broker registration process for the 2014 Plan Year in the Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM). Click here to read more. PrimePay Broker Webinar Series - July 2014 Managing regulatory compliance ranks as one of the top 3 business issues of your clients. How do your clients focus on growing their business through this constant barrage of new and ever-changing regulations and requirements? Click here to read more. Find Opportunities Outside of ACA Enrollment The window may be closed, but we're about to open doors. Did you know options exist for those that missed the enrollment deadline and for those that are struggling with high-deductible exchange plans? 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. Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives Click here to view the archived recordings of the PPACA Conference Calls. IRS Premium Tax Credit Information Click here to download the Presentation Slides. Click here to download the Resources.
Courtesy Reminder: New IRS Target: Independent Contractor Status If you classify any workers as "independent contractors"-or have plans to do so-now is the time to make sure you get that classification correct. Click here to read more. Highmark to switch its workers to high-deductible insurance plans Highmark Health, parent company of the state’s largest health insurer and Pittsburgh’s second-largest hospital network, plans to switch its 38,000 employees to high-deductible health plans. Click here to read more. Are ACOs transforming American health care? One part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that’s hit American health care like the British Invasion is accountable care organizations, or ACOs. At first, there were just a few, then some more and now they’re all over the place, just as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks and other groups took over American pop culture in the 1960s. Click here to read more. 27 PPACA reporting obligations employers need to know Aflac's recent Workforces Report for Brokers recently divulged that nearly 50 percent of brokers are considering leaving the industry, due largely to a landscape vastly changed by PPACA. Click here to read more. States Opt Out of SHOP Employee Choice in Droves Is the Small Business Health Options Program overpromising and under-delivering? Recent developments suggest that a growing number of states are proceeding with caution over a key provision that pinned high hopes on broader choices being offered to plan participants. Click here to read more. HSA vs. HRA: Which is more popular? In the popularity contest between health savings accounts and health reimbursement accounts, there’s a clear winner. Click here to read more. HIX Enrollees' Adverse Selection Fears Confirmed In what’s being described as the first comprehensive research examining the health status of HIX enrollees, among several other factors, the Kaiser Family Foundation confirmed industry suspicions that public exchanges would cover a sicker population than traditional avenues. Click here to read more.
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