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NAHU Update: More New Rules and Guidance from our Friends at the IRS The IRS released a flurry of paper last week, including the new proposed forms for employers to use when reporting their coverage offerings for purposes of enforcing both the individual and employer mandates. In addition, they released several newly proposed and temporary final rules relative to the health reform law’s premium tax credits. Click here to read more.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Individual Market Update - Letters sent to clients regarding same-sex marriage benefits Starting this week and continuing through Wednesday, Aug. 6, individual members in Pennsylvania will receive a policy endorsement and cover letter explaining that their Highmark coverage has expanded eligibility for coverage to include same-sex spouses and same-sex/opposite-sex domestic partners. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Shield Individual Market Update - Letters sent to clients regarding same-sex marriage benefits Starting this week and continuing through Wednesday, Aug. 6, individual members in Pennsylvania will receive a policy endorsement and cover letter explaining that their Highmark coverage has expanded eligibility for coverage to include same-sex spouses and same-sex/opposite-sex domestic partners. 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. 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. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Agency Action Alert - Aug. 6, 2014 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: CMS offers webinar on agent and broker participation in the FFM, CMS corrects rule on renewal notices for small groups, Reminder -- 2015 Annual Enrollment Period Rollout Meetings. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Shield Agency Action Alert - Aug. 6, 2014 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: CMS offers webinar on agent and broker participation in the FFM, CMS corrects rule on renewal notices for small groups, Reminder -- 2015 Annual Enrollment Period Rollout Meetings. 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.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Submit your certifications for completing the 2015 FFM and FF-SHOP trainings to Highmark through the Sales Sentinel site. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Shield Submit your certifications for completing the 2015 FFM and FF-SHOP trainings to Highmark through the Sales Sentinel site. Click here to read more. UPMC Health Plan 2015 FFM Certificates of Completion can be emailed to producerrelations@upmc.edu. Geisinger Health Plan 2015 FFM Certificates of Completion can be emailed to GHPBrokerLicensing@thehealthplan.com. Capital Blue Cross Producers who have completed the training and registration process to sell on the Marketplace should email copies of their certificates and their FFM User ID to cbcproducerlicensing@capbluecross.com or fax them to 717-540-2282. Producers who need to complete the training and registration can reference the Producers in the Federally Funded Marketplace attachment. Blue Cross Northeastern PA Producers who have completed the FFM certification will receive a “Certificate of Completion.” E-mail a copy of that certificate and the National Producer Number (NPN) that was used to register with CMS to Broker.Submission@bcnepa.com and Kerri.McKeown@bcnepa.com.
22 PPACA provisions your small business clients need to know With the laws around healthcare reform changing daily, it seems, being able to accurately advise small business clients on their health coverage options has become a weighty task indeed. Click here to read more. Open questions slow PPACA exchange revamp Public health insurance exchange technology contractors and exchange plan issuers are still having trouble figuring out what the Obama administration wants. Click here to read more. Doctors Begin To Refuse Obamacare Patients Obamacare plans have shrunk payments to physicians so much that some doctors say they won’t be able to afford to accept Obamacare coverage, NPR reports. Click here to read more. McDonald’s labor ruling may be employer ‘train wreck’ In a landmark challenge to traditional labor law, the National Labor Relations Board is attempting to lump together McDonald’s and its independent franchises as joint employer, which leaves many questions on what this could mean for other collective benefit plan structures. Click here to read more. IRS sets max fines for health coverage refusal It’s official: if you make a quarter of a million bucks a year and decide not to pay for health insurance, you’re going to have to fork over $2,448 to the feds. Click here to read more. Probe exposes flaws behind HealthCare.gov rollout Management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for the computer woes that paralyzed the president's new health care program last fall, nonpartisan investigators said in testimony released Wednesday. Click here to read more. LEG REG REVIEW #21 - 8/1/14 LEG REG REVIEW is a periodic newsletter produced by PHILLIPS ASSOCIATES, a professional lobbying and consultant firm located near the State Capitol. It contains news on the legislative and regulatory scene in Pennsylvania that may be of interest to the Insurance and Business Communities. It is a free member benefit for those who are members of the Pennsylvania Association of Health Underwriters (PAHU). Click here to read more.
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