Federal Judge Strikes Down HHS Mandate for Baptist College

In a landmark decision, a federal district court on Wednesday said a Christian college in Louisiana is exempt from complying with the HHS mandate. It requires most businesses and nonprofits to offer potential abortion-inducing drugs in employee health plans. Click here to read more.

PPACA contains possible PPACA 2.0 provision

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) contains a provision — Section 1332 — that states can use to turn it inside outside. Click here to read more.

CMS News for Federally-facilitated Marketplace Agents and Brokers

Welcome to the first issue of News for Agents and Brokers, an electronic source of information for Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) Agents and Brokers! Click here to read more.

Banet's Bullet: IIBC announces new ROAM and employer portal

Independence Blue Cross (IBC) is pleased to announce several new ROAM and employer portal enhancements effective August 11, 2014. These include a redesigned user interface which provides a new ROAM "look and feel", expanded capabilities for the Individual Enrollment Dashboard, and an updated trend report with enhanced claims detail. 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.

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.

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.

Banet's Bullet: 2015 IBC Commercial Sales Sentinel program for David M. Banet & Associates

7 million can get PPACA coverage early

Nearly 7 million Americans are eligible to sign up for health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before open enrollment begins in November, Enroll America said Wednesday. Click here to read more.

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