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Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Agency Action Alert - Sept. 10, 2014 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: CMS announces plan to auto-enroll current Marketplace members Reminder - Submit CMS training certifications by Sept. 30 to sell for Q4 SEPs. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Shield Agency Action Alert - Sept. 10, 2014 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: CMS announces plan to auto-enroll current Marketplace members Reminder - Submit CMS training certifications by Sept. 30 to sell for Q4 SEPs. Click here to read more. Draft Employer Reporting Forms Finally Released Remember that time the Administration released the 6055 and 6056 employer reporting forms needed to enforce the individual and employer mandates without releasing the form instructions? Click here to read more. Final Rules on Exchange Re-Enrollment Released It's hard to imagine a three-day weekend without the federal government releasing a final rule. In true form, last week the Obama Administration finalized the 2015 Re-Enrollment Rule. You may remember that NAHU submitted comments on the proposed rule just after Annual Convention. Click here to read more. Pa. Medicaid expansion alternative is approved The feds have approved a "portion of" the Healthy Pennsylvania Medicaid expansion alternative plan, Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett announced this afternoon. The approved plan has two parts: Reforming the current Medicaid program and offering the Healthy PA Private Coverage Option for eligible Pennsylvanians. It does not include work requirements Corbett initially sought. Click here to read more. Healthy PA FAQ's Healthy Pennsylvania is a Pennsylvania-specific plan that reforms Medicaid, protects taxpayers and provides increased access to quality, affordable health care coverage. It is built upon common sense reforms that provide coverage options to our most vulnerable citizens in a flexible and sustainable way that brings financial stability to the state’s Medicaid program. Click here to read more.
Get reacquainted with Capital BlueCross Individual Plans for 2015! Where: Colonial Golf and Tennis Club, 4901 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112 Correction on BCNEPA's Network Maps In the last Broker e-Bulletin, we featured the following article: Understand BCNEPA's network differences. We wanted to make you aware of an error listed in the Custom PPO and Tiered Custom PPO Network Maps. Easton Hospital should not be included in the list of participating hospitals located just beyond our 13-county area. Click here to read more. Highmark's transition plan to Pennsylvania Insurance Department clarifies network and consumer protections and launches new member resources in advance of UPMC contract termination With the goal of reducing customer confusion about its members' access to UPMC facilities and doctors, Highmark Inc.'s final transition plan today was posted on the Pennsylvania Insurance Department website and will be implemented immediately by Highmark. 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. PrimePay Broker Webinar Series - September 2014 We have spent the last few monthly broker webinars discussing how you can better mitigate compliance risk for your clients - COBRA, ACA, ERISA, HIPAA, etc. Now, as we are entering the 4th quarter, let's turn our attention to strategy to help you guide your clients through their customized benefit offering. 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
PPACA’s smoking gun In a year awash with news regarding the myriad aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, from coverage of state exchange issues to the brouhaha surrounding the Supreme Court decision regarding contraceptives, there’s been silence about one particular component of the PPACA. Click here to read more. Employers fail to meet key ERISA requirements There are two ERISA requirements that, for the most part, employers are just not meeting. That's the word from 71 percent of brokers who say their clients aren't maintaining plan documents or providing employees with summary plan documents—two major requirements under ERISA, according to an HR360 survey. Click here to read more. Contacts at Capital Blue Cross As we embark on what will surely be an extremely busy 4th quarter of 2014 and with a look towards 2015, communication and ease of doing business will be of the utmost importance. Your first point of contact for any questions on CBC programs should be URL Insurance Group. However, for your convenience, CBC put together The Contacts at Capital Blue Cross reference lists. Click here to read more.
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