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Highmark Blue Shield Agency Action Alert - Oct. 29, 2014 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: Coming soon -- individual market and small group trainings, Health care reform re-enrollment letters to be mailed to members, Highmark acquisition mailing to hit households around Oct. 30, Highmark's Patient-Centered Medical Home program shows positive results, improves patient care, reaches milestone 1 million members, New member ID search option in the Find a Provider tool. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Agency Action Alert - Oct. 29, 2014 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: Coming soon -- individual market and small group trainings, Health care reform re-enrollment letters to be mailed to members, Highmark acquisition mailing to hit households around Oct. 30, Highmark's Patient-Centered Medical Home program shows positive results, improves patient care, reaches milestone 1 million members, New member ID search option in the Find a Provider tool. Click here to read more. Highmark Small Group Update - Renewals and New to Highmark Quoting Renewal rates will be made available to clients that renew in January once rates are approved by state regulators. Highmark has been advised by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) that 2015 rates will be approved no later than Nov. 15, 2014. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Agency Action Alert - Oct. 22, 2014 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: Tips on using the producer portal, New -- Producer Hotline reference guide, Updated small and mid-large group forms now available. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Shield Agency Action Alert - Oct. 22, 2014 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: Tips on using the producer portal, New -- Producer Hotline reference guide, Updated small and mid-large group forms now available. Click here to read more. Are your group clients ERISA compliant? The ERISA Compliance Checklist is a tool for plan administrators to conduct a quick evaluation of a plan’s compliance with important ERISA laws. Click here to read more. New at PrimePay: ERISA Wrap Services! Contact us today to get appointed Your clients can now improve legal compliance & simplify administration with PrimePay's new ERISA Services! If your clients provide employer-sponsored benefits, they may be at risk for enforcement action by the DOL and plan participants. In light of this issue, PrimePay is proud to provide you with a solution to one of the most important compliance requirements that your clients will face – ERISA. Click here to read more. Highmark Individual Products Talking Points Talking points are now available to assist you in discussions with your individual clients regarding their 2015 benefit options. Click here to read more.
Nahu Update: Administration Announces how Agent Information will be Handled in Open Enrollment 2014 Speaking of open enrollment, this week the Obama Administration made a number of assurances to NAHU directly and also publicly at the AHIP meeting that the processing of agent and broker NPN data by the federal exchange will be a lot smoother this coming open enrollment season than it was last year. Click here to read more. Geisinger Health Plan Network Update Pinnacle Health has notified Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) that it plans to terminate our relationship effective January 1, 2015. An ad ran in the Harrisburg Patriot on October 16 announcing the termination. This termination applies to GHP’s commercial lines of business and does not apply to our Geisinger Gold Medicare Advantage plans. Click here to read more.
UPMC Producer Update 10/29/2014 - Don't Miss Our Training Webinars for the 2015 Individual Portfolio Plan to attend one of UPMC Health Plan's upcoming webinars on UPMC Advantage, our health insurance option for individuals and families, plus related topics. Click here to read more. Register Now for BCNEPA's Individual Market Webinar You're invited to a webinar about BCNEPA's individual market. The webinar will cover January 2015 renewals, medically underwritten Direct product withdrawals, 2015 products, 2015 commissions and much more. Click here to read more. UPMC Individual Health Products for 2015 Join URL Insurance Group and Cathy Caggiano from UPMC as she covers their individual health insurance product offerings for 2015. Click here to read more. Register Now for 2015 Individual Product Training from Capital BlueCross Register now. Select the date that is most convenient for you below. Once registered, you will receive an email confirming your registration. 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.
Marketplace Update: Five Steps to Staying Covered Now that you have health coverage through the Marketplace, it’s time to review your plan and decide if you need to make changes for 2015. Every fall, your health insurance company sends you a letter explaining changes to premiums and benefits for the coming year. Click here to read more. Health insurer earnings: 7 takeaways Why should you, an insurance producer, care about the earnings reports? Because the companies may be giving clues in the earnings releases and conference calls about where their health insurance operations may be heading -- and where Wall Street investors might make the companies head, whether company executives want to move in that direction or not. Click here to read more. IRS Warned about Protecting Taxpayer Information on Health Exchanges The Internal Revenue Service needs to go to greater lengths to safeguard taxpayer information on health insurance exchanges, according to a new government report. Click here to read more. Obamacare premiums soar as much as 78% to help cover ‘essential health benefits’ The Affordable Care Act was supposed to make health care more affordable, but a study of insurance policies before and after Obamacare shows that average premiums have skyrocketed, for some groups by as much as 78 percent. Click here to read more.
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