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Highmark Update - Producer Talking Points Regarding Anthem Data Breach On Jan. 29, 2015, Anthem, Inc., a multistate Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, discovered a significant data breach, potentially affecting as many as 80 million individuals. Both current and former Highmark members who received medical services at some time in the last ten years in an Anthem service area (14 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin) may have been affected. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Channel Insights - News for the Producer Community - January/February 2015 Welcome to the January/February edition of our electronic newsletter Channel Insights - News for the Producer Community. Inside you will find valuable information to help you successfully serve your customers and grow your Highmark book of business. Click here to read more. Highmark Blue Shield Channel Insights - News for the Producer Community - January/February 2015 Welcome to the January/February edition of our electronic newsletter Channel Insights - News for the Producer Community. Inside you will find valuable information to help you successfully serve your customers and grow your Highmark book of business. Click here to read more. Banet's Bullets: Important information required for same-sex married members The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania now recognizes same-sex marriage as well as same-sex marriages which are valid in other states. In addition, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has adopted a policy to treat same-sex marriages as they would treat opposite-sex marriages. This policy change affects submission of enrollment data for same-sex spouses and domestic partners. 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.
House GOP unveils replacement plan, if ObamaCare goes down Three House Republican chairmen on Monday night outlined a healthcare plan to replace ObamaCare, if the Supreme Court guts the president's signature healthcare initiative. The court is this week hearing arguments in a challenge to key ObamaCare subsidies. Click here to read more. The accidental case against Obamacare A lawyer, a law professor, and a libertarian spent the last three years struggling to convince first themselves and then national Republicans that a "glitch" in the Affordable Care Act could be the law's undoing. Click here to read more. Employers remain unprepared for ACA requirements As more regulations continue to come into effect for employers under the Affordable Care Act, some with financial penalties, many employers report they are not prepared to deal with the slate of changes. Click here to read more. Insurers ask to raise premiums if Supreme Court axes ACA provisions Health insurance agents may need to start preparing to break news of even higher premiums to clients later this year if the Supreme Court decides to defund much of the existing federal subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act. Click here to read more. Brokers helping clients navigate PPACA tax compliance Look for business executives to consume large volumes of antacid between now and tax day. The first filing season under the employer mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is causing some indigestion. Click here to read more. A short, visual guide to every ruling on Obamacare’s subsidies When the Supreme Court rules in King v. Burwell, the new Obamacarechallenge, its judges won't be the first to grapple with whether the health law's subsidies on the federal marketplace are legal. Click here to read more.
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