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Highmark Health Care Reform - Sections 6055 and 6056 Reporting Requirements The following information is being provided to help summarize the employer reporting requirements and obligations of the 2016 mandatory Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting under Internal Revenue Code Sections 6055 and 6056. Click here to read more. Highmark Agency Action Alert - March 11, 2015 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: Tax penalty SEP - one day to enroll for April 1, 2015 effective date, Highmark not offering this SEP off-exchange, myCare Navigator now online, with "Abby" virtual assistant. Click here to read more.
Affordable Care Act 101 Webinars for Small Employers SBA, the Department of Health Human and Services, and Small Business Majority have teamed up for a free weekly webinar series where small employers can learn the basics of the Affordable Care Act and what it means for their organization and employees. Click here to read more. PAHU and NWPAHU Panel Invitation We are offering this invitation on behalf of the Pennsylvania Association of Health Underwriters (PAHU) and the Erie Chapter (NWPAHU). PAHU represents insurance agents and brokers who specialize in health insurance and employee benefits. Click here to read more. Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call The March 19th webinar will feature Kristi Saul to discuss GAP plans. 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: 51,000 Pennsylvania customers affected by Anthem data breach More than 51,000 current Highmark health insurance customers in Pennsylvania will receive letters this week notifying them that their personal information may have been stolen as part of the larger Anthem Inc. data heist. Click here to read more. PPACA exchange update: Distribution is hard Distributing health insurance leads to daunting mountains of work, and even the successful, transparent state-based exchanges seem to be struggling to keep out from under the mountains. Click here to read more. Health-Law Ruling Could Prompt Some States to Act Justice Samuel Alito ’s suggestion that the Supreme Court could delay for months the impact of a decision to gut the health law revives the possibility that at least a dozen states could take action to limit the effect of such a ruling. Click here to read more. PPACA-free zone: Limited wraparound plan comments Federal regulators are trying to get what they regard as nice, civilized products into the excepted benefits category. Major medical insurers seem to be unimpressed. 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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