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Highmark Agency Action Alert - March 25, 2015 This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: Individual and small group plans now required to provide NCQA presale information sheet during the sales process, CMS notification regarding corrected 1095-As, User guide for SHOP Agent/Broker Portal. Click here to read more. Capital BlueCross Individual Platinum Plan Maximum Out of Pocket Revision The contracts for the following individual plans have been updated to reflect the $2000-individual/$4000-Family Maximum Out of Pocket (MOOP) to coincide with what is displayed on the Federal Marketplace. Click here to read more.
UPMC 2015 Spring Producer Kickoff Find out new information about our products and services. Make sure you attend our Producer Kickoff meetings! We will be presenting new information on: Individual product, Small market, 100+ market, Legislative/Health care reform, WorkPartners and more. Click here to read more. PAHU and NWPAHU Panel Invitation THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED 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 April 2nd webinar will feature Jim McDaniel for a brief overview of the MyURL section of our website and how our tools work for you. 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.
IRS: A wrong PPACA exchange tax form is better than none The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would rather see public exchange plan users send it inaccurate Form 1095-As than no 1095-As. Officials made that view plain Friday in a statement and a question-and-answer set about 1095-A problems. Click here to read more. PPACA’s 5 biggest moments As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act turns 5 on March 23, we look back on the law’s biggest moments. Here are five of the law's most important events. Click here to read more. On 5th anniversary of health care law, no end to debate When President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act five years ago, he visualized a time when the political hyperbole would be silenced and ordinary people would see that the health care law improved their lives. Click here to read more. Happy Birthday, Obamacare: 5 Years Later, Fact Checking the Law’s Promises Five years ago on March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Click here to read more. Under Health Care Act, Many Tax Filers Are Discovering Costly Complications When he signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act last fall, J. C. Ciesielski estimated his income at $19,400, qualifying him for a federal subsidy that cut his premiums in half. But Mr. Ciesielski, an actor, earned an extra $2,340 from a voice-over job in December, and that welcome bit of income proved problematic when he did his taxes this month. Click here to read more. Rural hospitals in critical condition Stewart-Webster Hospital had only 25 beds when it still treated patients. The rural hospital served this small town of 1,400 residents and those in the surrounding farms and crossroads for more than six decades. Click here to read more. New scholarship on King v. Burwell The Supreme Court has not even decided King v. Burwell, and the case is already producing new legal scholarship. Click here to read more. 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. 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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