Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield reminds you about PCORI fee

At Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, we are committed to keeping you informed about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how Health Care Reform affects you and your employees. Click here to read more.

Capital BlueCross Updates | Week of July 27th

See all of the updates from Capital BlueCross, including: Capital Blue's Open House, Identity Protection Services Offering, Nicotine Cessation Coverage Update, Private Exchange Group Shopping Update, BenefitWallet Website Updates, Telehealth Benefit, Small Business Update. Click here to read more.

Highmark Updates | Agency Action Alert - July 29, 2015

This week's Agency Action Alert covers the following topics: SEP enrollment changes to a paper process Aug. 1, New specialty drugs option for members, New House Call Program for individual and small group members with ACA plans. Click here to read more.

Webinars added: FFM registration and training for agents and brokers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) presents a webinar for agents and brokers focused on Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) plan year 2016 registration and training. 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.

Coming Soon: The Best Employer Group Shopping Experience

Introducing URL's new Employer Marketplace, available to you by the end of summer! Using our streamlined system you can offer your employer groups the coverage to meet their needs, from core medical insurance to voluntary benefits. Click here to read more.

Social Security Disability Benefits Face Cuts in 2016, Trustees Say

Eleven million people face a deep, abrupt cut in disability insurance benefits in late 2016 if Congress fails to replenish Social Security’s disability trust fund, which is running out of money, the Obama administration said Wednesday. Click here to read more.

Where did billions in Obamacare grants go?

The federal government and the states have no idea what happened to billions of dollars given to create Obamacare's exchanges, according to a federal watchdog. Click here to read more.

Employee satisfaction with HDHPs inching up as comprehension grows

Over the past decade employees have consistently registered higher overall satisfaction ratings for “traditional” health plans than their high-deductible counterparts. But the satisfaction gap is narrowing, according to a recent study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Click here to read more.

Obama looks to states on retirement readiness

President Barack Obama this week asked the Department of Labor to propose a set of rules by the end of the year that would provide a clear path forward for states to create retirement savings programs. Click here to read more.

Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Why You Should Know the Difference

We’ve all heard of Uber: the transportation application that helped you get home last weekend, and the invention that’s causing some taxi drivers to lose their cool. Click here to read more.