Healthcare.gov Announces Agent/Broker Call Center

NAHU has continuously advocated for dedicated agent/broker call center support on healthcare.gov to assist with application and ongoing coverage issues that agents and brokers encounter while assisting clients with coverage through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace. Click here to read more.

2016 FFM Certificates: Where do I send?

cbcproducerlicensing@capbluecross.com
broker.submission@highmark.com (NEPA)
ghpbrokerlicensing@thehealthplan.com

CBC | Excellus BCBS Cyber Attack and Individual Products Training

On September 9, 2015, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield announced that their information technology systems were the target of a sophisticated cyber-attack. The 2016 Individual Product Producer Training Presentation is now available on Capbluecross.com in the 2016 Individual Products section of Producer Tools. Click here to read more.

2015 1094-B and 1095-B Filing Requirements for HRAs

NAHU is happy to share with you that the 2015 1094-B and 1095-B filing requirements for HRAs have been fixed! In early August, the IRS released draft instructions for 1094-B and 1095-B that included HRA filing requirements. Click here to read more.

Quoting temporarily halted for select plans in PA

Aetna and CoventryOne have halted quoting for a number of off-exchange health plans in several markets. Click here to read more.

UPMC Producer Update - You're Invited to the Fall Producer Kickoff Meeting!

Join UPMC Health Plan at the Fall Producer Kickoff to prepare for the 2016 selling season. Click here to read more.

SHOP Marketplace Enrollment Videos Now Available

Enrolling in coverage through the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace just got easier. Click here to read more.

2016 Product Webinars with Capital BlueCross

Whether you're selling group, individual, or Medicare products, our training webinars will give you overviews of our 2016 products. Click here to read more.

2016 FFM Certification Instructional Webinar

2016 Certification for the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) will be released in early September this year. Because we know this certification is important to you, we have a recorded webinar to walk you through the requirements. Click here to watch the recorded webinar.

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.

Health Care Briefs for September 14 - 18, 2015

ACA: Cadillac Tax. A new bipartisan effort to cancel the ACA's "Cadillac tax", the 40 percent levy on high-cost health insurance plans was unveiled last Thursday in the U.S. Senate by Nevada Republican Dean Heller and New Mexico Democrat Martin Heinrich. According to Bloomberg (9/17), the bill "stands little chance of becoming law soon, especially with Barack Obama in the White House. Click here to read more.