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2016 Health Insurance Filings and Rating-Area-Charts for your review! On October 15, the Insurance Department announced the approved rates for health insurance plans to be offered in 2016. For more information about rates and the rate review process, please read our Consumer Guide to Health Insurance Rates and Rate Review. Click here to read more.
Where to Send 2016 FFM Certificates Please send your FFM Certificates to the appropriate carriers using the email addresses below.
Aetna | New faster and easier process for quoting and FFM certification confirmation We're always working to improve the ways we support your business and to save you time. We've now simplified the process for recording your FFM ID and certificate information once you complete your registration and training with CMS. Click here to read more. Highmark | Validating completion of the 2016 FFM Training In a change from 2015, producers completing the FFM training for 2016 do not need to provide or upload a training certification to Highmark; however, all producers must complete the 2016 registration and program through the Sales Sentinel website. Click here to read more.
Capital BlueCross Group Size Definition Change Per Legislative Order On October 7, 2015, President Obama signed the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act. Click here to read more. UPMC Producer Update 10/12/2015 - Small group rates now available in Producer OnLine Small group rates for the first quarter of 2016 are now available. This pertains to groups with 2 to 50 employees. Click here to read more. Breaking News: President Signs PACE Act NAHU is pleased to share with you that President Obama has signed into law the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act. Click here to read more. Highmark Product Updates for Oct. 2, 2015 This alert covers the following topics: Discontinuation of medically underwritten Community Blue PPO plans for 2016, HM Life Insurance Company exits the group supplemental product line of business. Click here to read more.
UPMC Producer Update 9/29/2015 - Producer Sales Training Topics for this training include: 2016 product offerings for individual, 2016 product offerings for SHOP, Sneak peak at new re-enrollment platform. 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 October 5 - 9, 2015 ACA: Small Business. The AP (10/8) reports that President Obama signed last week legislation "aimed at preventing premium increases that some smaller businesses were expecting next year under his signature health care law." Click here to read more.
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