Capital Blue Cross | Member Newsletter
Chronic health conditions like asthma, Crohn's, or diabetes, a new diagnosis, or major injury can be overwhelming. With your Capital Blue Cross healthcare coverage, you don't have to do it alone. Read more.
Capital Blue Cross | Producer Newsletter
Learn how members can save on generics at Mark Cuban Cost Plus drugs Company, premium holiday for groups that add Capital Blue Cross Dental, update on 2024 Medicare Advantage plans and order supplies for Medicare's AEP. Read more.
Highmark | Pharmacy Update
In an effort to continue providing the best coverage for our members while ensuring little to no disruption, Highmark has announced a change to weight loss GLP-1 drug coverage. Read more.
IRS Announces 2024 Health Plan Affordability Threshold
The IRS announced that the 2024 health plan affordability threshold—which is used to determine if an employer's lowest-premium health plan meets the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) affordability requirement—will be 8.39 percent of an employee's household income. Read more.
In late February 2023, the IRS, DOL and HHS issued a joint announcement detailing how group health plans are to comply with the gag clause attestation requirements, or Gag Clause Prohibition Compliance Attestations (GCPCA), established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Detials for HBS and CBC will be coming soon.
Aetna | Gag Clause Reporting Details
Employer sponsored group health plans (both self-funded and fully insured) are prohibited from entering into agreements with a health care provider, network or association of providers, Third Party Administrator, or other service provider where the plan is restricted from accessing and sharing certain information. Read more.
Geisinger | Updates for the Gag Clause
As part of the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021, insurance companies and employerbased health plans are required to annually submit a gag clause prohibition compliance attestation (GCPCA) to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury. Read more.
Highmark | CAA Gag Clause Prohibition Compliance Attestation - Due 12/31/2023
Highmark has conducted reviews to confirm all relevant contracts do not contain terms that could be construed as gag clauses in violation of the CAA's Gag Clause Prohibition. Read more.
9/7 Ameritas Dental/Vision: Join us to learn about the NEW benefits!
Join us on September 7th at 9:30am EST to learn about Ameritas Dental/Vision's new benefits, including
- Increasing annual maximums up to $3,000
- Credit for prior dental coverage
- Next-day benefits and no waiting periods in most states
- Increasing benefits with 100% preventive coverage, up to 90% basic coverage, and up to 50% major coverage
- Additional benefits such as child orthodontia, teeth whitening, hearing care and more
Register now.
9/13 Selling Principal supplemental benefits
The rise in popularity of high-deductible health insurance plans means more employers are looking for ways to help employees handle out-of-pocket expenses. That’s where supplemental benefits can help. Register now.
9/28 Capital Blue Cross | 2024 ACA Plan Review and Training
The broker support team at Capital Blue Cross would like to invite you to an upcoming training event as you prepare for this year’s ACA Open Enrollment. We are excited to present our ACA plans for 2024! Register now.
Highmark Update | Broker Webinar Training Series
Highmark is excited to announce the Summer 2023 edition of our Producer Training Series! These webinars are scheduled for ~30 minutes and designed to ensure producers have the most up-to-date information about Highmark.Read more.
Highmark Update | Producer Incentive (qualify through 11/1/24)
Market with us your large group customer's fully insured renewals and when it sells with Highmark, you will be rewarded for letting us help you help your customers! Read more.
URL Dental, Vision, and HSA Contest (qualify through 10/1/23)
Earn more with URL Insurance Group and Capital Blue Cross dental, vision, and Further by Health Equity HSA products through our exclusive contest! Top 2 producers with most dental groups sold earn $500. Read more.
United Concordia Dental | The small business reward program (qualify through 1/31/24)
United Concordia Dental is excited to offer a small group bonus, over the next seven months, to you, our loyal producers. As a way to thank you for your dedication and hard work, we want to reward you with an added bonus program. You can earn extra money for small business (less than 100 lives) sold in July through January.
Read more.
Pennie | Community Workgroup Newsletter
In lieu of a Pennie Community Workgroup (PCW) webinar for July, we are sending this newsletter with updates and information on Pennie’s current and upcoming initiatives. Read more.
Pennie Toolkit: Loss of Medical Assistance
Starting April 1st, all Medical Assistance (MA) and CHIP recipients must complete an annual renewal to keep coverage. Pennie is here to ensure continuous coverage for Pennsylvanians that have lost or are losing MA coverage, but we need your help! Read more.
Pennie Protects Nearly 372,000 Pennsylvanians with 2023 Health Coverage
At the conclusion of Pennie’s Open Enrollment Period on January 15th, nearly 372,000 Pennsylvanians were enrolled in a comprehensive health plan. Almost 245,000 Pennsylvanians were automatically renewed into a 2023 plan, another 62,000 existing customers returned and shopped for a plan. Read more.
Family Glitch Fixed, More Savings Now Available at Pennie
Under new federal rules, Pennie can now provide savings to more Pennsylvanians! Read more.
Pennie | Broker Workgroup
