Leg Reg Review #12 - 04/09/2018

The PA House returns to Harrisburg this week. April 16 marks the date when the Senate returns. On the House calendar are several relating to insurance. Read more.

Extended Transition to Affordable Care Act-Compliant Policies

This bulletin extends the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) transitional policy to policy years beginning on or before October 1, 2019, provided that all such policies end by December 31, 2019. Read more.

New Business Carrier Deadlines

All paperwork/submission packets can be found on our site under Group Health Resources. Read more.

Connect with Capital, April 2018, vol 1

BenefitWallet—Our Preferred HSA Administrator, Salesforce Tip!, Group Termination Requests, Interactive Forms Available for Group Enrollment. Read more.

Aetna AFA reports now on eBusiness portal

Great news - soon your clients will be able to access their monthly Aetna Funding Advantage (AFA) report right on their Employer Secure Website (eBusiness portal), where they already access their Aetna Health Information Advantage (AHIA) reports. Read more.

Highmark puts $25M toward cancer research in Hershey

Cancer research in Central Pennsylvania is getting a $25 million boost from Highmark Health. Read more.

CMS’ plan to ‘wind down’ federal exchanges by 2020 relies on a big ask from Congress

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to “wind down” support for the federal exchanges by the time open enrollment hits in 2019 and shift funding to states. Read more.

Walmart and CVS have 15,000 combined stores. Why are both trying to buy health insurance companies?

The economics of healthcare in America is making for some strange bedfellows. CVS, the behemoth pharmacy chain, plans to buy Aetna, a 22-million member health insurer, for $69 billion. Read more.

4/24 Running a Medicare Appointment for Beginners

Medicare is the fastest growing in the insurance industry. Many independent agents have found their way into this explosive market. Join us for a webinar on April 24th at 9am to see how easy it is to run a Medicare appointment. Register now.

5/16 Generating New Revenue with Voluntary Benefits

Employers continue to struggle with pricing on health insurance and offering value to employees. Voluntary Benefits allow employers to offer a family of comprehensive benefits that meet the individualized needs of employees without increasing cost to their bottom line. Register now.

Health Care Reform Webinar

The Health Care Reform Webinar for April 12th will be recorded and sent to registrants on Friday, April 13th.

Since the passage of the ACA in 2010 and the recent passage of the AHCA through the House and the failed Senate votes on the BCRA and the HCFA (Skinny Repeal), it's important to stay informed so you can better serve your clients in the group health and under 65 individual markets.  The weekly Health Care Reform Webinars are your resource to stay close to the proposed law and to ask questions that may be important to your livelihood and to your clients. Join us each week to learn more and get your questions answered. Register now.

Health Care Reform Webinar Archives

Click here to view the archived videos of the Health Care Reform Webinars.