AHIP Is the Approved Vendor for Plan Year 2019 Training

Marketplace agent and broker registration and training for plan year 2019! Read more.

Trump Administration Releases Final Rule on Short-Term Plans

This morning the Trump Administration released a final rule and fact sheet regarding short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI), often referred to as short-term plans (STPs), which will go into effect 60 days from today. Read more.

CPAHU Legislative Update

Agency Meetings and Notices, PA Bulletin, PA Department of Health Message Board, House 2018 Fall Session Schedule, Senate 2018 Fall Session Schedule, Committee Schedule for the Week of July 30, Floor Schedule for the Week of July 30, Legislative Floor Action for the Week of July 23. Read more.

Connect with Capital, August 2018, vol. 1

What's Inside: Effective October 1: All Small ASO and Mid-Market New Business Subject to Medically Underwritten Rates, Updated BenefitWallet Discovery Form Now Available, Effective January 2019: Dental Premium/Admin Fee Holiday for Groups That Add BlueCross Dental. Read more.

Highmark Channel Insights: News for the Producer Community

Welcome to the summer 2018 edition of Channel Insights: News for the Producer Community! Read more.

Highmark Commercial Insurance 

We learned recently of some confusing and inaccurate messages being delivered to the marketplace about billing of Highmark members by UPMC Hamot and its physicians after the Consent Decree ends on June 30, 2019. Read more.

Aetna | Quote AFA through 1/1 now

It's time to get moving. Starting today, you can quote Small Group Aetna Funding Advantage (AFA) through January 1 effective dates. Read more.

Aetna | Start yoga with AFA

Does your health plan include Yoga? Starting 10/1, all new and renewing Aetna Funding Advantage plans will include access to group fitness classes through Aetna's relationship with Peerfit. Read more.

2019 PA Carrier Individual and Small Group Rate filings

Insurance companies offering individual and small group health insurance plans are required to file proposed rates with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department for review and approval before plans can be sold to consumers. Read more.

Individual market enrollment dropping amid premium increases

Enrollment in the individual health insurance market — the market for people who don't get coverage through work — has declined 12 percent in the first quarter of 2018, compared to the same period last year, according to a new analysis released Tuesday. Read more.

Study: ‘Medicare for all’ projected to cost $32.6 trillion

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for all” plan would boost government health spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years, requiring historic tax hikes, says a study released Monday by a university-based libertarian policy center. Read more.

CMS Moves to Save Individual Major Medical Insurance

The administration of President Donald Trump has rushed to save the individual major medical open enrollment period for 2019, by patching the Affordable Care Act risk-adjustment program. Read more.

Trump says new health plans, not available until September, already doing 'record business'

President Trump on Thursday touted his administration’s new health insurance plans, which aren't available to the public until Sept. 1, saying they're already generating "record business." Read more.

How the CMS will save the ACA market

The administration of President Donald Trump has rushed to save the individual major medical open enrollment period for 2019, by patching the Affordable Care Act risk-adjustment program. Read more.

House passes bills expanding health savings accounts

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed two healthcare bills that would expand the use of health savings accounts, a move that, if advanced, could significantly drive higher employee enrollment in high-deductible health plans that feature HSAs. Read more.

Coming Soon | Learn About the Marketplace Registration/Training Enhancements for 2019

Registration for plan year 2019 is coming soon! This year, when you sign in to complete registration and training, you will notice a few changes to the Marketplace Learning Management System (MLMS). Read more.

8/16 Are Association Health Plans the Cure?

Register now for a NAHU member-exclusive Compliance Corner webinar covering the AHP final rule on Thursday, August 16, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Register now.

9/5 2019 AEP Medicare Connections Conference

Join us on September 5th 2018 for our 2019 AEP Medicare Connections Conference at the Hershey Lodge. You can expect an exciting day of networking with fellow top brokers, all while learning invaluable sales tips from the leading insurance carriers in the market! Register now.

9/13 Save the Date: CPAHU Medicare Summit

Watch for updates coming soon! Read more.

Health Care Reform Webinar

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.