Lehigh Valley Flex Blue Incentive Program Expansion
New Highmark Incentive Program for New Lehigh Valley Flex Blue Group Business Expanded to Include Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Read more.

New Lehigh Valley Flex Blue Group Incentive Program
New Highmark Incentive Program for New Lehigh Valley Flex Blue Group Business. Read more.

UPMC Health Plan January 2017 Advantage Choice Formulary Updates
The Advantage Choice formulary changes for January 1, 2017, are now available. Read more.

President Signs HRA Revisions

PrimePay is able to immediately support provisions. Read more.

Product Information

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Throwback Thursday: Health care news of 2016

Fate of Obamacare, medical marijuana and the opioid epidemic Read more.

The year in employer-based healthcare: ACA uncertainty and cost-stemming efforts

With President-elect Donald Trump now filling his cabinet with men focused on elimination and possible replacement of the Affordable Care Act, it’s no surprise the top EBA story of the year in healthcare was the ACA and its future in a new political landscape. Read more.

4 important questions about HSAs under the new fiduciary rule

It has been difficult to avoid talk about the Department of Labor’s new Conflict of Interest Rule (also called the fiduciary rule) over the past several months. Read more.

The Future Of Medicaid May Be Found In Indiana, Where The Poor Pay

To get a glimpse of where Medicaid may be headed after Donald Trump moves into the White House, it may be wise to look to Indiana. Read more.

What’s influencing medical cost trends for 2017?
We’ve heard it time and time again: Healthcare costs are on the rise. However, a recent study conducted by the Health Research Institute found medical cost trends for employer-sponsored plans aren’t rising at the same pace. Read more.

How COBRA Intersects with Medicare and Retiree Health Plans
Today, we’re going to look at Medicare entitlement in the context of retiree health plans—as well as what happens to participants in your retiree plan if you decide to eliminate this coverage. Read more.

Analysis: GOP Vexed by factions on replacing health law
Republicans are united on repealing President Barack Obama's health care law, but ideologically and practically speaking, they're in different camps over replacing it. Read more.

A look back at our 2016 health insurance predictions
We’ve been making year-end health insurance forecasts in roughly the same format since 2014. Read more.

CMS Finalizes Payment Parameters Rule and Letter to Issuers
Late last Friday, CMS released its final 2018 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters and 2018 Letter to Issuers. Read more.

CMS Releases New FAQ on Broker Compensation
Along with the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, late last Friday CMS released an agent and broker compensation and discriminatory marketing FAQ resource regarding the differing of compensation based on the metal level plan sold. Read more.

How to better engage millennials in employee benefits

Our country’s young adults have officially taken over the workforce. Millennials are 75.4 million strong and compose nearly one-third of the U.S. workforce — and that number will continue to grow. Read more.

Exchange users seek role in House ACA suit

Two Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reduction subsidy users are trying to get an official role in a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's operation of the subsidy program. Read more.

'Repealing' Obamacare without repealing it

Long before Obamacare, the federal government had been subsidizing health insurance for scores of millions of Americans. Read more.

New Special Enrollment Rules Will Shift Paperwork Burden To Consumers

People who want to sign up for a policy on healthcare.gov after the annual open enrollment period ends Jan. 31 may have to produce a paper trail proving that they qualify for a “special enrollment period” before their coverage can begin, according to details of a pilot program described last week by federal officials. Read more.

1/10 Self-Funded Group Health Plans 101

With the many changes that have taken place in the last few years in the health insurance industry and the inevitable changes to come, I would like to invite you to join our Self-Funding 101 webinar on January 10th at 10am. Read more.

Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act Law in 2010, there has been incredible change in the Individual and Group Health industry with products and in the way they are sold and paid for. In 2017, a new Federal Administration will be in place and even more changes will be ahead of all of us. Because of these inevitable changes and in a continuing effort to keep our agent-partners informed, we are holding weekly webinars. The webinars will serve as a place to get your questions answered, learn about compliance requirements and discuss topics and strategies that will lead to your continued success in the individual and group health insurance markets. Register once for all of the 2016 Weekly PPACA Conference Calls. Register now. Register now.

Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives

Click here to view the archived recordings of the PPACA Conference Calls.