Model Notices Previously Expired on December 31, 2016
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has extended the effective date of its model Employer CHIP Notice, General Notice of COBRA Rights, and COBRA Election Notice through December 31, 2019. Previously, these model notices expired on December 31, 2016. Learn more.
Highmark Individual Market Updates
All individual Blue Edge Dental (BED) plans have been updated, effective January 1, 2017, for all members, including those who purchased plans effective in 2016. Read more.
Product Information
Get applications, brochures, and more for group and individual health on our website. Get product information.
Ensure You Get Credit for Marketplace Enrollments!
When assisting clients enrolling in coverage through HealthCare.gov and the Marketplace (or Side-by-Side) Pathway, make sure to include your National Producer Number (NPN) on both the application AND on Plan Compare. Read more.
Obama administration turns contraceptive fight over to Trump
After receiving more than 54,000 comments on whether and how to accommodate objections from religious nonprofit groups to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive insurance requirement, the Obama administration said it will not make any changes to the practices that were challenged—and left unresolved—in the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more.
Five Republican senators seek ACA action delay
Five Republican senators are pushing for opponents of the Affordable Care Act to replace the law when they repeal it, rather than repealing it and working to replace it later. Read more.
IRS Issues Employee Reminder on FSAs
The Internal Revenue Service is passing along a reminder to eligible employees that now is the time to begin planning to take full advantage of their employer’s health flexible spending arrangement (FSA) during 2017. Read more.
Analysis shows how the ACA swamped the individual market
The Affordable Care Act helped insurers increase individual major medical enrollment to 10.9 million in 2014, from 7.9 million in 2010. Read more.
Why self-funded healthcare is a great option for 2017
Small- and mid-sized companies using traditional major medical plans are at a competitive disadvantage: either they are paying more in loaded costs than competitors that use smarter healthcare options, or they are finding it more difficult to hire employees because their competitors offer better plans. Read more.
How HHS Secretary Nominee Price’s plan could change ACA forever
What Does President-elect Trump’s pick for HHS foretell? Read more.
Republicans’ 4-Step Plan to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
Vice President-elect Mike Pence and the top Republicans in Congress made clear on Wednesday, more powerfully and explicitly than ever, that they are dead serious about repealing the Affordable Care Act. 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.
