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Extended: UPMC Rate Caps Made Simple

Selling new and renewing business with UPMC Health Plan has never been easier! Read more.

Extended: UPMC Health Plan New Business Producer Incentive Program - February 2018 through July 2018 Effective Dates

Sell any new employer group with 2-100 enrolled contracts with a February 1, 2018 - July 1, 2018 effective date and receive an incentive of up to $200 per contract! Read more.

Highmark Small Group Update: Jan. 1, 2018, High Volume and Delay Notice

We are currently experiencing a very high volume of both Small Group new business customers and renewal benefit changes for the January 1, 2018, effective date. Some clients may experience a delay in the setup process. Read more.

Leg Reg Review #1 - 01/01/2018

Although the General Assembly will not return to active session until January 23, there are several bills of interest to the Insurance and Business Communities on the voting calendars of the House and Senate. Read more.

How your health care will be reshaped in 2018

2018 is going to be a long year, and probably a hard one to keep up with in the ever-evolving world of health care. Let's take a step back from the minute-by-minute onslaught and take stock more broadly of the big, overarching trends that will animate this year in health policy. Read more.

Trump administration looking to lower price of health care plans next year

President Donald Trump is planning to sign a new executive order to make cheaper health care plans more accessible to consumers, a White House official confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday. Read more.

5 Big Questions About Health Insurance for 2018

In theory, most of the U.S. health care delivery system and most of the health care finance system could work about the same way in 2018 as they've worked in 2017. Read more.

Low 2016 Indvidual Health Margins Trimmed Insurers' Rebate Bills

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has given U.S. health insurers bad news and good news about how individual health coverage performed in 2016. Read more.

1/24 The Advantages of Reference Based Pricing

With the ever-increasing group health rates, many employers are faced with difficult decisions on how to maintain quality coverage without going broke. 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.