A Note About the AHCA from Deb Wilkinson & NAHU AHCA Notice
Since this week’s ACA Update Webinar has been cancelled and with the passage of the AHCA through the House, I wanted to at least take a few minutes to make note of some of the details. Read more.
LEG REG REVIEW 2017, 18th Issue
On May 4, U.S. House Republicans voted to forward a revised American Health Care Act (HR 1628) to the United States Senate. Read more.
Cancelled: 5/19 CPAHU Annual Golf Outing
This event has been cancelled.
Highmark Agency Action Alert For The Week Of May 8, 2017
Highmark has received reports of members receiving phone calls claiming to be from Highmark. The caller said they wanted to verify member information including name, address, and primary doctor, etc. These phone calls are not from Highmark or any of its diversified businesses. Read more.
STM Rules Have Changed, and IHC is Here to Stay!
The short-term medical (STM) rule that went into effect on 4/1 has left agents uncertain about the future of this product. In this transitional time, there is one constant you can rely on: The IHC Group. Read more.
Tokio Marine HCC - MIS Group to exit STM business June 1, 2017
Effective June 1, 2017 we will no longer accept new Short Term Medical Insurance business. We have made the decision to EXIT the Short Term Medical Insurance Marketplace. Read more.
UPMC | Register now for an informational webinar
Assist America is the nation’s largest provider of global emergency medical services with more than 30 million members worldwide—and is available free of charge to all UPMC Health Plan members when they are travelling more than 100 miles from home. Read more.
Highmark Small Group Update - 2017 Small Group Underwriting Guidelines and New Submission Guide Now Available
The Highmark 2017 Small Group New Business Submission Guide with Sold Group Checklist and the Small Group Underwriting & Enrollment Guidelines, effective June 1, 2017, are now available on the Producer Portal under the Resources section for all Pennsylvania regions. Read more.
The AHCA Bill
Read H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017. Read more.
Summary: H.R.1628 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)
05/04/2017 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Read more.
House Passes American Health Care Act
On its front page, the New York Times (5/4, A1, Kaplan, Pear, Subscription Publication) reports that on Thursday, the House “narrowly approved” the American Health Care Act by a vote of 217-213, “as Republicans recovered from their earlier failures and moved a step closer to delivering their promise to reshape American health care without mandated insurance coverage.” Read more.
Industry insiders ponder AHCA impact on group market
The amended version of the American Health Care Act, which narrowly passed out of the House of Representatives last week, faces an uncertain fate in the Senate, where several Republicans are already airing concerns over the bill the White House is touting as a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Read more.
Are association health plans a good idea?
A topic often discussed in the healthcare debate is association health plans. Proponents believe that small businesses with a common thread should be able to join together to purchase healthcare in the same way larger employers do, negotiating component costs with bargaining clout of the combined employee lives. Read more.
Trump Administration Continues to Send Mixed Signals on CSR Payments as Deadlines Loom
The Trump Administration is due to make another monthly cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payment to insurers by May 21, but it remains unclear whether that payment, or any future payment, will be made. Read more.
IRS Sets 2018 Health Savings Account Limits, House Votes To Expand HSAs Under Trumpcare
Get ready to really stuff your health savings account. The Internal Revenue Service just announced the 2018 inflation-adjusted limits for health savings accounts, and they’re up. Read more.
Republicans Disregarded the C.B.O., but It Won’t Be Ignored
Now that the House has passed its big health care bill, it will find out what that bill could actually do. Read more.
ANTHEM ASKS SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW BLOCKED CIGNA DEAL
Health insurer Anthem is not ready to give up its $48-billlion bid to buy rival Cigna and now hopes to find a favorable audience in the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more.
AHCA: Republican health care bill headed for overhaul in Senate
While President Trump took a victory lap with House Republicans after their health care bill passed its first big test Thursday, the hard work is just beginning for the majority party whose mission these past seven years has been ObamaCare’s demise. Read more.
What the new GOP healthcare bill means for employers
The House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act Thursday, which will be sent to the U.S. Senate for debate and amendments and then a vote. Here’s what employers need to know about the revamped healthcare plan. Read more.
Employers ‘shifting’ away from hourly pay should be aware of potential pitfalls
More in Benefit compliance Compliance Non-exempt employees Print Email Reprints Share In many states, the practice of paying nonexempt employees a “day rate,” “shift rate” or “job rate,” is gaining in popularity. Read more.
House Republicans Narrowly Pass Bill Repealing ACA
In efforts to overhaul the nation’s health system, House Republicans Thursday narrowly passed legislation that would repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act. Read more.
How Every Member Voted on the House Health Care Bill
The House narrowly passed a health care bill on Thursday that would repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act. Every Democrat voted no, joining 20 Republicans. Read more.
NEW DEALS FOR DRUGS: NO HEART ATTACK OR YOUR MONEY BACK
Warranties and money-back guarantees, long used to entice buyers of products like hand tools and kitchen gadgets, are now being used to sell something more crucial: pricey new-generation drugs for diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Read more.
ACA Update Webinar
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act Law in 2010, there has been incredible change in the Individual and Group Health insurance industry with products and in the way they are sold and paid for. With a new Federal Administration in place, more changes will be ahead of all of us. Register now.
ACA Update Webinar Archives
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