03/21/2019
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03/19/2019
Anthem Blue Cross and Sutter Health Reach an Agreement
Anthem Blue Cross and Sutter Health System had been engaged in contract negotiations for several months. Although the termination date for commercial business was December 31, 2018, Anthem honored a t...
03/18/2019
The Most Popular Ways to Control Health Care Costs
Employers are using creative ways to control health care costs, according to a survey by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEB) "Telemedicine stands out as the fastest growing h...
03/15/2019
Anthem Blue Cross Members Can Choose Video Visits With LiveHealth Online
Effective January 2019, the first three LiveHealth Online visits are free for PPO and HMO members, but not for PPO HSA members. Anthem Blue Cross offers LiveHealth Online to all members. Patients can ...
03/14/2019
Blue Shield of California Extends Relaxed Participation Requirements
Blue Shield of California is relaxing underwriting participation requirements to June 1 for groups with five or more enrolled employees to just 25% for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plan...
03/13/2019
Anthem Blue Cross Renews Agreements with Scripps Health
Anthem Blue Cross renewed their agreements with Scripps Health in San Diego County. The fully executed agreements are retroactive effective January 1, 2019. Scripps Health includes the following hosp...
03/13/2019
UnitedHealthcare Eases Start-up Group Guidelines
Starting with April 1, 2019 new business, UnitedHealthcare will accept start up groups with only two weeks of payroll (previously six weeks)! Payroll must be included with the submission. Don’t forget...
03/12/2019
MediExcel Issues Rating Change
Effective April 1, 2019, MediExcel will calculate employees' ages as of the group’s agreement date. New hires will be rated based on the group’s contract date. Previously, MediExcel calculated employe...
03/06/2019
Sutter Health Plus Annual Training Requirement for Contracted Agents
Sutter Health Plus requires contracted broker agents and producers to complete Fraud, Waste and Abuse, and General Compliance Training annually. Please complete this Compliance Training and return a s...
03/06/2019
Ebix Enhances HealthConnect Quoting
Ebix introduced two enhancements to its online quoting system. First, plan names are now linked in the ACA Medical Plan Employee Worksheet as well as in medical side-by-side reports. Simply click on t...
03/06/2019
NAHU Capitol Conference Recap
by Ken Doyle I was honored to meet with legislators on Capitol Hill to advocate for brokers as part of the NAHU Capitol Conference. Samantha Siders, LISI Regional Sales Representative also attended...
03/05/2019
The Best Ease GA Library Just Got Even Better
At LISI, we added Delta Dental Small Business Program Plans to our Ease (formerly EaseCentral) library along with VSP, and MetLife. More plans are coming soon! Now it’s even simpler to enroll medi...
03/05/2019
Webinar: How to Compare Dental Networks
Join us for an information-packed webcast and walk away with tips and tools to help you analyze different types of dental networks across carriers. You Will Learn Rob Peavey, MetLife’s Dental Pr...
03/04/2019
Health Net Broker Bonus
Health Net’s simplest bonus program returns in 2019. Earn a $100 per-member bonus for every new Small Business Group sale you make with effective dates from February 1, 2019, through November 1, 2019....
02/28/2019
Employee Benefit Planning Association (EBPA) Summit
The recent Employee Benefit Planning Association (EBPA) Summit in Los Angeles highlighted industry trends to watch in 2019. Attorney Marilyn Monahan of the Monahan Law Office in Marina Del Ray discus...
02/11/2019
Kaiser Permanente® Extends Underwriting Promotions
Great news! Kaiser Permanente® is extending their popular underwriting promotions to January 1, 2020. Promotions: A DE 9C is not required for new groups with 6 or more enrollees For startup gr...
02/10/2019
Kaiser Permanente® Extends Broker Bonus Programs
Kaiser Permanente® has extended all their broker bonus programs for groups with effective dates through July 1, 2019. Get $50 per member when you enroll a new group with 50 or more full-time emp...
02/05/2019
Blue Shield of California Announces Q2 Rates and More Dental Options
Blue Shield of California is focusing on keeping health care costs as low as possible, which is reflected in their rate actions for Q2 1019: A 1.5% PPO rate increase, for a 3.5% annualized incre...
02/05/2019
Health Net Issues Rate Update for Q2 2019
In Q2 2019, Health Net reports a statewide average increase of 3.1% for full HMO plans and a 1.9% increase for limited HMO plans. Full PPO plans will see a 2.7% increase, and Limited PPO plans will se...
02/05/2019
Compliance Alert: Employer Mandate Questions
LISI recently fielded two compliance questions on the employer mandate: Q.We have a group that’s no longer over 50 FTEs. Does the employer have to notify the insurance carrier to send the 1095-B fo...
02/04/2019
