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Upcoming Compliance Deadlines

It’s that time of year again! Some important compliance deadlines are coming up this fall and winter: Medicare Part D Notices, October 14: Employers offering prescription drug coverage must issue...

Anthem Blue Cross Dual PPO Now Available in Regions 1 and 9

You can now pair the Anthem Blue Cross Full PPO and Select PPO within the same group offering for new groups with effective dates of October 1, 2019 to January 15, 2019. The employer’s principal busin...

UnitedHealthcare Webinar: 2020 Product Update

Join this informative broker webinar to see how UnitedHealthcare is uniting care and coverage in California. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about their 2020 small business product portfolio, inc...

UnitedHealthcare Relaxes Participation Guidelines for Dental

UnitedHealthcare will now allow groups down to 5 eligible to enroll in the following: Calendar Year Max $2000+ Implants Ortho Previously, these benefits were only available to groups wi...

UnitedHealthcare Reminds Brokers of the SEP

UnitedHealthcare is reminding brokers that the ACA requires carriers to offer a one month special open enrollment period (SEP) from November 15 to December 15. The SEP is for groups that don’t have to...

Small Business Medical Incentive Program Accelerator

Blue Shield of California is making it easier for you to earn more when you sell Blue Shield of California Small Business medical products. No complicated tiers or calculations required. ...

UnitedHealthcare Medical Loss Ratio Rebates

Medical Loss Ratio must be calculated and reported for all fully insured individual and group business, with customers aggregated by group size, legal entity and state. UnitedHealthcare has systems an...

Clarification on Blue Shield of California’s Trio Expansion

Blue Shield of California’s Trio network has expanded in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Tulare counties, available Q4 2019. The 2019 Trio plans in the new service areas are available off-exchange only...

Sexual Harassment Training Deadline Extended One Year

On August 30, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill extending the deadline for California employers to provide initial sexual harassment training from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021. The train...

Anthem Blue Cross Renews Hospital Agreements

Anthem Blue Cross has renewed commercial agreements with the following hospitals: Kern Medical Center located in the City of Bakersfield, effective September 15, 2019 Palomar Health, which in...

Anthem Blue Cross Offers Dental and Life Q4 Bonus

With Anthem Blue Cross, you can earn up to $200 per small group when you sell dental and up to $100 when you sell life. To qualify for the bonus program, small groups must have 10 or more enrolled emp...

Webinar: California Legislative Updates from Kaiser Permanente®

Join Kaiser Permanente® for a webinar featuring legislation and developments in the 2019 California legislature and what to expect in 2020. Key Speaker Teresa Stark, Senior Director of California ...

Anthem Blue Cross is Accepting Q4 Business

Anthem Blue Cross is accepting Q4 business now. Below is the schedule for processing payments on these cases: October 1, 2019 new business cases: Anthem will process the electronic debit form on...

Cypress Ancillary Benefits Broker Bonus

Cypress Ancillary Benefits introduced their 2019 Broker Contest. Qualifying brokers are invited for a stay at Edgewood Tahoe during September 2020. It applies to groups with an effective date of Septe...

Health Net Enhances Large Group Portfolios

Health Net’s 2020 Enhanced Choice and Starting Line-Up portfolios feature a strong mix of whole-health benefits and extra-value programs. Their large group portfolios perform big without the big price...

NorthBay Rejoins the Anthem Blue Cross Network

NorthBay Healthcare is once again participating in the Anthem Blue Cross network. NorthBay Healthcare is in Solano County and includes NorthBay Medical Center and NorthBay VacaValley Hospital. Anth...

MetLife Webinar: The Evolving Workforce

What will it take for your clients and their employees to thrive in the new work-life world? MetLife’s latest U.S. Employee Benefit Trends Study takes a deep dive into what employers and employees are...

Principal Offers Three Dental Promos!

Principal is offering promotions on qualifying groups of up to 200 lives for dental cases with September 1, 2019 to January 1, 2020 effective dates: New cases with three lines: A 2-year rate gua...

Covered California for Small Business introduces Broker Bonus

Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) is bringing back their Broker Bonus Incentive Program. New small groups with effective dates from October 1, 2019 to January 1, 2020 are eligible for group...