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07/02/2018
UnitedHealthcare Rate and Portfolio Update Q4 2018
UnitedHealthcare has announced rate and plan changes for Q4 2018. Rates will be updated for October 1, 2018 and will remain valid through December 2018. All PPO plans have received a rate pass while H...
07/02/2018
Industry Leader Kevin Timone Joins LISI
LISI has appointed Kevin Timone as a Senior Vice President of Sales. Kevin will oversee Northern California sales as well as all ancillary sales statewide. LISI President and CEO Becky Patel said, ...
06/26/2018
Earn a $50 Per Member Bonus on Groups with 50+ FTEs
Earn a $50 Per Member Bonus on Groups with 50+ FTEs Limited Opportunity from Kaiser Permanente You can now earn a $50 per member bonus on new groups with ...
06/26/2018
DOL Issues New Rules for Association Health Plans
The Department of Labor (DOL) has released final Association Health Plan (AHP) rules. The rules are designed to make it easier for small employers and individuals to join together to offer, or purchas...
06/25/2018
Employers Increase Cost Sharing While Expanding Benefit Offerings
Cost sharing is now a fact of life for most employees with the exponential growth of health care costs. Eighty-three percent of employers now share health care costs with their employees, according to...
06/21/2018
Anthem Blue Cross Provider Updates
Anthem Blue Cross renewed their Commercial Hospital Agreement with Valley Children’s Hospital, located in the City of Madera. The fully executed multi-year contract is effective July 1, 2018. Anthem B...
06/20/2018
Education is Key
Dental insurance is an important part of any employer’s benefits package. Studies have shown that potential hires are turning down jobs due to dissatisfaction with benefit offerings. But simply offeri...
06/19/2018
Health Care Costs Explained
In 2018, healthcare costs averaged $28,166 for a family of four on an employer-sponsored PPO, according to the 2018-Milliman-Medical-Index. That’s a $1,222 increase over last year. The MMI has been in...
06/18/2018
Kaiser Permanente® Announces LISI as New General Agency in Fresno and San Diego
Kaiser Permanente® has awarded LISI a new Large Group General Agency contract for Fresno and San Diego. For Fresno and San Diego brokers, you can now write Kaiser Permanente® coverage for Small and La...
06/18/2018
Real Time Enrollment With Anthem Blue Cross
Installing new Anthem Small Group business just got faster thanks to LISI’s Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) connectivity with Anthem. LISI exclusively offers real-time enrollment for new Anthem Blue...
06/12/2018
Delta Dental Reduces Out-Of-State Restrictions on PPOs
Delta Dental has some exciting news for employers with out-of-state populations. Effective immediately, Delta Dental has reduced restrictions on the number of employees residing out-of-state for its ...
06/05/2018
Oscar Health Releases Sales Guide
Oscar Health released their “Getting Started Kit” for Brokers and GAs. The start-to-finish guide is for brokers who are new to Oscar as well as those who have already gotten appointed and need help cr...
06/05/2018
Blue Shield of California and Stanford Health Have Signed a New Multi-Year Agreement
Blue Shield is pleased to announce that Blue Shield of California and Stanford Health have signed a new multi-year agreement June 1, 2018 for Stanford Medical Center and its physicians and Affinity ...
05/31/2018
Summer Interns – Should They Be Eligible for Benefits?
As the school year is wrapping up and summer is almost upon us, we have many brokers getting questions from employers asking about hiring summer interns and how to handle benefit eligibility. Small em...
05/29/2018
Anthem Blue Cross Offers Relaxed Participation
Anthem Blue Cross is reducing their relaxed participation for medical and specialty lines of coverage effective July 1, 2018 through December 15, 2018. They will continue to waive the DE-9C requiremen...
05/25/2018
LISI and PrimePay's CE Webinar: Technology - Transforming the Employee Benefit Industry 4/10/2018
Thank you for attending TECHNOLOGY: TRANSFORMING THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT INDUSTRY! We hope you gained valuable insight on current benefit trends and how your agency can incorporate technology to stay ...
05/24/2018
Thank you for participating in our webinar "Getting Started with EaseCentral"
Thank you for participating in our webinar "Getting Started with EaseCentral" featuring guest speaker, David Reid, EaseCentral founder and CEO. If you were unable to attend, please referen...
05/24/2018
Thank you for participating in our webinar “How Technology is Revolutionizing the Member Experience”
Thank you for participating in our webinar “How Technology is Revolutionizing the Member Experience” featuring guest speaker, Mario Schlosser, Oscar Health co-founder and CEO. If you were unable to...
05/21/2018
Breakfast & Learn: Get to Know Oscar Health
Come see what the buzz is about as Oscar Health rolls out 17 group plans in Southern California. Oscar Health is hosting a seminar where you can enjoy breakfast and get an inside look at small group p...
05/21/2018
