Starting with September 1 effective dates, UnitedHealthcare is now offering a richer set of dental plan designs for groups of 5-9. These options have already been available to groups of 10+ eligible. ...
Blue Shield of California is relaxing underwriting participation requirements for groups with five or more enrolled employees to just 25% of their medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. Ru...
Sterling Administration’s premium-only plan (POP) applications are now online. After August 15, 2018, Sterling will no longer accept paper applications for POP enrollment. No exceptions! This change i...
VSP® Vision Care is helping those affected by the California wildfires. They’re working directly with VSP network doctors, business partners, and relief agencies, including the American Red Cross, to ...
Six new Health Net HMO Plans are offered through CaliforniaChoice® with quoting for October 1, 2018. Health Net is introducing three new Platinum HMOs and three new Gold HMOs. These new additions mean...
Health Net’s statewide average Q4 over Q3 rate changes are:
A –2.8% decrease for Full HMO plans and a –1.5% decrease for Limited HMO plans
A 0.6% increase for PPO HSA plans
A -4.7% decrease...
Aetna announced a rate pass for Q4 2018. There are no changes to their portfolio or underwriting guidelines.
Aetna offers competitive rates in the two lower tiers: Silver and Bronze. Their Bronze H...
Anthem Blue Cross announced that PrimeCare Medical Network rescinded its notice of termination. The current contract remains in full force and effect until the new agreement is fully executed. PrimeCa...
We are excited to share that Oscar Health has announced three Q3 Promotions for July, August, and September effective dates. As a reminder, Oscar also has two bonus promotions running through Q3. Rea...
While Anthem Blue Cross and Dignity Health continue negotiations, Anthem has issued a 30-day contract extension to August 13, 2018 for Commercial Hospital and PPO provider agreements. Dignity Health i...
Sharp Health Plan’s Q4 2018 HMO rates are now available for quoting. HMO rates will be increased 4.3%, on average, compared to Q3 2018 rates. There are no changes to plan benefits or underwriting gui...
Oscar Health issued approved rates for Q4 with a slight rate change overall. LA's region 15 is seeing a slight decrease while Orange County is seeing increases.
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