Kaiser Permanente® has released Q3 rates with a 3% increase on all HMO plans and a rate pass for PPOs. There are no plans and benefit changes. Rates are valid from July 2019 through December 2019. (Cu...
Sharp Health Plan has announced their Q3 2019 rate update. All HMO plans will increase by 1.8%. There are no plan changes with this increase. Expect quoting to be available in the next week.
In add...
Blue Shield of California reports a statewide average rate action of 3.3% for PPOs and 3.8% for HMOs for Q3 2019. To comply with California regulations, Blue Shield updated some of their off-exchange ...
Health Net Q3 2019 plans are available to quote. There are no new plans, terminated plans, or benefit changes. Health Net’s statewide average Q3 rate changes are:
-2.8% decrease for full HMOs
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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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...