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Choice Builder® Announces Significant Rate Decrease for Their Delta Dental Plans

Choice Builder® Announces Significant Rate Decrease for Their Delta Dental Plans Choice Builder® has some great news to share. Effective July 1, 2019, rates on all their Delta Dental PPOs will have...

WHA to End Contract With Canopy Health

Canopy Health and Western Health Advantage have mutually agreed not to renew their provider service agreement effective January 1, 2020, ending a two-year partnership in the Bay Area. This means that ...

What’s New with Anthem in Small Group? New Network. New Plans

Anthem Blue Cross is bringing back a new and improved limited HMO network, Priority Select, in regions 15 through 19. This network was built with the following criteria in mind: medical groups demonst...

Blue Shield of California Invites Members to New and Improved Wellvolution Program

Wellvolution has been redesigned for 2019 to give your clients the tools for obtaining optimal health, whether that means staying fit, preventing disease, or treating existing conditions. Key facts...

Western Health Advantage Q4 Update

Western Health Advantage (WHA) announced a rate pass for Q4 2019. This is WHA’s second rate pass this year, after issuing one for Q3. Rates are valid from October 1, 2019 to December 1, 2019. There ar...

Anthem Blue Cross Enhances Priority Select HMO Network in SoCal

Effective July 1, 2019, Anthem Blue Cross is significantly enhancing the Priority Select HMO network for large groups in Southern California. Forty medical groups are being added as of July 1, 2019: ...

Walmart and Sam’s Club Join MetLife’s Vision Network

Effective August 1, 2019, Walmart and Sam’s Club will join MetLife’s nationwide vision network. More than ever, your brokers can confidently recommend a network with more than 100,000 access points na...

Anthem Blue Cross Alerts Brokers About Letter Sent In Error

Anthem Blue Cross is alerting brokers that a subset of customers (7,388 SBGs) received a letter in error. The letter advised them that their transition to Anthem’s new PBM, Ingenio Rx, would be effect...

Oscar Health Releases Q3 Rates

Oscar Health announced a 2% rate increase for exclusive provider organization (EPO) plans and a 2.2% increase for EPO HSA plans. Pending regulatory approval, rates are valid July 1, 2019 through Septe...

Broker Bonus Round-Up

Have you taken advantage of broker bonuses yet? Some of these great opportunities are ending soon: Covered California for Small Business ending June 1, 2019 Earn up to $8,000 for enrolling ne...

Delta Dental Offers Discounts for Hearing Aids and LASIK

Delta Dental plans have become even more attractive with value-adds that go beyond dental care. Enrollees now have access to preferred pricing on hearing aids and LASIK services. Hearing aids: ...