Carrier News

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 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 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...

New UnitedHealthcare Mobile App

The UnitedHealthcare mobile app is the new name of the app that will make it easier for members to find. The new mobile app will improve the member experience through intuitive design and alignment wi...

UnitedHealthcare Employer eServices Single Sign-on to Transition to OptumID

Employer eServices will be moving to OptumID in order to provide a single sign on experience to our users. This will improve system security for users and the members they service. With this new techn...

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...

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 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...

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...

Blue Shield of California’s Trio HMO Is Available In More Areas

Blue Shield of California has expanded the service area for the Trio HMO to Kings and Fresno counties. Trio coverage has also been extended to additional ZIP codes in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Tu...

Health Net Lowers Q4 Rates

Health Net’s revised Q4 rates are lower than their initial Q4 rate filing. Their broker bonus is $100 per member and goes up to $125 per member in December. No hassle underwriting promos give you even...