Carrier News

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...

Delta Dental of California Small Business Update

Delta Dental of California announced the following updates for their 2020 Small Business Program renewal for California: Rate pass for 2020 – There is no increase in rates for all Delta Dental P...

CaliforniaChoice® Q4 Updates

CaliforniaChoice@ has released their Q4 quoting. Rate changes vary by carrier, plan, and region. Don’t forget, you can earn a bonus of up to $75 for employees enrolling in Oscar on eligible California...

Aetna Q4 2019 Update

Aetna lowered their PPO rates for Q4 from what was announced on July 12. The revised PPO rates will be live in HealthConnect on August 15. Your sales team will notify you if you have a quote that need...

Blue Shield of California Adds MemorialCare Medical Foundation to Trio Providers List in Los Angeles County

MemorialCare Medical Foundation has been added to Blue Shield of California’s growing list of Trio providers in Los Angeles County (Covered California Rating Region 15). This new addition impacts a...

Five Things You Should Know About Anthem Blue Cross Specialty

Anthem Blue Cross makes it easy to manage health and specialty plans with one enrollment, one bill, and one contact ID card. Here are five things to know about Anthem specialty benefits: 1. A dent...

Oscar Announces Q4 Rate Action

Oscar Health has announced their approved rates, showing a slight increase across their region in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. EPO plans will increase by 1.2% and EPO HSA plans will increase by 1....

Anthem Blue Cross Renews Agreement with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Anthem Blue Cross renewed their Commercial Hospital and Medical Group PPO Agreements with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The fully executed multi-year hospital agreement is effective August 15, 2019...

Blue Shield of California Introduces Q4 Rate Action

Blue Shield of California reports a state-wide average rate action for fourth-quarter 2019 of 1.8% for PPO and HMO plans. Rate actions vary by region and network; regional rate actions for PPO plans r...

Anthem Blue Cross Offers Q4 Update

With the recent launch of Priority Select, Anthem Blue Cross is offering groups more affordable price points with a continued focus on coordinated care. They continue to reposition their presence in t...