Blue Shield of California will be implementing a new online payment system for their individual and family plan members in 2018. Consumers with off-exchange health plans, those bought directly from Blue Shield and not from Covered California will be transitioned to the new billing system in March … [Read More...]
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- Confirming You Filed Your Taxes for Covered CaliforniaCovered California checks an IRS database of members to confirm they have filed a federal tax return. If you filed with an extension after April 15th, your federal tax filing status may not have been logged in the IRS system when Covered California checked the tax filing status. Consequently, many people who file their taxes […]
- Blue Shield Trying to Disrupt Pharmacy Drug CostsBlue Shield of California, as well as other health plans, would like to break away from the large Pharmacy Benefit Managers and some of their distorted incentive and pricing structures. Unfortunately, the Pharmacy Benefit Managers perform many tasks involving price negation, handling the payments process from pharmacy to health plan, and managing the pharmacy network. […]
- How I Got My Homeowner’s Policy Reinstated After CancellationYou need to request the report to make sure that the property in question is your home. Maybe they were looking at the wrong house. The images may show a condition that you have already addressed. When I received the risk assessment report, I knew the address was correct and it was my house. The […]
- Will Covered California Survive Trump?Except for the initial funds from the federal government to establish Covered California back in 2011, they receive no federal or state money to fund their operations. While they do work under the Department of Managed Health Care, Covered California is an independent agency. They are funded by participation fees paid by the health plans. […]
- Disappearing Medi-Cal Case WorkersWhen there is an error in a county Medi-Cal determination, it is nice if the beneficiary has an actual person to talk to. These people are known as case eligibility workers that work with most aspects of the eligibility determination process. Case eligibility workers seem to be going the way of most customer service departments […]