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New Blue Shield Billing and Online Payment System

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...]

Proposed Work Requirement For Medi-Cal Beneficiaries

CMS announces new policy guidance for states to test community engagement for able-bodied adults Will support states helping Medicaid beneficiaries improve well-being and achieve self-sufficiency CMS today announced new guidance that will support state efforts to improve Medicaid enrollee … [Read More...]

Individual Mandate Penalty Update Covered California

Covered California Health Coverage Remains You may have questions about the federal tax law that was just passed this week. We want to assure you that the benefits related to consumer's Covered California coverage, including financial help to reduce monthly premiums, has NOT changed for 2018. The … [Read More...]

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  • LGBT Community Targeted With Dubious Health Care Plan
    When I first read about the OutBüro Care+Plan, with its rainbow and transgender flags prominently displayed in the brochure, I was excited about a health program that focused on the unique health care needs of the LGBTQ+ community. I erroneously thought that the doctors and other providers would all be LGBTQ+ understanding and welcoming. Unfortunately, […]
  • Peter Lee Of Covered California Hopes To Squash Health Care Sharing Ministries
    If the carriers feel threatened by the HCSM plans, they should lobby the legislature to ban those plans as well. Don’t use health insurance agents, under the guise of retribution from Covered California, to achieve the objective of limiting the enrollment in these plans. I completely get that if all the healthy people leave the […]
  • A Mobile Phone App For Historical Sites & Museums
    Develop a mobile application that tourists, visitors, and local residents can download onto their mobile device that would show a variety of historical sites, structures, landmarks, and museums within prescribed radius around their current location or region they may be visiting in the future. Some people have compared the historical sites mobile app to the […]
  • 2019 Covered California Special Enrollment Conditions For Health Insurance
    The Special Enrollment Period, Qualifying Life Events, and changes to income are VERY date sensitive. It can also be a little confusing in terms of what dates to use. If you don’t enter the correct dates, such as when income stopped or started, the application process can go sideways and you might be determined eligible […]
  • Medicare Health Care Procedure Cost Estimator Tool
    Medicare has released their new Procedure Price Lookup website to help Medicare beneficiaries estimate the cost of health care procedures. As Medicare indicates in their footnotes, the prices are national averages based on 2018 data. Prices and the cost-sharing amount for the beneficiary will vary by region. The prices are for outpatient health care services […]