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Covered California mails out renewal notices for 2016 health insurance

October 12, 2015 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Covered California sent notices to consumers who are enrolled or pending in a Covered California Health Plan in 2015 to renew for coverage in 2016. These notices explain the renewal process and the importance of retaining health insurance to consumers. Below, find the important information you need to know.

Filed Under: Covered California Tagged With: 2016, Covered California, Renewal

Covered California releases demographic and enrollment data

October 8, 2015 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Covered California also released data on the ethnicity of its enrollment population, which illustrates the positive enrollment trends seen over the last 18 months. While Covered California is increasingly improving its enrollment to better reflect the diversity of subsidy-eligible Californians, this improvement will take time to be fully reflected in active membership, which accounts for all the consumers enrolled since January 2014.

Filed Under: Covered California Tagged With: Covered California, Data, Demographics, Enrollment

Covered California sending out September 30, 2015 termination notices

September 11, 2015 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Pre-Termination Notice – This notice is a follow up request to resubmit eligibility documentation to Covered California. Members that receive this notice must submit Lawful Presence/Citizenship and/or Social Security documents to continue with health coverage or financial assistance through Covered California. Consumers that receive this notice must provide Covered California with appropriate documentation by September 30, 2015 or risk coverage termination.

Filed Under: Covered California Tagged With: Covered California, Notices, Termination

Covered California clarifies Medicare questions for individuals

September 10, 2015 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

If you are enrolled in Medicare, you do not need to do anything with Covered California. If you have Medicare you are covered. No matter how you receive your Medicare benefits, whether through Original Medicare or a Medicare Advantage Plan, you will have the same benefits and security you have now. You will receive new benefits, such as more preventive services and increased savings on brand-name drugs.

Filed Under: Covered California, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Tax Credits Tagged With: Covered California, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Tax Credits

Covered California mails consent notification for 2016

August 25, 2015 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Consent for Verification August 25, 2015 On August 14, Covered CA sent letters to members who currently receive subsidies. The letter advised them that they must give their consent for Covered CA to verify their income and family size to determine their subsidy eligibility for their health plan in 2016. IMPORTANT: Authorizing Electronic Consent to […]

Filed Under: Covered California Tagged With: Consent, Covered California, Income, Taxes, Verification

Covered California to support schools to provide health insurance information

August 11, 2015 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Covered California, the California Department of Education and the “ALL IN for Health” campaign, which includes the Children’s Partnership and California Coverage and Health Initiatives, are providing an online tool kit to help school officials educate families about how to get more information and enroll in health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Filed Under: Covered California Tagged With: Covered California, Education, School

Covered California announces Navigator grant funding recipients

July 31, 2015 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Enrolling in person is important to many consumers, and Certified Enrollment Counselors in the Navigator Program play a critical role by providing one-on-one assistance to consumers who need it. During the last open-enrollment period, approximately 70 percent of eligible consumers enrolled or renewed with assistance from Certified Insurance Agents or Certified Enrollment Counselors, including Navigators, or received help by phone from Service Center representatives.

Filed Under: Covered California, HPN, Navigators Tagged With: Covered California, Grants, Navigators

Medi-Cal Payments Ending for Health Agents

July 29, 2015 By Kevin Knauss 2 Comments

Pursuant to the California State budget enacted for fiscal year 2015-2016, however, payments will no longer be made for enrollments in Medi-Cal submitted after June 30, 2015.

Filed Under: Certified Agents, Covered California, HPN, Medi-Cal Tagged With: Agents, Covered California, Medi-Cal

Covered California announces health plan rates for 2016

July 27, 2015 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

COVERED CALIFORNIA HOLDS RATE INCREASES DOWN FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR July 27, 2015 Average Increase Is 4 Percent; Consumers Who Shop Can Lower Their Premium by an Average of 4.5 Percent SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Covered California announced its rates for 2016 and unveiled which health insurance companies will be offering plans through the marketplace. The […]

Filed Under: Covered California, HPN Tagged With: 2016, Covered California, Rates

Agents should be paid commissions on Medi-Cal enrollments

December 14, 2014 By Kevin Knauss 7 Comments

What’s the difference between a Covered California enrollment for a subsidized private plan and Medi-Cal? Nothing when assisted by a Certified Insurance Agent. A Medi-Cal enrollment takes just as much knowledge, experience and time to perform for an agent as an enrollment for a private plan through Covered California. Yet, a Medi-Cal enrollment only yields […]

Filed Under: Commissions, Medi-Cal Tagged With: Commissions, Covered California, Medi-Cal

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