ATTENTION: Plan Year 2022 Registration and Training is LIVE

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It’s that time of the year again! If you completed the registration and training for plan year 2021, the 2022 Marketplace registration and training is now available.

If you did NOT complete last year’s training, the 2022 training is not yet available. You will have the option to enroll in the full training, if desired, once it is available. CMS will conduct additional outreach to let you know when the full training for Plan Year 2022 is available.

If you are a returning agent or broker, follow these steps to complete registration and training:

  1. Log in to the CMS Enterprise Portal
  2. Update your information on your Marketplace Learning Management System (MLMS) agent/broker profile
  3. Complete the Marketplace training requirement
  4. Read and accept the applicable Marketplace Agreement(s)
  5. Print your 2022 Registration Completion Certificate
  6. Confirm your registration by using the Registration Completion List

Throughout the registration process, you can use the Marketplace Registration Tracker to track your progress.

You’re eligible to complete a shorter training. As a returning agent or broker, you will be automatically enrolled in the Marketplace Training for Returning Agents and Brokers, a shorter training that is approximately ninety minutes long. The curriculum for the Marketplace training for returning agents and brokers consists of a self-paced review of Marketplace resources and updates. As part of the Agent Broker General Agreement, you must attest to completing the required reading and review of the materials in order for your training to be considered complete.

As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to your Cornerstone representative.

ATTENTION KY AGENTS: Complete the SBM Registration Web-Based Training

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The SBM Registration Web-Based Training (WBT) launched August 23, 2021

The State-Based Marketplace (SBM) Registration Web-Based Training will be available via the MyPurpose Learning Management System (LMS). This training will prepare you to use kynect health coverage and Agent Portal to enroll Individuals and small business employers in health coverage, create new business, and manage your book of business in Kentucky.

If you are operating on HealthCare.gov, you are required to complete this training in order to keep your association with any policy up for renewal. The training deadline for this has been extended to 9/30/2021. 

Currently, the Commonwealth operates a State-Based Marketplace under a Federal Platform (SBM-FP). Effective Open Enrollment 2022, the Commonwealth plans to transition to a State-Based Marketplace (SBM) called kynect health coverage. After the transition, kynect health coverage will offer Individuals and families an integrated eligibility and enrollment system to apply for Qualified Health Plans (QHP) and other insurance affordability programs.

After the completing the training and registration process, Agents will be able to:

  • Access kynect health coverage to help Residents check eligibility and apply for Qualified Health Plans (QHP) with or without payment assistance in addition to a variety of benefit programs including Medicaid/KCHIP and KI-HIPP;
  • Use Agent Portal to intake new clients, generate useful reports, create proposals, and view all incoming notifications and announcements

Please note: Residents/employers may complete the application prior to November 1, 2021 but they cannot enroll in a plan until Open Enrollment begins on November 1, 2021.

Training and Onboarding Logistics

The Agent Welcome Packet, located on the KHBE Agent Training Materials page, outlines necessary steps and requirements all Agents must complete before they can access any KHBE Trainings. Please follow all steps outlined in the Agent Welcome Packet in the order they are listed.

The SBM Registration Web-Based Training may be accessed through MyPurpose. Once you have completed the proper onboarding steps, please complete the required training to gain access to Agent Portal and kynect health coverage. Agents should complete the WBT no later than September 24, 2021.

NWOAHU Invites You to Attend: Social Gathering with CEs

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For agents looking for in-person CEs, the NW Ohio NAHU chapter is hosting an event with 3 Ohio CE credits and a late lunch in Port Clinton, Ohio. You don’t have to be a member to attend. Port Clinton is near Cedar Point and Put-in-Bay.

Click here for details and to register.

Where:

Twin Oast Brewing
3630 NE Catawba Road
Port Clinton, Ohio 43452Agenda:

12:30 pm–1:00 pm: Registration and lunch (provided)
1:00 pm–3:00 pm: The Importance of Ancillary Benefits for Individuals, Presented by, John Cullen (2 CEs approved)
3:00 pm–4:00 pm: Leg Update: State and Federal Laws, Rules and Regulations, Presented by, Barb Gerken (1 CE applied for)

Cost to Attend:

Members – $25
Non-Members – $50

Contact your Cornerstone representative with any questions.

ODI Agent Licensure Renewal Information

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The following information was originally released by the Ohio Department of Insurance.

Beginning January 1, 2021 the Ohio Department of Insurance will begin sending license renewal notifications via email instead of U.S. Mail.  Renewal notification emails will be sent approximately 90 days, 60 days, and 30 days prior to an agent’s license expiration date to email addresses on file with the department.

This is a departure from the previous notification schedule, which included a 90 day licensure renewal notification via U.S. mail and a 30-day electronic licensure renewal notification.

What Does This Mean for Me?

If your license renews in November 2020, December 2020, January 2021, or February 2021 you will still receive the 90 day U.S. mail licensure renewal notification, as well as the 30-day electronic licensure renewal notification.

If your license renews in March 2021 or after you will NOT receive the 90 day U.S. mail licensure renewal notification. Instead, you will receive three electronic renewal notifications—approximately 90 days, 60 days, and 30 days prior to your license expiration date.

Do I Need To Do Anything? 

Yes! Make sure that your contact information is correct, especially your email address.  Please request contact information updates via the National Insurance Producer Registry’s (NIPR) Contact Change tool.

Contact the Cornerstone licensing department with any questions.

Ohio Department of Insurance Licensing Renewal Notifications Change

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According to the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI), starting January 1, 2021, the ODI will begin sending license renewal notifications by email instead of U.S. Mail. Renewal notification emails will be sent approximately 90 days, 60 days, and 30 days prior to an agent’s license expiration date to email addresses on file with the department. This is a departure from the previous notification schedule, which included a 90-day licensure renewal notification by U.S. Mail and a 30-day electronic licensure renewal notification. Click here for more information.

Additionally, legislation recently passed that provides a temporary extension of license expiration dates until July 1, 2021, for any license-holder who has a license expiration date that falls between March 9, 2020, through April 1, 2021. You can find more information about this change on our Insurance and Coronavirus COVID-19 page.

REGISTER TODAY: Ohio Broker Virtual Continuing Education Opportunity

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Join Cornerstone and OneAmerica’s Michelle Scott for a virtual CE class. The topic will be Apples-to-Apples LTD, a breakdown of contract provisions you will find when reviewing long-term disability proposals.

Please note this class is filed and approved in Ohio only.

DATE: August 27, 2020

TIME: 9:00 am–10:00 am

To complete the registration process, you will need to provide the following:

  • First and last name
  • Email address
  • State
  • License #
  • NPN #

During the presentation, there will be polling questions to confirm your participation in the class.

Click here to register.

Ohio Insurance License Renewal and Continuing Education Relief During COVID-19

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The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that Governor DeWine signed House Bill 197, which includes relief to insurance license-holders whose license expires during the coronavirus pandemic.

This bill applies to any individual or business entity with an active license with the Ohio Department of Insurance, including major lines agents; limited line agents; title agents; title insurance marketing representatives; managing general agents; public insurance adjusters and agents; reinsurance intermediary brokers and managers; surety bail bond agents; surplus lines brokers; third party administrators; and viatical settlement brokers.

In summary, if a license is set to expire during the state of emergency, it will remain valid and can be renewed until no later than 90 days after the state of emergency ends or December 1, 2020, whichever comes first. All late fees will be waived and license holders do not need to take any actions to receive the extension.

The deadline for continuing education requirements has also been extended, though license holders are encouraged to continue their requirements to the best of their ability so as to not overwhelm the system when the state of emergency ends.

Any person who is in the process of obtaining their initial license will be allowed to sit for an examination past the 180-day expiration of their license education course completion certificate.

Contact your Cornerstone representative for more information.

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