Please join us for the Anthem Ohio 2020 Small Group and Key Account product update meeting with Robyn Caupp and Taylor Grant of Anthem.
DATE: September 18, 2019
TIME: 9:00 am–11:00 am
LOCATION: Cornerstone Cincinnati Office
2101 Florence Avenue | Cincinnati, OH 45206
Join us for these brief, informative sessions focused on small group to get up to speed on 2020 plans, what to expect with renewals, and more!
Not able to make a session?
No problem! We are recording sessions for our agents who aren’t able to attend. Please contact your Cornerstone representative for a link to the recording and materials.
*Sessions are for active Cornerstone Employee Benefit agents.
UnitedHealthcare Updates
September 16, 2019
9:00 am–10:30 am
UnitedHealthcare will review renewals and what to expect, changes to ACA plans, their enhancements to Ancillary products and package deals. The final hour will review All Savers (level-funding) and the NEW Ohio Chamber MEWA available for 10.1.2019 effective dates*.
*pending state approval of rates
Click here to register for UHC updates.
September 4 (In-person UHC Ohio Chamber MEWA meeting)
UHC is hosting a training on this date in Toledo. Click below for details and to register. You can choose to attend this in person session or join us via webinar on September 16.
Click here to register for UHC Chamber Plan training.
AFA and Humana Ancillary Updates
September 23, 2019
9:00 am–10:30 am
AFA, the Aetna Funding Advantage, is Aetna’s level-funded solution for groups of 2-99. Yes! AFA will now be available for groups of TWO or more. Join us for an overview of AFA, 2020 plan changes, what to expect with renewals, how their blocks are running, and a discussion on what the proposed merger between CVS and Aetna mean for the insurance business.
10:00 am–10:30 am
Humana will present updates on their ancillary products: Dental, Vision, and Life. Humana has taken the lead on their dental plans, unique in Ohio, with unlimited reimbursement of expenses beyond the annual limit as well as higher annual maxes.
Click here to register for AFA/Humana updates.
Anthem Updates
September 30
9:00 am–10:00 am
Anthem will present what to expect with renewals, updates on ACA, their grandmothered block and the Anthem SOCA MEWA. They will also have folks from their ancillary side discuss enhancements to those lines and package deals available.
Brokers in Northwest Ohio are invited to attend a training on UHC’s new Chamber plan on September 4.
Wednesday, September 4
TIME: Registration 9:30 a.m.
Meeting start time 10 a.m.
LOCATION: Hilton Garden Inn
6165 Levis Commons Blvd. | Perrysburg, OH
If you are unable to attend, Cornerstone will also have a webinar on September 16 for all UHC updates on 2020 (more information to follow soon).
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has received approval for a new MEWA offering in Ohio this week in conjunction with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Rates have not been approved by the state so quotes are not yet available, but it is expected to be available starting with October 1 effective dates.
Cornerstone will be offering a webinar to learn more about the MEWA on September 16 along with other 2020 updates from UHC.
For January 1 groups with 100+ eligible employees, UnitedHealthcare offers free hospital indemnity benefits when a group purchases at least one UBundle qualified line of ancillary coverage. The group must provide at least one medical plan option with a deductible of $3,000 or higher and 30 covered employees. If qualified, all benefit eligible employees received the hospital indemnity benefit.
Hospital Indemnity covers $500 per confinement plus $100 per day.
Click below for additional details on the hospital indemnity plans and the UBundle progam.
Effective September 1, 2019, Anthem brokers will be required to submit all new small group ACA business using the new online quoting and enrollment tool in the Producer Toolbox. Anthem will no longer accept paper submissions after that date.
In addition, Anthem will increase commission rates at this time for most new ACA small group business, as well as existing business upon group renewal.
Contact your Cornerstone representative for details regarding the updated SG ACA compensation schedule.
Join Cornerstone and Anthem to review updates in individual, small group, and key accounts in Dayton.
DATE: September 20, 2019
TIME: 9:00 am–11:00 am
LOCATION: Yankee Trace
10000 Yankee St. | Centerville, OH | 45458
Earn more and help your clients save with Aetna’s broker bonus for Aetna Funding Advantage, which rewards you for group sales using Individual Medical Questionnaires (IMQs) through December 31, 2019, effective dates.
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< 10 subscribers |
10 + subscribers |
| $50 bonus per sold sub | $25 bonus per sold sub underwritten without IMQs or $100 bonus per sold sub underwritten with IMQs + $25 admin fee credit for your client per sold sub underwritten with IMQs |
For more information, contact your Cornerstone representative.
Medical Mutual’s SmartChoice concierge program (performed by eviCore Healthcare in partnership with MMO’s Radiology Utilization Management program) launched July 1, 2019, with the intention to help individual and group members to use lower-cost network facilities for approved imaging services like MRIs, CT and PET scans.
The program notifies providers of high cost facilities and recommends lower cost facilities instead. If the provider declines the lower-cost suggestion, the member is then notified that there may be lower-cost and more convenient options available.
Contact your Cornerstone representative for more information.
Medical Mutual recently announce that Accredo Specialty Pharmacy will no longer dispense prescriptions for Repatha and Praluent beginning September 1, 2019. These specialty drugs are taken by adults with cardiovascular disease to help reduce the risk of heart attack. Members who require these prescription drugs will need to have them transferred to a participating in-network retail pharmacy of their choice.
For more information on transferring prescriptions, contact your Cornerstone representative.