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Anthem Blue Cross is pleased to announce that Adventist Health has rescinded its notice of termination. The current contract remains in full force and effect while they finalize the multi-year renewal agreement effective May 1, 2025 , encompassing all business product lines and entities. Anthem will be mailing letters to the HMO Medical Group-Adventist Healthcare Network’s assigned members and to the associated agent, client & brokers to advise them of the Good News. For More Information or Help Quoting Anthem, Please Contact Your Dickerson Sales Rep.

Health Net's Broker Incentive Program gives your business a boost. Starting January 1, 2025 Health Net is offering broker incentives to help you. When you offer Health Net plans, you can be sure your clients are getting the coverage they need at the price they can afford. And, you can know you’re getting the best combo of value and quality for your clients –and your business. The 2025 Broker Incentive Program for Health Net’s Large Group medical plan new sales is now in place. Brokers will receive 2% of paid premiums received for 12 months for each new large employer group sold. Important details • Program is valid for 1/1/2025 through 12/1/2025 effective dates. • Health Net reserves the right to change or terminate this program. For More Information Click Here For Help Quoting Health Net, Please Contact Your Dickerson Sales Rep.

Kaiser Permanente is here for you in the Riverside area. From primary care to urgent care to speciality care, Kaiser Permanente locations offer a variety of services to help you get the care you need. To see facilities near you, visit kp.org/morenovalley Moreno Valley Medical Center Fact Sheet All over California, people turn to Kaiser Permanente for quality care that's simple, personalized and hassle-free. Whether you're visiting one of our locations for a simple checkup or more serious medical treatment, we've got you covered. Most of our locations include pharmacy, lab, x-ray services, and many other innovative features that help Kaiser Permanente the care you need when you need it. Kaiser Permanente Summary of California Locations Click Here For More Information or Help Quoting Kaiser Permanente, Please Contact Your Dickerson Sales Rep.

(March 6) There’s little debate among business owners and HR professionals about whether to include voluntary benefits in their overall employee benefits program. If you’re a reputable organization competing in the employment marketplace, offering voluntary benefits — also known as supplementary or workforce benefits — is essential. Where uncertainty enters the process of benefits program design is in answering four questions: 1. Which voluntary benefits should we offer? 2. How much will this cost? 3. What is the value of each voluntary benefit we’re considering — to the employer as well as to the employee? 4. How do we — again, employer and employee — get the most bang for our buck? For answers to these questions, join Alera Group on Thursday, March 20, as we present the next in our Engage series of webinars, Maximizing Impact: The Value of Voluntary Benefits for Today’s Workforce. During this session, our experts will highlight the transformative value of voluntary benefits — from boosting your employees’ financial wellbeing and driving workforce retention to addressing the unique and evolving needs of your team. What you’ll learn During the session, we’ll discuss: • Why voluntary benefits matter • Employer challenges and considerations • Strategies for internal communications and employee engagement. In addition to sharing our findings and insights, we’ll seek information regarding what matters most to you when designing a voluntary benefits program, with considerations including: • Price • Overall plan design • Administration of billing and claim processing • Improved employee experience through the integration of claims notification and payment. To Read More Click Here

(By Jennifer Tolbert, Sammy Cervantes, Robin Rudowitz, and Alice Burns, KFF) Feb 04, 2025 - Work requirements in Medicaid have resurfaced as part of a broader legislative package of potential changes to Medicaid designed to significantly reduce federal Medicaid spending. A draft budget outline from Congressional Republicans includes requiring Medicaid enrollees to work or look for work as a condition of receiving coverage. While the details of the current proposal are not yet available, an analysis of an earlier proposal by the Congressional Budget Office shows that Medicaid enrollment would drop and that federal spending on Medicaid would be reduced substantially, but that the policy would not increase employment. Data show the majority of Medicaid enrollees are working. The first Trump administration encouraged states to apply for Section 1115 waivers that included work and reporting requirements as a condition of Medicaid eligibility. For the first time in the history of the program, the administration approved waivers in 13 states. Arkansas was the only state to implement the policy with consequences for noncompliance, resulting in 18,000 losing coverage for failure to meet work or reporting requirements. Courts struck down many of the waiver approvals, including in Arkansas, and the Biden administration rescinded the remaining waivers, or they were withdrawn by the states. Currently, Georgia is the only state with a work requirement waiver in place (following a legal challenge to the Biden administration’s move to rescind it); however, several other states are pursuing work requirement waivers, anticipating a change in policy by the incoming Trump administration. This brief updates an earlier analysis of work status and characteristics of Medicaid enrollees to show that in 2023, nearly two-thirds of adults ages 19-64 covered by Medicaid were working and nearly three in ten were not working because of caregiving responsibilities, illness or disability, or due to school attendance, reasons that counted as qualifying exemptions from the work requirements under previous policies. Based on the data, only a small share of Medicaid adults were not meeting work requirements or would not have qualified for an exemption qualifying exemptions: however, many more Medicaid enrollees who would remain eligible would be at risk of losing coverage because of the administrative burden and red tape related to reporting requirements. To Read More Click Here