Optum and Providence bid farewell to Anthem’s Individual Health Insurance

Optum and St. Joseph Providence Health will terminate their health maintenance organization (HMO) agreements with Anthem Blue Cross effective January 1, 2024. As a result, Optum and Providence Health will no longer be part of the Anthem Blue Cross Commercial Pathway...

Medicare Open Enrollment 2024: What You Need to Know

The Annual Open Enrollment Period (AEP), which runs between ?️October 15 and December 7, 2023, for renewals in 2024, is in full swing. CMS requires all agents to record any phone calls. Therefore, after you fill out the required Scope of Appointment (SOA), please...
Open Enrollment 2023/2024: Your Guide to Affordable Health Coverage

Open Enrollment 2023/2024: Your Guide to Affordable Health Coverage

Open enrollment for the Individual health insurance market for 2024 starts November 1st, and it’s time to start thinking about your healthcare coverage for the upcoming year. Policyholders have the opportunity to review their 2024 health insurance options. This...
Changes in Medicaid as the Pandemic Era Expires

Changes in Medicaid as the Pandemic Era Expires

States are preparing to remove millions of people from Medicaid as protection coverage enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire. In California, the state welfare program is called Medi-Cal and not Medicaid, as it is called in the other states. The upheaval,...
Special Enrollment Period 2023

Special Enrollment Period 2023

Starting February 1, 2023, the Annual Open Enrollment Period ends and the Special Enrollment Period begins. During the Special Enrollment Period from February 1st to November 1st, 2023, anyone seeking to enroll in or change their existing health insurance must have...