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Starting July 1, Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) is offering new Blue Shield plans, providing more options for enrollees. These plans include the Access+ HMO Network with Platinum, Gold, and Silver metal tier options, as well as the Bronze Trio HMO 7000/70. The two most popular Blue Shield High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP), Silver Full PPO Savings 2300/25% and Bronze Full PPO Savings 7000 plans, are also now available.
All of these plans offer benefits such as Wellvolution, Teladoc Mental Health, Nurse Help 24/7, LifeReferrals 24/7, and the Blue Card program for when members are outside of California.
For assistance, please contact our Quotes team at quotes@claremontcompanies.com or 800.696.4543.
Login To PrismWhat is San Francisco’s Healthcare Accountability Ordinance?
Many have heard of San Francisco’s Healthcare Security Ordinance, which applies to employers based in the city/county of San Francisco, however, you may not be aware of San Francisco’s more costly Healthcare Accountability Ordinance (HCAO), which applies to employers located outside the city/county of San Francisco, but who contract with the city of San Francisco or one of its agencies (such as SF International Airport or the Port of SF).
The HCAO requires employers to offer one of the following to every covered employee (those that work 20 or more hours per week):
The payments in the latter two options are calculated as $4.95 per hour worked (capped at $198 per work week). Union workers are generally exempted as their plans typically meet all the requirements of the HCAO.
Comparing Costs of The Various Options
Compare these choices with the required expenditure under the Healthcare Security Ordinance, which, for each hour worked is $1.89 (companies with 20-99 employees) or $2.83 (100 or more employees).
Conclusions – the HCAO is clearly more costly than the Healthcare Security Ordinance, however, if your client is subject to HCAO, they will have no choice but to comply with it. In that case, it is usually going to be less expensive for them to offer coverage than to pay the hourly rate to the Department of Health or to the employee.
Resources
The San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement has posted all relevant information on its Healthcare Accountability Ordinance website.
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