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CCSB Certification in 1-Hour

Great news! With the Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) simple 1-hour online course, it’s now quicker and easier to become a CCSB certified agent to sell small group coverage and leverage their unique advantages. Get started with the CCSB agent certification.

You should take this course if you:

• Currently place your CCSB groups through another agent in your brokerage.
• Are not certified by Covered CA and would like to write CCSB groups.
• Immediately start receiving commissions when you win the BOR on a group with CCSB coverage.

How to get certified to sell CCSB:

1. Submit the application. Upon approval in a day or so, you will receive an email link to the 1-hour online training on Covered California’s Learning Management System (LMS).
2. Log in and complete the training. Keep the Certificate of Completion for your records.
3. Complete the CCSB Agreement you’ll receive from DocuSign in about two business days after you complete the training. Pay the Department of Insurance endorsement fee. Allow 3-5 business days for processing. Note: there are 2 agreements to choose from whether you’re an independent broker or part of an agency.
4. Receive your Covered California for Small Business certification by email. You may begin quoting and writing new CCSB groups with Claremont!

Get Certified Now

Questions?
Contact the small group experts at 800.696.4543 or info@claremontcompanies.com.

CCSB & Group Service Agreements

As you know, when a carrier group health plan is installed, the group enters into a contract for coverage with the carrier. This contract is typically referred to as the group contract but it can be called the group health plan contract, group service contract or group service agreement.

So, how do these group contracts work with the CCSB exchange when more than one carrier is providing coverage to the group?

CCSB does not issue group contracts. Rather, shortly after the group is installed, each carrier with enrollment will send a Group Service Agreement to the group. On receipt, the group should sign the Group Service Agreement and return to the carrier per the carrier instructions, and retain a copy in their files.

Have a follow-up or benefits administration question?
Contact our small group experts at 800.696.4543 or info@claremontcompanies.com.

Covered California Agent Agreement Amendment

Covered California Certified Agents are required to sign an amendment to the Agent Agreement by November 1, 2016. Agents will receive their amendment by email from DocuSign® by September 13. The signed amendment is required as a result of changes to the contract.

To learn more, download the Agent Agreement Amendment Quick Guide.

Additional Resources

Claremont Agent Resources

• New Agent Incentive Program
• Covered California Advantages
• Agent Certification
• Health Care Tax Credit Solution
• FAQs
• Covered California for Small Business Broker Kit
  To order, contact us at 800.696.4543 or info@claremontcompanies.com.

Covered California Agent Resources

• Covered California Agent Tools:
  – Protecting Consumer Information
  – Marketing & Branding
  – Webinars
  – Applications and Forms
  – Agent and Customer Service Contact Information
• Agent Training and Certification
• Covered California Agent Service Center: 877.453.9198 or agents@covered.ca.gov.

Questions?
Contact the Covered California for Small Business experts at 800.696.4543 or info@claremontcompanies.com.

PRISM Enhancements

You will find several new features that improve and simplify the quoting process the next time you log into PRISM (our no-cost) quote service, or work with our expert quoting team. These enhancements will expedite the quoting process, and provide more options to illustrate benefit and price comparisons for your clients. Contact our quoting team with any questions or for help taking advantage of these new features.

Now You Can Easily

• Include dependent information in a Census.
• Use the new filters to quickly view and select medical, dental and vision plans.
• Compare benefits and price at-a-glance on Employee Worksheets.

New Features*

Proposal Options Page
Under Group Information, you can select Census or Census Including Dependents.

Then easily verify the subscriber and dependent information.

Use the new filters to quickly view and select medical, dental and vision plans.

Employee Worksheet ACA Section
Under Benefit Details, choose Include as part of Employee Worksheet to view a comparison of selected plans by price and benefits (a snapshot instead of a full list of benefits will be provided).

New Employee Worksheet(s)

Check out the new features* in PRISM and start quoting your groups today!
To get a PRISM account login and password, contact us at 800.696.4543 or quotes@claremontcompanies.com.


Questions?
Contact the small group experts at 800.696.4543 or info@claremontcompanies.com.

*New features are outlined in red on each image.