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As you prepare for your clients’ open enrollments, it’s clear this year will look different. Do you have a plan to deliver an open enrollment experience that is virtual, safe, and efficient for your clients? Most likely online enrollment is a key aspect of your virtual plan, and Ease is the leading solution for group insurance brokers.
Whether you’re well into executing your plan, or need help getting started on Ease, Claremont is here to support you every step of the way.
The numerous wildfires underway throughout California have created catastrophic damage and loss of life, in addition to taking a toll on families and loved ones. To help, Blue Shield, MetLife, and UnitedHealthcare are offering support services.
To help employers who may be experiencing financial difficulties due to COVID-19, Blue Shield is offering the option of a one-time off-anniversary plan downgrade through September 30, 2020. Buy-down plans may be selected from within the current plan type: PPO to PPO or HMO to HMO.
Consider switching your groups to Blue Shield's lower cost Trio HMO and Tandem PPO plans without reducing their employees' coverage.
Trio and Tandem Benefits
$0 Teladoc visits.
$0 cost share for the first Heal™ on-demand visit, with $0 prescription delivery.
Healthy Savings® grocery discount program.
Shield Concierge personalized customer care assistant.
New Medical Incentive Program Bonus
Earn up to $100 per enrolled member in Trio HMO and Tandem PPO plans, effective dates September 1, 2020, through January 1, 2021.
In its seventh edition, the Principal Financial Well-Being Index gathered insights from 500 leaders at companies from 2 to 10,000 employees for a look at how COVID-19 has affected how they do business, how it's impacted their customers and employees, and what they plan to do moving forward during recovery.
Four Big Takeaways
Businesses have tried to maintain staffing.
Employee well-being remains a clear priority. Fewer than 15% of businesses plan to reduce employee benefits. Some plan to expand them.
They're adapting to uncertainty.
Federal help is making a difference for small businesses and their employees. 58% of them also are spending assistance on employee benefits.
IN THIS ISSUE
Ease August 27th
Webinar - The Key to
Enrollment in 2020:
Direct Submissions to
Carriers ---------------------------------
Wildfire Response ---------------------------------
Blue Shield of CA:
• Trio HMO and Tandem
PPO Cost-Reducing
Options and Bonus
• New Employer
Enrollment Tool ---------------------------------
2020 Principal Financial
Well-Bring Index Finds
Businesses Growing
IMPORTANT DATES August 26 • CA Medicare Expo --------------------------------- August 27 • Ease Webinar: The Key
to Enrollment in 2020:
Direct Submissions to
Carriers --------------------------------- August 31 • Application Deadline:
- Reliance Standard --------------------------------- September 1 • OCAHU & SDAHU
2020 Senior Summit --------------------------------- September 3 • Application Deadline:
- DeltaCare
- Delta Dental --------------------------------- September 4 • Application Deadline:
- Choice Builder
- Humana
- MetLife --------------------------------- September 8 • Application Deadline:
- Beam Dental
- Principal
- UnitedHealthcare --------------------------------- September 9 • Application Deadline:
- Covered California
for Small Business --------------------------------- September 14 • All State SAHU Golf
Tournament --------------------------------- September 15 • LAAHU & VCAHU
Medicare Summit --------------------------------- September 17 • DCAHU Annual
Medicare Summit --------------------------------- September 30 • Application Deadline:
- Blue Shield of CA --------------------------------- October 6 • CAHU Summit --------------------------------- October 29 • VCAHU Webinar Series:
Get Up, Go and Grow
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