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We’re excited to welcome Cigna + Oscar to the Bay Area. Beginning with October 1, 2020 effective dates, Claremont offers Cigna + Oscar to your small group clients (1-100 employees) based in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.
The power of Cigna + Oscar is the immense Cigna network strength fused with the consumer-centric, tech-driven healthcare experience pioneered by Oscar. Learn more.
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Help employers control rising health plan costs and offer high-quality coverage options with our just released Q4-2020 Top 20 Lowest Cost Medical Plans Reports.
Why download our Top 20 Reports:
- Quickly and easily identify the lowest cost medical plans in each network: Broad and Narrow.
- Efficiently compare plans by cost, metal tier, and rating region, statewide.
- 'Shop the market' without a quote engine.
Identify savings for clients and increase sales with our just released Q4-2020 Top 20 Broad and Narrow Network Plan Reports.
Additional resources to support your sales and service efforts:
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To help small businesses (groups with 99 or fewer employees) who may be facing challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, MetLife will hold rates (no rate increase) for dental and vision renewals with effective dates commencing on or before March 31, 2021. (Excludes cases written through a Trust, Association, or PEO.) Learn more.
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Blue Shield Tandem PPO and Trio HMO members (both on-and off-exchange) have access to Blue Shield’s tiered pharmacy network Rx Spectrum. Members can reduce their prescription drug cost-share by utilizing Level A network pharmacies: CVS (including at Target), Costco, Safeway, and Vons. Get the Blue Shield resources.
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Borrowers, especially small businesses, who received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) may be ready to apply for forgiveness, but according to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), final program guidance from the SBA and U.S. Treasury is not available.
Learn the factors affecting the forgiveness application process and how borrowers can prepare.
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IN THIS ISSUE
Claremont Welcomes
Cigna + Oscar
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Identify The Least
Expensive Medical
Plans in Each Region
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MetLife Extends Dental
& Vision Renewal Rate
Pass to March 31, 2021
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Blue Shield of CA
Tandem PPO and Trio
HMO Members Can
Reduce Drug Costs
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AICPA Advice for PPP
Loan Forgiveness
Applications
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RESOURCES
eQuote-to-Enrollment
Service
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Healthcare Reform
Knowledge Center
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IMPORTANT DATES
July 29
• LAAHU Happy Hour
• SAHU Business Expo
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July 30
• VCAHU Webinar Series
Get Up, Go and Grow
(Part 3 of 4)
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July 31
• Application Deadline:
- Reliance Standard
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August 5
• Application Deadline:
- DeltaCare
- Delta Dental
- Humana
• CAHU Women's
Leadership Summit
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August 6
• Application Deadline:
- Blue Shield of CA
- MetLife
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August 7
• Application Deadline:
- Beam Dental
- Choice Builder
- Covered California
for Small Business
- Principal
- UnitedHealthcare
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August 20
• BenefitsPro
Broker Expo
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August 25
• Application Deadline:
- Chinese Community
Health Plan
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August 26
• CA Medicare Expo
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August 27
• VCAHU Webinar Series
Get Up, Go and Grow
(Part 4 of 4)
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August 31
• Application Deadline:
- Reliance Standard
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September 1
• OCAHU & SDAHU
2020 Senior Summit
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September 3
• Application Deadline:
- DeltaCare
- Delta Dental
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September 4
• Application Deadline:
- Choice Builder
- Humana
- MetLife
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September 8
• Application Deadline:
- Beam Dental
- Principal
- UnitedHealthcare
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Questions?
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