by JA Health Insurance Services | Sep 18, 2018 | Health Care News Links, Updates from JAHIS
The 2019 Open Enrollment Period for Individual Family Plans (IFP) begins on October 15th and continues through December 15th for a January 1st, 2019 effective date. If you sign up between December 16th and January 15th the effective date will be February 1st, 2019. To...
by JA Health Insurance Services | Apr 3, 2018 | Updates from JAHIS
Medicare will never call you uninvited and ask you to give us personal or private information to get your new Medicare Number and card. Scam artists may try to get personal information (like your current Medicare Number) by contacting you about your new card. If...
by JA Health Insurance Services | Mar 5, 2018 | Medicare Coverage, Updates from JAHIS
March billing statement Approximately 21,000 Blue Shield Medicare Supplement plan members did not receive their March billing statement on time. This statement was generated on February 24, 2018. As a result of the billing statement delay, there is a potential for...
by JA Health Insurance Services | Mar 5, 2018 | Health Care News Links, Individual Coverage
After January 31, 2018, consumers will not be able to enroll in a health plan until the 2019 Open Enrollment Period unless they experience a qualifying event, such as: Reduction of hours or termination of employment (for other than gross misconduct) Divorce from or...
by JA Health Insurance Services | Feb 9, 2018 | Individual Coverage, Updates from JAHIS
Blue Shield of California is switching to a new online payment system. To continue using Easy$Pay, Blue Shield’s automatic payment service, you must re-enroll before March 9, 2018, for your April automatic payment to process. If you miss this date, your April bill...
by JA Health Insurance Services | Oct 16, 2017 | Covered California, Health Care News Links, Individual Coverage, Updates from JAHIS
President Trump announced on October 12, 2017, that his administration will not be making any more CSR payments. What are Cost Sharing Reductions (CSRs)? CSR’s are payments from the government to the insurance companies which are designed to help health insurance...
