• Agent Communications – Notices and important information
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• Agent Media Guidelines - For print and web advertising
• Downloadable Logos - Contact information and logos for web use
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Agent Communications

Group Benefit Changes

• Utah Abortion Mandate - effective January 1, 2012

Summary of Benefit Changes and Contract Language Clarifications

• January 2012
  • Fully Insured Plans (PDF)
  • Unique Self-funded Plans (PDF)
• July 1, 2011
  • Fully Insured Plans (PDF)
  • Unique Self-Funded Plans (PDF)

• Mental Health Parity Changes Effective November 1, 2011

New Group Products - January 1, 2012

• 2012 New Agent Training Schedule (PDF)
• Agent Toolkits
• Regence BluePoint flyer (PDF)
• Regence HSA Healthplan 3.0 flyer (PDF)
• Regence Employee Choice brochure (PDF)
• Preferred FocalPoint Network brochure (PDF)
• Agent Bonus Program (PDF)

Creditable Coverage 2012

• Creditable Coverage FAQ (PDF)
• Creditable Coverage Status grid 2012 (PDF)

Creditable Coverage Notice (PDF) (MS Word version)

Non Creditable Coverage Notice (PDF) (MS Word version)

Individual Products

2012 New Agent Training Schedule (PDF)

Agent Toolbox

2012 Individual and Medigap letters of Medicare Part D creditable coverage (PDF)

• Individual Medicare Non Creditable Coverage letter (PDF)
• Individual Medicare Creditable Coverage letter (PDF)

Agent Notice -COMMISSION OPPORTUNITIES STILL AVAILABLE (PDF)

• Agent Notice - Individual Creditable Coverage (PDF)

2012 Medicare Deductibles and Coinsurance

2012 Regence MedAdvantage/Medicare Script (PDP)

• Agent Tools
  • Agent Training PowerPoint (PDF)
  • Agent Dos and Don’ts (PDF)
  • Public Event Secret Shopping Tool (PDF)
• Regence Member Communications
  • Regence Member Meeting Letter (PDF)
  • Member Meeting Calendar (PDF)
• Literature and Forms – MedAdvantage
  • MedAdvantage Highlights (PDF)
  • MedAdvantage Summary of Benefits (PDF)
  • MedAdvantage Enrollment Form (PDF)
• Literature and Forms – Medicare Script (PDP)
  • Medicare Script Highlights (PDF)
  • Medicare Script Summary of Benefits (PDF)
  • Medicare Script Enrollment Form (PDF)
    

Medicare Supplement Renewals August 1, 2011

• Renewal Letter – Bridge Plans A, C, F and K (PDF)
• Renewal Letter – Standard and pre-standard plans (PDF)
• Renewal Letter – BlueSelect and plans H, I and J (no increase) (PDF)
• Rates effective August 1, 2011 (PDF)

2011 Medicare Deductible and Coinsurance Increases - Annual Member Mailing (PDF)

Regence Procedures

Changes in frequency of mailing Explanation of Benefits (EOB) October 2011 (PDF)

Claims Access on myRegence.com - August 2011

New Pre-Authorization requirements effective August 1, 2011 (PDF)

HSA Integration with HealthEquity Available July 2011 (PDF)

New Delinquency Policy for Regence Groups, effective January 1, 2011 (PDF)

Massachusetts - Letter for groups with employees residing in Massachusetts

• Letter (PDF)
• List of Groups (PDF)

Agent Policies

Errors & Omissions Liability Insurance Requirements for Producers, January 2011 (PDF)

Agent Commission Change for Small and Medium Sized Groups, Effective April 1, 2011 (PDF)

Health Care Reform
For updated information on health care reform, click on the "Health Care Reform" tab on regence.com

• Preventive Health Services Flyer December 2011 (PDF)
• What's Ahead for Reform in 2012 (PDF)
• Average Number of Employees Request Form October 2011 (PDF)
• Appeals Process - Endorsement to the Contract, effective July 1, 2011 (PDF)
• Preventive Care Benefits Update, June 21, 2011 (PDF)
• Tobacco Cessation Benefit Clarification May 24, 2011 (PDF)
• H&R Block Small Business Tax Credit Calculator (PDF)
• Utah Dependent Eligibility (Under 19) February 18, 2011 (PDF)
• Individual Evolve Member Mailing for members with effective dates 3/1/2011-9/1/2011
  • Evolve Core Letter and Endorsements (PDF)
  • Evolve Plus Letter and Endorsements (PDF)
  • Evolve HSA Letter and Endorsements (PDF)
• Essential Benefits Communications for groups and members on individual plans newly enrolled or renewing 10/1/2010 – 12/1/2010
  • Group Administrator Letter and Endorsement (PDF)
  • Regence Evolve Members Letter and Endorsement (PDF)
  • NetCare Conversion Member Letter and Amendments (PDF)
• Top 10 Key Impacts for Employers February 2, 2011 (PDF)
• Lifetime Dollar Limit Communication
  • BlueAdvantage members: Member Letter and Amendments (PDF)
• Nondiscrimination Update January 14, 2011 (PDF)
• New Retroactive Cancellation Requirements December 29, 2010 (PDF)
• Annual Dollar Limits FAQs December 6, 2010 (PDF)
• Benefit Changes for Employers (2-99), December 2, 2010 (PDF)
• Benefit Changes for Large Group Employers, December 2, 2010 (PDF)
• Grandfather Plans July 1, 2010 (PDF)
• Reform FAQ July 26, 2010 (PDF)
• Summary of Benefit Changes & Contract Language Clarifications: Non-Grandfathered October 1, 2010, revised November 30, 2010 (PDF)
• Summary of Benefit Changes & Contract Language Clarifications: Grandfathered October 1, 2010 (rev. November 23, 2010) (PDF)
• Small Employer Tax Credit June 14, 2010 (PDF)

*This material reflects information available at the time of its preparation. The contents are subject to change in response to further state or federal guidance regarding health care reform requirements

Annual Notifications

• Notice of Privacy Practices (PDF)
• Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act Notice (WHCRA) (PDF)
• Notice of Consent to Withdraw from the Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS) (PDF)

Producer News: What You Need to Know NOW

• December 7, 2011
• December 2, 2011
• November 2011
• October 20, 2011
• October 11, 2011
• August 26, 2011
• August 9, 2011
• Summer 2011
• April 6, 2011
• February 11, 2011
• December 29, 2010
• November 10, 2010

Blues News

• February 2012 Edition