Opticare of Utah has very rich discounts at Standard Optical for LASIK, Normally it is $250 discount per eye compared to the 15% discount with most other carriers, this is a definite advantage and a great benefit, offer ends 3/31/2018! Visit https://www.facebook.com/StandardOptical/ Source: Opticare of Utah
Recently, the Utah Senate voted in favor of SB 0172, authorizing some changes and waivers to Medicaid requirements. These changes would allow the Utah Department of Health to: Ask for federal funds or block grants for Medicaid recipients without certain restrictions on how they use the money. Second, if the block grant is denied, the […]
‘More than 110 of Utah’s small business owners attended the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Summit in Washington DC. As graduates of the small business-training program, run by Salt Lake Community College, business leaders heard from the ‘who’s who’ of entrepreneurism and government leadership such as Tyler Perry, Senator Marco Rubio and former New York City Mayor Michael […]
Current Vice President of Vest Pocket Business Coalition Rebecca Yates, owner of Ark Insurance Solutions, was looking for more opportunities to learn about political advocacy when she joined Vest Pocket in 2016. Yates has a daughter with Autism and advocating for an education bill got her up on Capitol hill for the first time. “I […]
Due to the growth in their plans and high call volumes, the University of Utah Health Plans and SelectHealth are extending their payment deadline to January 12 ( U of U) and January 15 for individuals with a January 1 effective date. You may call the University of Utah Health Care customer service at 801-587-6480 option 5. Walk-in payments […]
Select Health will be enforcing the CMS guidelines for the Special Enrollment Periods (SEP) for marriages as of September 1, 2017. The CMS guidelines states that at least one of the applicants has had one day of coverage in the past 60 days, at a minimum. Proof of both the marriage and prior coverage is […]
Similar to microchipping your pets, you may have heard that a company in Wisconsin is offering microchip implants to their employees. The majority of their employees have already agreed to inject the implant into their finger, exchanging convenience for privacy. The implants are programmed to allow accesses to certain company functions, like entrance into secure […]
According to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation, health insurers who participated in the Affordable Care Act marketplace earned an average of $300 per member in the first part of 2017. This figure is more than double than this time period for the previous three years. The figures presented to do not account […]
Recently, Aetna notified our brokerage of some important changes that will be taking place this year. Essentially, if you are currently covered individually by Aetna or CoventryOne, your coverage ends December 31, 2017. “As a result of financial risk and an uncertain outlook for the Individual marketplace, Aetna (including Coventry) has decided that we will […]
The IRS recently published the inflation adjusted limits for the 2018 Health Savings Accounts (HSA). Deposits made to an HSA are tax free; contributions grow within the account tax free; and distributions are tax free as long as the money is used for out-of-pocket health care expenses, including deductibles. Here are the new limits: Individual […]
