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Insurance Broker and Business Owner, Rebecca Yates, Also Advocates for Change

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 have always been passionate about small business, I have grown as a business owner and a person, having been involved with Vest Pocket,” Yates said. “Being able to set up a series on addressing the mental health of business owners, where studies have shown that they are under the same levels of stress similar to combat veterans, has been a great opportunity. We need more members so we can really start effecting change.”

Vest Pocket is a collaborative association of Utah’s locally owned small businesses that was born out of necessity in 1997. The issue that sparked the first movement, were local parking ordinances that were put into place making parking very difficult for certain small business owners and their customers. Together, those businesses banded together and fought to make changes that would accommodate the needs of the businesses, the consumer and the city.

Read the full article at http://utahstories.com/2018/02/starting-a-small-business-where-do-you-go-for-help/

To learn more about Vest Pocket visit http://www.vestpocket.org

Payment Deadlines Extended

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. 

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Select Health to enforce CMS Guidelines

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 required to process a SEP application.

Changes to Preventive Lab Services also in effect as of January 1, 2017.

The following lab procedures are covered under the adult medical benefit when billed with a covered diagnosis codes:

  • Basic Metabolic Panel
  • Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
  • General Health Panel
  • Thyroid
  • Urinalysis

 

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