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Individual dental contracts changing systems
Individual dental contracts will migrate to a different membership system starting in April 2019. Walk through the details of what's changing and why. - Read More
Complete and Complete Plus Flyer and FAQs
Complete and Complete Plus individual products are in the marketplace. After hosting a series of informational webinars, we wanted to tie up any loose ends and released a new agent FAQ about the products. You also can order or download a marketing flyer to use when selling the new products. - Read More
Upcoming webinars for new individual limited duration policies
Join us for a webinar to learn more details about our new, under-65 individual limited duration products: Complete and Complete Plus. Only agents appointed to sell Arkansas Blue Cross individual metallic products will be eligible. - Read More
The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment is back!
CMS is bringing back the open enrollment period for Medicare Advantage participants. The OEP will be from January 1 – March 31, during which time plan participants can change to a different MA or MA-PD plan, disenroll from the plan and change Part D coverage. - Read More
Second phase of work requirement to begin January
Phase II of the Arkansas Works work-requirement program is coming in January 2019, and it could affect some of your clients. - Read More
2019 Individual Marketing Materials
Annual Election Period and Open Enrollment Period are both nearly here. Arkansas Blue Cross has a plan to get you the kits, brochures and other marketing materials you need. - Read More
Platinum Dental and Platinum Dental Plus Vision for Individuals
Introducing the new Platinum Dental and Platinum Dental Plus Vision plans, featuring a higher plan-year maximum for individual clients. - Read More
Connectivity problem leads to August Good-Cause Exemption for Arkansas Works
Due to network issues with the states work requirement portal, affected Arkansas Works members can request a good cause exemption and have their August non-compliance removed. Learn how. - Read More
Billing cycle change for individual U-65 grandfathered and grandmothered business
Beginning September 2018, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield will no longer support a 15th-of-the-month billing cycle for individual U-65 grandfathered and grandmothered members. Learn more about how we will transition the billing and payment for these plans. - Read More
Arkansas Blue Cross Individual Agent Updates
Keep up with the latest on Arkansas Works, the work requirement, Blueprint for Agents and 2019 agent training dates in this rundown for individual agents. - Read More
Easy way to set up My Blueprint accounts for clients
Learn a new functionality that allows individual agents to email clients a link to register for My Blueprint, our member self-service portal. - Read More
Arkansas Works Work Requirement Update
In April, Arkansas Works beneficiaries who are subject to the work requirement should have received a letter with instructions to register with a link to the new work requirement portal. Here are some details. - Read More
New Guaranteed Issue Scenario for Medi-Pak Supplement
Beginning July 1, 2018, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield will offer at least one standardized Medicare supplement plan for individuals under age 65 who qualify for Medicare due to a disability. Read about our two new guaranteed issue scenarios. - Read More
Individual U-65 Bonus Program
Get an early look at your progress toward the U-65 individual bonus by using a planned enhancement to the Sales Reporting Tool on Blueprint for Agents. - Read More
Tammy Blenden is our new individual product representative
Arkansas Blue Cross is pleased to announce Tammy Blenden is our new individual product representative and will be responsible for managing and servicing agents in the eastern part of the state. - Read More
New Medicare cards on the way
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is making Medicare ID cards more secure for members and will begin mailing new cards to Arkansans with a new, randomly generated ID number that replaces the member's Social Security number. - Read More
Current Enrollment Listing Update for Individual Products
There are two new links for agents viewing an individual product's current enrollment listing on Blueprint for Agents. - Read More
Update to Agent of Record procedure for individual U65 on exchange
Our agent of record rules are changing. See the revisions that we've made to our policy. - Read More
Updates on Individual Senior and Under-65 Products
Read our Agent Consent Form scenarios to better understand when the form will be accepted and processed. - Read More
Membership System Change Begins for Individual Grandmother/Grandfather Business
Individual grandmothered and grandfathered contracts will migrate to a new membership system in January of 2018. Here's some help navigating the transition. - Read More
