Broker Connection

We are pleased to introduce CommunityCare’s latest addition to the products portfolio designed to save employers money – the new CommunityCare 80 and CommunityCare 70 series plans.

These plans reduce premiums by introducing 80% and 70% coinsurance levels to a number of CommunityCare product offerings. We even have a high deductible 100% plan as part of this series. Please read the memo below for more information.

CommunityCare is pleased to announce that we are now providing our prospect quotes for groups with 2-25 eligible employees on an age-rated basis. Please read the memo below for more information.

CommunityCare will accept valid Agent of Record transfer letters from enrolled groups wishing to appoint a new producer. For the transfer to be valid, the letter must be on the group's letterhead, be signed by an authorized representative of the group and name a producer that holds a valid appointment with CommunityCare. The letter should request an effective date for the appointment transfer to take place.

Congratulations! CommunityCare HMO Inc has received a financial strength rating of "A" or "Excellent" from Weiss Ratings, the nations leading independent provider of ratings and analyses of financial services companies, mutual funds, and stocks.

Effective January 1, 2011, we are improving urgent care benefits for certain benefit plans.

CommunityCare is pleased to offer you online access to benefit materials, tools and resources.

As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 ("PPACA"), health insurance companies must extend dependent coverage to a subscriber's adult children up to age 26. Even though health insurers are not required to implement this change until September 23, 2010, CommunityCare will begin extending this coverage for the majority of its commercial group plans effective May 1st.

We’ve listened to your feedback, and we are very excited to announce the development and implementation of CommunityCare’s Quick Quote process.

In an attempt to ensure we are receiving all proposal requests, we need to make you aware of the following limits to the size of incoming e-mail attachments.

Delta Dental of Oklahoma, the state’s largest and leading provider of dental benefits, and CommunityCare, Oklahoma’s largest locally-owned health insurance carrier, have announced a co-marketing arrangement. The new agreement will now provide one-stop benefits for Oklahoma businesses seeking combined health and dental coverage.

Effective Friday, November 13, CareWeb Employer Connection users have the ability to print temporary ID cards for their members.

CommunityCare is distributing an important information and reminders flier to our employer groups in their next billing statement.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your CommunityCare Service Representative.

Please note: CommunityCare is sending a memo to our employer groups who have employees who have not yet replied to our request for Coordination of Benefit Verification. Obtaining COB information from our members will help to lower premium increases for all of our members.

No action is required on your part. Only a small percentage of employer groups are receiving this memo. This notification is only to advise you of the content of the message in case you should receive any calls regarding this matter.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your CommunityCare Service Representative.

CommunityCare introduces the first installment of the employer newsletter!

CommunityCare is pleased to announce that CommunityCare Individual Health Plan’s rates, benefit information and application are now available at www.ccok.com. The Individual Health Plan is effective June 1, 2009.

Currently focused in the Tulsa area, Individual Health Plan offers a range of PPO plans that provide extensive benefits with office copays for visits to in-network primary care physicians and specialists, significant wellness and preventive care benefits, prescription drug benefits and care for other major services subject to the deductible level elected by the member.

The network for this product is based on our CommunityCare Direct PPO network, which has as its foundation the Saint Francis Health System and the St. John Health System. As is the case with all individual health plans, acceptance will be subject to underwriting evaluation and approval, and a pre-existing conditions provision will apply.

Our goal remains to provide accessible, affordable health insurance to as many Oklahomans as possible. We have worked diligently to make the premium rates competitively priced for these new plans. Each member of a family, even dependent children, will be allowed to apply for their own membership.

Appointed CommunityCare producers who desire to become involved with this new offering on either an individual basis or a list bill basis will have the ability to do so. Producers will be paid $75 per approved application. We will provide producers with a range of resources and contacts to minimize your time and involvement when assisting clients wishing to apply for our new individual health plans.

For more information about the Individual Health Plan, please contact Shirley Walker at (918) 594-5295, Ext. 6212.

CommunityCare has revised its wording regarding out-of-pocket information on its PPO plans. These changes are effective April 1, 2009, for new business and existing groups at renewal. Please see the links below for an illustration of the changes.

After an extensive review of our underwriting practices and current block of business, we are making a few changes. Please review the Broker Bulletin below for details.