Health Insurance

HCA closes lobby and in-person customer services at Olympia office Tue, 03/17/2020 As of Wednesday, March 18, the Health Care Authority (HCA) is closing its lobby to visitors, and will not offer in-person customer services for Apple Health clients nor members of the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) Programs. We encourage people to use …

From the Office of the Insurance Commissioner January 2, 2020 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Effective Jan. 1, 2020, certain medical providers are prohibited from sending surprise bills to consumers in Washington state under a new law that Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler championed. Patients in Washington who receive emergency services or certain services at an in-network hospital or surgical facility cannot be …

From the Washington Health Benefit Exchange: RPEC note: This information is for those outside of PEBB who purchase private insurance and are not Medicare Eligible. For those who are Medicare Eligible, you can contact SHIBA with any questions concerning Medicare, as open enrollment started Oct 15 and continues through Dec 1. OLYMPIA, Wash.— Washington Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) today announced …

From the Office of the Insurance Commissioner OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has approved a record low average rate decrease of -3.25% for Washington’s 2020 individual health insurance market. Two new health insurers – PacificSource Health Plans and Providence Health Plan – are also entering the market. “Despite the Trump administration’s effort over the last two years to …