Other Useful Links/Tools
HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance Toolkit:
A toolkit to help employers that sponsor group health plans understand their compliance obligations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It also provides sample resources to help employers comply with HIPAA’s documentation requirements for their group health plans.
Click here to review the document.
Broker Commissions:
Calculators:
Click here to access Actuarial Value Calculator (from Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight)
Click here to access Minimum Value Calculator (from Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight)
Click here for ACA Small Business Tax Credit Calculator.
Click here for Covered California Small Business Tax Credit Fact Sheet.
Click here for Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Calculator
Other Useful Tools:
The YouToons video animation (posted on YouTube) on Health Care: click here.
Department of Insurance: State of California’s Department of Insurance website.
HR Connect: Click here to download an HR Connect PowerPoint presentation. HR Connect is a web-based HR Software which helps small businesses manage issues of: employees, benefits, payroll and COBRA administration.
Covered California: The consumer-friendly website of the California Exchange.Click here to downloada Fact Sheet about California’s Exchange.
Register as an agent under Covered California: click here (as of 10-1-13)
California Health Benefit Exchange: The agent-focused website of the California Exchange. Includes links to Agent Webinars, regional Town Hall event dates, and Covered California-related updates.
Chooing Wisely: The website developed to promote conversations between physicians and patients about care choices; endorsed by Covered California.
Health Law Guide For Business: As an information hub (website) for California businesses, the media and employees, Health Law Guide for Business provides accurate information on the health care law that’s most important for employers to run and operate their businesses.
Department of Labor: Form 5500 Series
National Association of Health Underwriters
California Association of Health Underwriters
Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters
Orange County Association of Health Underwriters
Inland Empire Association of Health Underwriters
Ventura County Association of Health Underwriters
Employee Benefit Advisor: Up-to-the-minute news and information for HR and Benefits decision-makers as well as brokers, advisers and consultants.
Health Care and You: Learn about how the law affects you, the consumer on the HealthCare.gov site.
Longevity Alliance: Dickerson Employee Benefits is pleased to partner with Longevity Alliance to provide our brokers and their clients with nationwide Senior Health Care Advice and Coverage options. For clients who are Medicare-eligible, helping them to make the right decisions around health insurance products can save thousands of dollars. Please visit the website for more information or call 800-713-6250 ext. 680.
OptumHealth Education Suite: OptumHealth helps employees better understand and engage in the benefits enrollment process with the Education Suite.
Town Hall LA Non-profit organization presents speakers and events for discussion of issues and solutions from a nonpartisan viewpoint since 1937.
