Agent Registration for 2015 with CMS

[Duaine]

Registering to Participate in the Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) for the 2015 Plan Year:

What Agents and Brokers Need to Know: (Here it is boys and girls!)

http://cms.gov/CCIIO/Programs-and-I...and-Registration-Overview_052914_Opt1_v11.pdf

Also see Attached PDF.

 

[GAJ638]

Registering to Participate in the Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) for the 2015 Plan Year:

What Agents and Brokers Need to Know: (Here it is boys and girls!)

http://cms.gov/CCIIO/Programs-and-I...and-Registration-Overview_052914_Opt1_v11.pdf

Also see Attached PDF.

I will consider recertifying for 2015 as soon as they figure out how to pay me for the2014 business I wrote

 

[MIM]

I will consider recertifying for 2015 as soon as they figure out how to pay me for the2014 business I wrote

That's so funny and not so funny at the same time. Should I laugh or should I cry ?

 

[GAJ638]

I past crying and not quite laughing. I got an email from one of the two carriers in NC yesterday telling me I could do certification for 2015 as early as July. I replied back.... Thanks for the info. When will
You have the commissions paid current for 2014. I haven't had a reply yet.

 

[AllenChicago]

June 26, 2014

Regarding: HHS sets enrollment rules for year two of Obamacare - The Washington Post

The last paragraph of the above news story states:

"In the May briefing for insurers, federal health officials also said that one enrollment avenue that was available last year — direct enrollment by insurance agents and brokers for customers who qualify for the tax credits — will be not be possible during the second enrollment period, because the computer capacity to make it work was not yet built."

1. What agent-initiated "direct enrollment" procedure is this paragraph referring to? Never heard of it. Could this be referring to websites like HealthSherpa, e-healthinsurance, etc.?

2. How could agent/brokers have used this direct-enrollment procedure during the last open-enrollment if the computer capacity to do so won't be built until after 2015 open-enrollment has passed?

Anyone here have knowledge of what this paragraph is describing???
-ac

 

[rugerred]

June 26, 2014

Regarding: HHS sets enrollment rules for year two of Obamacare - The Washington Post

The last paragraph of the above news story states:

"In the May briefing for insurers, federal health officials also said that one enrollment avenue that was available last year — direct enrollment by insurance agents and brokers for customers who qualify for the tax credits — will be not be possible during the second enrollment period, because the computer capacity to make it work was not yet built."

1. What agent-initiated "direct enrollment" procedure is this paragraph referring to? Never heard of it. Could this be referring to websites like HealthSherpa, e-healthinsurance, etc.?

2. How could agent/brokers have used this direct-enrollment procedure during the last open-enrollment if the computer capacity to do so won't be built until after 2015 open-enrollment has passed?

Anyone here have knowledge of what this paragraph is describing???
-ac

That makes no sense what so ever.

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[houcoogster]

June 26, 2014

Regarding: HHS sets enrollment rules for year two of Obamacare - The Washington Post

The last paragraph of the above news story states:

"In the May briefing for insurers, federal health officials also said that one enrollment avenue that was available last year — direct enrollment by insurance agents and brokers for customers who qualify for the tax credits — will be not be possible during the second enrollment period, because the computer capacity to make it work was not yet built."

1. What agent-initiated "direct enrollment" procedure is this paragraph referring to? Never heard of it. Could this be referring to websites like HealthSherpa, e-healthinsurance, etc.?

2. How could agent/brokers have used this direct-enrollment procedure during the last open-enrollment if the computer capacity to do so won't be built until after 2015 open-enrollment has passed?

Anyone here have knowledge of what this paragraph is describing???
-ac

They're talking about going to say the BC website and enrolling someone there.

 

[rugerred]

They're talking about going to say the BC website and enrolling someone there.

How can something that was already used not be built?
In my opinion carrier direct with a visit to the federal site for subsidy is the way to go.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy

 

[AllenChicago]

How can something that was already used not be built?
In my opinion carrier direct with a visit to the federal site for subsidy is the way to go.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy

Same here. I did +99% of my subsidized enrollments at the carrier website. Only 2 were done at healthcare.gov (out of necessity) and both were issued with errors that had to be fixed.

I hope HouCoogster is wrong this time.
ac

 

[GAJ638]

Same here. I did +99% of my subsidized enrollments at the carrier website. Only 2 were done at healthcare.gov (out of necessity) and both were issued with errors that had to be fixed.

I hope HouCoogster is wrong this time.
ac

In NC we only had the two carriers participating for 2014. Neither one would allow us to go to the carrier to enroll. We had to use the market place website.
It was a disaster. Hell it still is!
Talking to other people in different states who could go direct to the carrier it seemed they had a much better time of it then I did here.