NEW FOR 2023 - SPECIFIC TO MEDICARE PARTS A & B:

Per Medicare and You 2023, beginning January 1, 2023, consumers who missed enrolling in Medicare when eligible due to special circumstances may be able to sign up for Medicare during a Special Enrollment Period. Consumers should contact Medicare for more information.

Due to system limitations, some Colorado Connect enrollment data about Broker associations will not be automatically sent to health insurance companies (also referred to as "issuers”) in the month of November. Connect for Health Colorado is establishing a short-term manual solution for this problem, and a permanent solution is expected to be implemented sometime in 2023.

This fall, California passed a new law that requires agents to include their license number on emails, effective January 1, 2023.

CMS released Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) educational materials that explain the impact of the IRA on CMS programs.

It was recently announced private insurers would be required to cover the cost of eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month. Unfortunately, this ruling does not include Medicare beneficiaries. 

Individuals who have an income RFI with a 1/31/2022 due date will now have additional time to submit documents.  The due date has been extended to 02/28/2022.  Documentation to resolve Requests for Information may be submitted any time before the new due date.