MARKETPLACE WEEKLY DIGEST: October 29 – November 2

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agents and brokers - selling in the healthcare dot gov marketplace

Open Enrollment

Started Yesterday

The Marketplace Weekly Digest is your weekly update on the Marketplace, including announcements and important dates and deadlines for agents and brokers.

Announcements

 

  • Open Enrollment is in full swing! Here’s where to find Individual Marketplace and Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) plans and prices for plan year 2019.
  • Be on alert for scheduled HealthCare.gov maintenance. If updates or improvements are needed for HealthCare.gov to improve the consumer experience during the 2019 Open Enrollment Period, the potential/maximum scheduled maintenance windows are: Sundays, 12:00 AM to 12:00 PM (maximum time allotted), except on December 9, 2018. Learn more about scheduled maintenance windows here.
  • Encourage clients to enroll in a plan by December 15 or they may be automatically enrolled in a 2019 plan. Find more information about automatic re-enrollment here.
  • Join our first office hour session on November 8 from 2:00 to 2:30 PM ET to address your Open Enrollment questions and find the latest resources and materials available to you. To register for the series, log into REGTAP or create a REGTAP account, and select Training Events from My Dashboard. Click the View icon next to “PY2019 Health Insurance Marketplace Updates for Agents and Brokers.” Registration for this session closes 24 hours prior.

 

Registration Training

 

  • With Open Enrollment underway, be sure to complete Marketplace registration and training for plan year 2019 so you’re able to help consumers enroll. Don’t forget: agents and brokers must complete registration each year to assist clients in the Marketplace.
  • This tip sheet offers guidance on the registration and training process for plan year 2019 if you’re new to the Marketplace.
  • If you’re a returning agent or broker to the Marketplace, Use this tip sheet to walk through the registration and training steps.

 

Tools

 

  • Have you looked up your Marketplace registration status in the Agent and Broker Registration Tracker yet? Try it out today! You can look up your Marketplace registration status using your National Producer Number (NPN) and ZIP Code.
  • Stay up-to-date on everything new to the Marketplace for plan year 2019 by streaming this new video.

 


 

Visit the Agents and Brokers FAQs website or see this list of websites and Call Centers to find out who to contact if you have questions.

 

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