Sharp Health Plan’s HMO Rates
are Pure Gold

With Sharp Health Plan’s Gold Value rates and our continuing RAF special, your customers will receive high quality health care and services that only “gold” can buy.

• Q4 Gold Value Rates at .90 RAF
• RAF Special Promotion

Don’t Forget

Don’t forget the PPO/HSA partnership, underwritten by American Alternative Insurance Corporation and administered by Allied National Inc.

• Q4 2009 PPO Rates
  

Mental Health Parity Act

Effective 11/01/09, for new and renewing large groups (51+ employees), the new federal Mental Health Parity Act requires that any non-severe mental health or substance use disorder benefits be offered and/or included at parity with like medical benefits (office visits or inpatient).

• This means that any financial or usage restrictions may no longer apply to these benefits if there are no restrictions in comparable medical benefits.
• The law did not change currently mandated severe mental health and detoxification benefits, or add any new mandates.

Brokers with large groups renewing 11/01/09 (or later) should take note of the non-severe mental health and substance use disorder benefit changes outlined in the renewal. This information will also be included in the group renewal packet.

Please contact your Sharp Health Plan representative with any questions — we are here for you!

Broker Luncheon

This fall, Sharp Health Plan will continue its series of informational broker meetings to review your feedback and suggestions, and to support your efforts in the community.

Learn about:

• New Sharp Health Plan Web Portal
• Small Group Benefit "Refresh"
• New Deductible Plans for Large and Small Group

Please join your Account Executive, Chrissy Cabral, for lunch:

To reserve a seat, RSVP to Chrissy Cabral at christine.cabral@sharp.com or at (619) 228-2425.

We are here for you

Melissa Hayden Cook, President and CEO
Rita Datko, Chief Financial Officer
Nora Faine, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
Janet Hoy, Chief Business Development Officer
Leslie Pels-Beck, Chief Operations Officer

We welcome your comments and suggestions

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