Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois

 

 

May 31, 2013

Legislative Update
New SBC Tool Coming Soon

Under the Affordable Care Act, all health insurers and group health plans are required to provide consumers with a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC). Brokers and group administrators have been using the SBC PIVOT Tool to retrieve, download and promptly distribute SBCs for standard plans to participants and beneficiaries.

Effective June 17 for producers and June 24 for group administrators, the new Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) Tool link will be available on Blue Access for ProducersSM (BAP) and Blue Access for EmployersSM (BAE).

This new tool allows users the continued access to the standard group SBCs. Enhancements include the ability to:

  • Customize “Coverage for”
  • Customize “Coverage Period”
  • Access Spanish SBC(s)

Look for more information coming shortly prior to the release dates. Please send any questions you may have regarding SBCs to your account representative.
 

 
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