March 22, 2017

Update: New Standard SBC Tool Available this Week (1-150 Groups and Retail)

As of the evening of March 24, 2017, the new online Standard Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) Tool is expected to be available. The new Standard SBC Tool will enable external users to yield quicker and more successful standard SBC search results.

When live (expected on March 24), the new Standard SBC Tool can be accessed here.

Please note: When the new Standard SBC Tool is implemented, updated SBCs will no longer be generated in Blue Access for Producers^SM (BAP^SM) and Blue Access for Employers^SM (BAE^SM). However, a link to the new Standard SBC Tool can be found in BAP or BAE by following a few steps:
 

• BAP: Click on Products & Forms to the left, click on the Summary of Benefits and Coverage link on the right, and then select the View Standard Plan SBC Tool link.
   
• BAE: Click on the Account Summary link on the left to expand. Afterward, select Health Plans, click Display, and select the View Standard Plan SBC Tool link.

The instructions for retrieving standard SBCs online have been updated and include a link to the new Standard SBC Tool. While these instruction documents will be mailed to producers and employers, the most important details added to the documents are outlined below:
 

• Users are required to log in to the new Standard Plan SBC Tool using the following credentials:
  • Customer Name = HCSC
  • Username = HCSCgenID
  • Password = BlueSBC2017!
     
• Upon logging in, the desired Document Type must be selected from the following options:
  • Group 2016-2017 Q1: Select for any group’s open enrollment period that occurs prior to April 1, 2017
  • Group 2017 New*: Select for any group open enrollment that begins on, or occurs after, April 1, 2017
     
• In order to find and customize a standard SBC, the appropriate Plan Year and Corporate Entity must be selected.

*Note: Per a government mandate, any group’s open enrollment period that begins on, or after, April 1, 2017 must use this document type.

Other upcoming standard SBC updates will be shared in News from the Blues.