NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING:

Click here for the announcement.

Click here for the 2011 rate report - Please note that this report is part of the recommendation made by the NE CHIP Board of Directors to the Director of Insurance.

MONTHLY BOARD CONFERENCE CALL:

The NECHIP Board holds monthly conference calls.The next call has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 8 at 9:00 CST. If you wish to access this call, please dial 800-411-0160 and enter pass code 178548. Click here for the agenda. (Note, if no agenda is posted, the call wil not occur that month).

NEXT CHIP BOARD MEETING:

The next quarterly Nebraska Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool (NE CHIP) board of directors meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 1, 2010 from 10:00 A.M. to Noon CST. Click here for the agenda.

This scheduled meeting will be held at BlueCross and BlueShield of Nebraska's Scottsbluff Conference Room, 9th floor of the Omaha Tower, located on 2120 South 72nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska.

Please contact Gigi Stamp, government programs specialist [(402)398-3605], if you plan to attend this meeting or need assistance attending this meeting.

LEGISLATIVE CHANGES TO CHIP:

The Nebraska State Legislature recently made changes to CHIP that are effective August 30th, 2009.

• For new applicants, if you are eligible for comparable group coverage, Medicare by reason of age, or Medicaid, or if you already have other comparable coverage, you are not eligible for CHIP. If you currently have CHIP, you will not be terminated even if you are eligible for, or already have, comparable health insurance coverage.

• Also effective August 30th, 2009, CHIP premiums must be paid by either the policy holder, an individual related to the policy holder by blood, marriage or adoption, or an entity operating under the federal Ryan White HIV / AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006.

• Your premiums can still be paid by your employer if proof can be provided that the cost of the premiums is borne entirely by the policy holder. Proof can come in the form of paystubs or a letter from your employer.

• Additionally, if you are self-employed, you may also continue to pay your premiums via a business checking account if your name is on the check or if proof is provided that you are the business owner and are either the policy holder or an individual related to the policy holder by blood, marriage or adoption.

• Other changes were made to CHIP under LB 358. Those changes can be viewed here.

If you are offered COBRA at a rate higher than CHIP, you will not be automatically eligible for Nebraska CHIP until the COBRA period has been exhausted (typically 18 months). If you have been diagnosed with a Nebraska CHIP specified condition, this exclusion is waived. However, you will have a six-month waiting period for pre-existing conditions. The specified conditions are listed on the application and here.

CHANGES TO CHIP POLICY:

Certain changes to the CHIP PPO policy will be effective 1/1/2009. A copy of the new policy can be found under "Policy Holders" page which holds the link for "CHIP Policy". Please also review the "CHIP Policy Riders" link on the same page.

RECENT LETTER TO POLICY HOLDERS:

Click here for the 2009 CHIP policy holder letter for those who are 17 and under.

Click here for the 2009 adult CHIP policy holder letter.

2010 ACTUARIAL RATE DEVELOPMENT:

Click here for the 2010 ARD.

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