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		<title>Diversify Your Portfolio for Success Continues with NEW Educational Opportunities in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep your insurance license up-to-date with current, useful and new information &#8211; always a challenge for health insurance professionals today.  These Classes are designed to help build your professional level of services, revenue and general knowledge for your professional portfolio with continuing education credits, certification opportunities and LIA designation and the “…let’s talk series” with top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOI Bulletin 2012-01</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent Bulletin from the DOI addresses Insurance Carriers and their subcontractors:   Reporting to the Bureau of Managed Care (the “Bureau) of Instances Where Insurance Carriers Are Not Consistent with Required Uniform Coding and Billing Standards; Issued January 25, 2012. Bulletin 2012-01]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Forum: What&#8217;s Driving Health Care Costs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbardsley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer & Industry News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MassAHU, one of several sponsors, is encouraging you to attend the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans forum on Monday, Feb. 13th at the Westin Waltham.  This forum, free of charge, will focus on the factors fueling health care costs and on ways to keep health care affordable in Massachusetts.   To review the agenda for this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Chair of Health Care Financing Guest Speaker at MassAHU luncheon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MassAHU invites members and their guests to join us on February 8th for a special luncheon event in Braintree with Representative Steven Walsh as our invited Guest Speaker. As House Chair of the Committee on Health Care Financing, Representative Walsh will share his perspective on the issues surrounding health care affordability. Jeff Rich, MassAHU Board Member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefest&#8230;Save the Date&#8230;September 25, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your involvement is key. Learn more about Benefest here. Have questions about the annual conference and trade show? Contact Kate Bardsley at kbardsely@massahu.org.]]></description>
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		<title>MassAHU Events Calendar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>DOI Issues updated Bulletin for Individuals in Insured Health Benefit Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 28th, the Division of Insurance  released an updated Bulletin to replace earlier Bulletins (Bulletin 2010-13, Open Enrollment for Individuals and Bulletin 2011-03, Additional Qualifying Event for Enrollment of Individuals in Merged Market).  This updated information  (Bulletin 2011-19) highlights recent amendment changes to Division regulations and the Mass General Laws Chapter 176J on the [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://massahu.org/2011/12/3491/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=3491</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MassAHU's Legislative Year End Review]]></description>
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		<title>NAIC Commissioners vote to endorse resolution that addresses the adverse effect that MLR requirements will have on consumers and brokers.</title>
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		<comments>http://massahu.org/2011/11/naic-commissioners-vote-to-endorse-resolution-that-addresses-the-adverse-effect-that-mlr-requirements-will-have-on-consumers-and-brokers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NAIC just concluded its consideration of the MLR resolution, and it passed without amendment by a vote of 26-20 (with several abstentions). The resolution was spearheaded by Florida Commissioner and incoming NAIC President Kevin McCarty. This resolution recognizes and addresses the adverse effects that the MLR requirements would have on consumers and the agent/broker community and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MassAHU on the Transparency of Health Care Costs for Consumers</title>
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		<comments>http://massahu.org/2011/11/massahus-on-the-transparency-of-health-care-costs-for-consumers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbardsley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MassAHU continues to advocate for affordable and quality health care in today&#8217;s market and for consumers to make informed decisions based upon transparent and easily accessible information. The following language is reflective of these efforts and hopefully the support of legislators on behalf of our clients: SECTION 1.  Chapter 6A of the General Laws, as so appearing in the [...]]]></description>
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