Offering Texas group health insurance is a competitive way to keep employees engaged and secure. Vital One Health provides commercial group health insurance policies to companies who offer their employees health benefits. The advantage is that group health insurance policies are much more cost effective and cover pre-existing conditions, as opposed to individual policies, which do not.
Texas group health insurance is sold to businesses and organizations in the state for them to provide coverage to their employees and members. Group health insurance plans can take the form of a PPO, HMO, POS, or fee-for-service plans. These group and business health insurance plans are inexpensive compared to individual or family coverage. This is because the cost of medical services can be spread among a larger group of people. For many businesses, providing a comprehensive employee health plan can be essential for attracting and keeping quality staff. However, offering a health plan can also be a significant business expense. Finding a health plan in Texas that meets the needs of both employees and company owners can be challenging. However, it is beneficial because group and business health insurance plans are inexpensive compared to individual or family coverage. This is because the cost of medical services can be spread among a larger group of people. Group health insurance plans in Texas can take the form of a PPO, HMO, POS, or fee-for-service plans. Since the risk a-sociated with small group health insurance is lower for the insurance company, they are also more willing to underwrite policies for those with pre-existing conditions. In fact, all small group health insurance plans are required to be guaranteed issue according to federal law.
Protections will vary somewhat, depending on whether your plan is a fully insured group health plan or a self-insured group health plan. The plan’s benefits information must indicate whether the plan is self-insured. You have to be eligible for the group health plan. For example, your employer may not give health benefits to all employees. Or, your employer may offer an HMO plan that you cannot join because you live outside of the plan’s service area. You cannot be turned away or charged more because of your health status. Health status means your medical condition or history, genetic information or disability. This protection is called nondiscrimination. Employers may refuse or restrict coverage for other reasons (such as part time employment), as long as these are unrelated to health status and applied consistently. However, if you work for a small employer in Texas, insurance companies must offer coverage to all eligible employees.
When you begin a new job with health insurance through an HMO, the HMO may require an affiliation period before coverage begins. During this affiliation period, you will not have health insurance coverage. An HMO affiliation period cannot exceed 2 months (3 months for late enrollees), and you cannot be charged a premium during it. If you have to take leave from your job due to illness, the birth or adoption of a child, or to care for a seriously ill family member, you may be able to keep your group health coverage for a limited time. A federal law known as a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees you up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave in these circumstances. The FMLA applies to you if you work at a company with 50 or more employees.
When you first enroll in a group health plan, the employer or insurance company may ask if you have any pre-existing conditions. Or, if you make a claim during the first year of coverage, the plan may look back to see whether it was for such a condition. If so, it may try to exclude coverage for services related to that condition for a certain length of time. However, federal and state laws protect you by placing limits on these pre-existing condition exclusion periods under group health plans.
A group health plan can count as pre-existing conditions only those for which you actually received (or were recommended to receive) a diagnosis, treatment or medical advice within the 6 months immediately before you joined that plan. This period is also called the look back period. (If you are enrolling in an individual health plan or if you are self-employed, the definition of pre-existing condition is different. VitalOne will help you find coverage that will work for both employees and businesses.
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