On March 20, 2020, the Ohio Department of Insurance issued Bulletin 2020-03 requiring healthcare insurance providers (including stop-loss insurance providers) in Ohio to allow employers to continue covering employees even if those employees would otherwise be ineligible due to a decrease in hours, regardless of any “actively at work” or similar eligibility requirements.
In addition, health insurers are required to provide insureds with the option to defer paying health insurance premiums, interest free, for up to 60 days from the original due date.
Insurers also are prohibited from increasing premiums based on an employer group’s decreased enrollment or participation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The order applies to health plan issuers in Ohio, including:
- insurance companies,
- stop-loss insurers,
- health insuring corporations,
- Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (also known as MEWAs),
- non-federal governmental health plans, and
- any other business transacting in the business of health benefit insurance in the State of Ohio.
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