{"id":319,"date":"2015-06-24T05:58:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ddibenefits.com\/news\/?p=319"},"modified":"2015-06-24T05:58:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:58:19","slug":"ddi-benefits-newsletter-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/2015\/06\/ddi-benefits-newsletter-july-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"DDI Benefits Newsletter &#124; July 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border: 1px #e0601f solid;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;\" width=\"500\"><a id=\"top\" style=\"color: #e0601f; text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; margin: 0 0 6px 0;\" name=\"top\"><\/a>In this newsletter<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0; margin: 4px 0 0 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0; padding-left: 2px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #e0601f; text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; margin: 0 0 6px 0;\" href=\"#back\"><strong>DDI Back to School Special \u2013 9\/24\/15<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0; margin: 4px 0 0 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0; padding-left: 2px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #e0601f; text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; margin: 0 0 6px 0;\" href=\"#informed\"><strong>Informed on Reform<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0; margin: 4px 0 0 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0; padding-left: 2px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #e0601f; text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; margin: 0 0 6px 0;\" href=\"#cobra\">DDI Brings COBRA In-house<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: italic; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17px; color: #e0601f; text-align: left; font-family: Palatino, serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 8px 0px 8px 0;\"><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 22px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 4px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 0;\"><a id=\"back\" name=\"back\"><\/a>DDI Back to School Special!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 4px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 0;\"><strong><a href=\"..\/downloads\/DDI-admin-Brochure-5-1-15-web.pdf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddibenefits.com\/images\/ddi-brochure-cover.jpg?resize=190%2C216\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"216\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>SAVE THE DATE \u2013 September 24th, 8-10, FREE Breakfast Forum, hosted by DDI at the freshly opened Hotel Eastlund, near the Convention Center.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Health Plan Market Update<\/strong> \u2013 Who\u2019s HOT? Who\u2019s NOT? Providence, Regence,<br \/>\nCIGNA, Lifewise, Pacificsource, HealthNet, Kaiser, Co-ops, Self-funded,<br \/>\nUnited HealthCare, and ZoomHealth (NEW!!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ACA \/ Health Reform Update<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DDI Benefits \u2013 Integrated. Outsourced. Local<\/strong>. \u2013 Modernizing your HR<br \/>\nFunctions! <a href=\"..\/downloads\/DDI-admin-Brochure-5-1-15-web.pdf\">(check out our new brochure \u2013 click here)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\"><a style=\"color: #e0601f; text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; margin: 0 0 6px 0;\" href=\"#top\">^back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 22px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 4px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 0;\"><a id=\"informed\" name=\"informed\"><\/a>Informed on Reform<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\">Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cigna.com\/health-care-reform\/\">here<\/a> for the latest on Health care reform and what you need to know to be compliant<br \/>\nas an individual or employer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 22px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 4px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 0;\"><a id=\"cobra\" name=\"cobra\"><\/a>DDI Brings COBRA In-house!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\">We are pleased to announce that we purchased a new COBRA administration software platform and have brought our COBRA Administration services \u201cin-house.\u201d\u00a0 This means if we are currently handling your COBRA\u00a0 administration, that you can now contact us directly (instead of through BHS) when you have a COBRA qualifying event such as an employee termination.\u00a0 \u201cDDI Admin LLC\u201d is a licensed and insured TPA (Third Party Administrator.)\u00a0 If you have current continuants on your plan, they have been transferred from BHS to DDI and they received a notice of the change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\">DDI is pleased to continue to offer these services at no charge to our valued clients with 20 or more employees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\">Please contact Angie Sargent, DDI Client Services Specialist and Lead COBRA Administrator, regarding any COBRA inquiries.\u00a0 Angie is happy to assist you since she has direct access to all of your COBRA information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\"><a style=\"color: #e0601f; text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; margin: 0 0 6px 0;\" href=\"#top\">^back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; color: #e0601f; text-align: left; margin-top: 8px; font-family: Palatino, serif; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-weight: bold;\">For more information on creating a customized benefits package for your employees, contact DDI Benefits at 503.206.5654, or via email to <a style=\"color: #444; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"mailto:dena@ddibenefits.com\">dena@ddibenefits.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to School Special and COBRA now available in-house!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthcare-reform","category-resources","category-small-business"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa1tE9-59","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}