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Aetna 2-50 Announces April 2011 Rate Adjustments

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Aetna Small Group
April 2011 Rate Adjustments

Aetna Small Group has announced their April 1, 2011 rate increases. Read on for the details.

RATE ADJUSTMENTS (effective April 1-June 30, 2011) Average rate increases are listed below. HMO Plans: Northern CA: 3.0% Southern CA: 1.0% Advantage Value Network (AVN) Plans: Northern CA: 3.0% Southern CA: 1.0% Managed Choice (MC) Plans: Northern CA: 3.0% Southern CA: 2.0% Plan Specific Changes: No plan changes will be implemented   Rating Area Changes (by county): Alameda will move from Rating Area 7 to Rating Area 8 Contra Costa will move from Rating Area 7 to Rating Area 8 Imperial will move from Rating Area 7 to Rating Area 9 Kern will move from Rating Area 6 to Rating Area 7 Marin will move from Rating Area 9 to Rating Area 8 Monterey will move from Rating Area 8 to Rating Area 9 San Benito will move from Rating Area 4 to Rating Area 8 San Francisco will move from Rating Area 7 to Rating Area 8 Santa Clara (950) will move from Rating Area 7 to Rating Area 8 Santa Clara (951) will move from Rating Area 7 to Rating Area 8 Santa Cruz will move from Rating Area 2 to Rating Area 9 Sonoma will move from Rating Area 9 to Rating Area 8 Ventura will move from Rating Area 2 to Rating Area 3

RAF PROMOTION THROUGH JUNE 30, 2011 Aetna's RAF promotion is available through June 15, 2011 effective dates. .90 RAF: 15-50 CA medically enrolling employees .92 RAF: 10-14 CA medically enrolling employees Click here  for Aetna's current RAF promotion Guidelines: Groups must submit a copy of their 'original' current AND prior renewal or their issued RAF at new business. Aetna will only accept the original renewal received by a group to determine eligibility; revised renewals will not be accepted. Groups applying for the guaranteed RAF must be AB1672 eligible and have a current RAF of 1.06 or less with their current carrier. Groups must apply for the RAF promotion prior to final underwriting approval. AB1672 eligible groups moving from a large group contract are eligible if the group provides a large group renewal of less than 20% increase within 90 days of their requested effective date. Groups that received a 10-point RAF increase are ineligible. Groups with 30% or more COBRA/Cal-COBRA enrollees are ineligble. COBRA/Cal-COBRA enrollees do not count toward enrolled employee counts. Groups moving from CaliforniaChoice, Contractor's Choice, HSA California, Kaiser Permanente Choice Solution and/or groups that have withdrawn from Aetna within 12 months of the requested date are ineligible. Carve out groups (management / non-management, union / non-union) and PEO groups are ineligible.

Please contact any member of your b&p Sales Team for assistance with quote requests and questions regarding the details above.