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Municipal Health Benefit Program
The League's Municipal Health Benefit Program provides medical, dental and vision benefits to employees and officials. The advantage of being a part of the large group has enabled cities over the years to maintain a relatively stable cost for this important fringe benefit for municipal officials and employees in an era of soaring medical costs. Premium reports are processed by the League staff.
Other programs such as the Municipal Officials AD&D Plan and life insurance and AD&D plans for both officials and employees are available through the League at group rates.
Phone Numbers
- 501-978-6137 MHBP Direct Line
- 833-265-6427 MHBP Customer Service
- 888-295-3591 MHBP Medical Precertification
Electronic Claims Filing Number (EDI)
Pharmacy Benefit Information
Member Assistance:
Medimpact is the pharmacy benefit manager for MHBP. Medimpact offers online tools to help locate participating pharmacies, as well as to help you make informed choices regarding your options. You’ll need your prescription drug card to register. Go to www.medimpact.com to visit the Medimpact member portal. Once you register, you can sign into your account where you can check drug prices, view benefit highlights, and view your prescription history.
Phone Numbers:
For members having general questions about MHBP’s prescription drug coverage, please contact our Rx Help Desk at 1-833-339-8401, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm CST.
Provider Assistance:
Providers needing assistance with prior authorization management for selected medications, should also contact EBRx at 1-833-339-8401, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm CST.
MHBP Member Portal
NEW: MHBP now offers a portal for members to manage their healthcare and benefit plans online. Visit https://mhbp.arml.org to set up your account. For more information on the portal and how to set up your account, download the MHBP Member Portal Flyer.
MHBP Information Center
MHBP Forms - Right-click to download data-fillable PDFs
MHBP Wellness Center
ACA Tax Reporting Requirements for Municipal Entities
Below are links to the forms 1094-B, 1094-C, 1095-B and 1095-C as well as instructions for those files from the irs.gov site:
ACA Assistance from AML Partnership with American Fidelity Assurance and Five Points ICT
IRS Announces Procedure for 2015 Employer Mandate Penalty Assessment/Appeal
The IRS recently updated their website Q&As to provide more detailed guidance regarding the 2015 employer mandate penalty assessment and appeal process. (These updated Q&As #55-58 are available here) While the update provides employers with a detailed overview of the assessment and appeals process, below are a few considerations that employers should be mindful of now, before any penalty notices are mailed:
- Timing of Penalty Notice – The IRS clarified that its plan is to issue 2015 employer mandate penalty letters (Letter 226J, a form copy of which is available for download below) to employers in late 2017.
- Timeframe to Contest Penalty – The updated Q&As further indicate that an employer may contest a penalty notice by providing a response letter (Form 14764) to the IRS within 30 days of the date of the penalty notice.
Based on these updates, we understand that the IRS plans to issue the 2015 employer mandate penalty notices at some point during the next 7 weeks, and employers in receipt of those notices will have a fairly brief timeframe to provide response letters to the IRS contesting the notices. With that in mind, it is important that an employers are able to quickly identify any receipt of a Letter 226J, and have the necessary resources and tools to quickly and adequately prepare a response to the IRS contesting any erroneous penalties identified therein.
With that in mind, please plan to join us for a review of the employer mandate assessment and appeals process at our next monthly webinar series installment on November 29th. For those who have not already done so, you may sign up for our monthly consulting webinar series by registering at the following site: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7367844288465915905
If you have any questions or comments, please email us atsupport@mybenefitschannel.com. We hope to "see" you all there!
Transparency in Coverage: Machine Readable Repository for Municipal Health Benefit Program (MHBP)
Access to Machine-Readable Files (MRF) provides consumers, employers, researchers, and third-party developers with detailed pricing information for all covered items and negotiated rates among in-network providers and out of network claim data. This repository contains Machine Readable Files (MRF) for the Transparency in Coverage final rule. All machine-readable files must conform to a non-proprietary, open standards format that is platform independent and made available to the public without restrictions that would impede the re-use of that information.
Link: https://mhbp.mrf.payercompass.com.
Open Enrollment/ACA Reporting Requirements
Municipal Health Benefit Program
The League's Municipal Health Benefit Program provides medical, dental and vision benefits to employees and officials. The advantage of being a part of the large group has enabled cities over the years to maintain a relatively stable cost for this important fringe benefit for municipal officials and employees in an era of soaring medical costs. Premium reports are processed by the League staff.
Other programs such as the Municipal Officials AD&D Plan and life insurance and AD&D plans for both officials and employees are available through the League at group rates.
Phone Numbers
Electronic Claims Filing Number (EDI)
Pharmacy Benefit Information
Member Assistance:
Medimpact is the pharmacy benefit manager for MHBP. Medimpact offers online tools to help locate participating pharmacies, as well as to help you make informed choices regarding your options. You’ll need your prescription drug card to register. Go to www.medimpact.com to visit the Medimpact member portal. Once you register, you can sign into your account where you can check drug prices, view benefit highlights, and view your prescription history.
Phone Numbers:
For members having general questions about MHBP’s prescription drug coverage, please contact our Rx Help Desk at 1-833-339-8401, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm CST.
Provider Assistance:
Providers needing assistance with prior authorization management for selected medications, should also contact EBRx at 1-833-339-8401, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm CST.
MHBP Member Portal
NEW: MHBP now offers a portal for members to manage their healthcare and benefit plans online. Visit https://mhbp.arml.org to set up your account. For more information on the portal and how to set up your account, download the MHBP Member Portal Flyer.
MHBP Information Center
MHBP Forms - Right-click to download data-fillable PDFs
MHBP Wellness Center
ACA Tax Reporting Requirements for Municipal Entities
Below are links to the forms 1094-B, 1094-C, 1095-B and 1095-C as well as instructions for those files from the irs.gov site:
ACA Assistance from AML Partnership with American Fidelity Assurance and Five Points ICT
IRS Announces Procedure for 2015 Employer Mandate Penalty Assessment/Appeal
The IRS recently updated their website Q&As to provide more detailed guidance regarding the 2015 employer mandate penalty assessment and appeal process. (These updated Q&As #55-58 are available here) While the update provides employers with a detailed overview of the assessment and appeals process, below are a few considerations that employers should be mindful of now, before any penalty notices are mailed:
Based on these updates, we understand that the IRS plans to issue the 2015 employer mandate penalty notices at some point during the next 7 weeks, and employers in receipt of those notices will have a fairly brief timeframe to provide response letters to the IRS contesting the notices. With that in mind, it is important that an employers are able to quickly identify any receipt of a Letter 226J, and have the necessary resources and tools to quickly and adequately prepare a response to the IRS contesting any erroneous penalties identified therein.
With that in mind, please plan to join us for a review of the employer mandate assessment and appeals process at our next monthly webinar series installment on November 29th. For those who have not already done so, you may sign up for our monthly consulting webinar series by registering at the following site: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7367844288465915905
If you have any questions or comments, please email us atsupport@mybenefitschannel.com. We hope to "see" you all there!
Transparency in Coverage: Machine Readable Repository for Municipal Health Benefit Program (MHBP)
Access to Machine-Readable Files (MRF) provides consumers, employers, researchers, and third-party developers with detailed pricing information for all covered items and negotiated rates among in-network providers and out of network claim data. This repository contains Machine Readable Files (MRF) for the Transparency in Coverage final rule. All machine-readable files must conform to a non-proprietary, open standards format that is platform independent and made available to the public without restrictions that would impede the re-use of that information.
Link: https://mhbp.mrf.payercompass.com.
Open Enrollment/ACA Reporting Requirements