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Employee Benefit News for School, City and County Employers

Valerie Ortiz

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Over the past 20 years, Valerie Ortiz has worn many hats at National Insurance Services. She currently heads up NIS’ Marketing Team where she helps to create and execute employee benefit communications based upon our public sector clients’ needs. Valerie brings order to the chaos and has a zeal for detail and a talent for organization.

Recent Articles by Valerie Ortiz

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Healthcare.gov gets a new IT boss

The Department of Health and Human Services announced former top Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene will succeed Jeff Zients as the leading manager overseeing operations of the Healthcare.gov website,...

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As Dec. 23 deadline for insurance sign-ups loom, HHS reassures customers

The Obama administration set a Dec. 23 deadline for shoppers to ensure they receive coverage by Jan. 1, 2014, a date that has many Americans skeptical. However, a recent statement from the Department...

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KY closes down health insurance exchange copy-cat website

Sites copying the Kentucky state-run ACA insurance site are being shut down in the midst of a confusing gray area between a comprehensive and functional Kynect website and erroneous, back-end issues,...

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Insurance agents want to help federal insurance exchange website

Insurance agents around the country say they feel helpless to assist their clients in obtaining coverage through a Healthcare.gov plan while also earning their commissions due to the structure of the...

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Healthcare.gov back end issues still complicate enrollment

Ten days after the Obama administration's self-imposed deadline of Nov. 30 to fix technical glitches disrupting the Affordable Care Act's website Healthcare.gov, customers assert problems still...

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FL company promotes workers to comply with ACA

As deadlines near for companies to "play or pay," a term coined by media organizations to describe the penalties associated with a business's failure to comply with Affordable Care Act provisions,...

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PA healthcare enrollee figures grow

Health insurance numbers rose by more than 10,000 in Pennsylvania during November through the Healthcare.gov website, according to Daily Local Business. Insurers in the state expect figures to...

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NC state-run exchange numbers rising

Federal officials announced North Carolina is one of the states seeing enrollment figures for the Affordable Care Act boost as residents seek coverage before the Dec. 23 deadline, according to the...

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More than 15,000 Healthcare.gov submissions lost

Technical issues associated with the Affordable Care Act's federal insurance exchange website may be nearing an end, but not before 15,000 user submissions were lost in translation, according to The...

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ACA enrollment faster in state exchanges than Healthcare.gov

Despite contentious technical issues surrounding state and federal Affordable Care Act exchange sites, the Obama administration announced more than 365,000 Americans have sought coverage through the...