General News
Published November 18, 2019
For groups with fully insured plans
Form 1095-B is a health insurance tax form required under the Affordable Care Act. This form reports the time period plan members had minimum essential coverage during the prior tax year. If your group plan is fully insured, your employees and their covered dependents will use this form to file their taxes.
What we'll be doing
Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska will provide Form 1095-B to your employees and their covered dependents, as required.
This form will be distributed to members in January 2020 either through the mail or electronically. Members who sign up for electronic delivery will receive an email notification to retrieve the form from their online member account once it’s available. Those who sign up for electronic delivery will not receive a paper form in the mail.
How you can help your employees make tax season easier
Electronic delivery is fast and easy! Tell your employees how they can make tax season easier by getting their Form 1095-B online. We make it easy for you to do that with ready-to-share messages and a flyer. Log in to the secure employer website and select the link to the Employee Communications Center. Then select Understanding costs in the left-hand column, then Form 1095-B.
Electronic delivery signups must be submitted by December 31, 2019, to take advantage of this opportunity.