Travis Software Official Blog

As part of the definitive trend we covered in our last newsletter, states are enacting legislation affecting State Continuation. Minnesota has created a program to help subsidize the 35% of premiums not paid for by ARRA, although the QB interacts directly with the state government. Nevada has reduced the maximum administrative fee allowable from 125% to 110%. Read below for details and how we are planning to change TravisCobra and WebCOBRA.

Updated: 9/08/2009 – changed to reflect availability in the TravisCobra system.

As part of the ongoing system optimization work announced for WebCOBRA.com early in 2009, we have now implemented and improved the Letter Acceptance Process that has produced some impressive reductions in the amount of processing time needed to accept letters that have been generated.

The New York State Continuation Law has been modified and passed, granting qualified beneficiaries the right to 36 months of Continuation Coverage. This will add 18 months of coverage to a normal 18 months of the Federal COBRA period, and will allow 36 months of coverage for an under-20 employer.

Updated: 8/17/2009 – changed to reflect availability in the WebCOBRA.com system.

Updated: 8/13/2009 – changed to reflect availability in the TravisCobra system.

WebCOBRA has always allowed users to send one COBRA notification letter set to each qualified dependent; now you can easily send a packet to the entire QB Group (family) without modifying the letters!