Mike L Newman-George Petersen Ins

Well, it's official....Shaw & Petersen is now a part of George Petersen Insurance. Retirements happen and the team(including me) at Shaw & Petersen is moving over to 4th & E Streets later this month(late April or early May dependant on COVID-19). We are looking forward to seeing all our customers in our new office this summer. We will be giving you the same great service & some added new services that will be available. I will keep using my same office phone 707-443-0845 and my email address of [email protected].

I heard more conflicting statements made by the Presidential candidates regarding that testing for the Corona Virus should be free to everyone. Well, GOOD NEW...S! It IS a free benefit, at least in California as of last Friday, March 6. The following is a excerpt from an email send by Blue Shield of CA: "Starting immediately, Blue Shield is waiving all cost-sharing and any prior approval for COVID-19 testing prescribed by a physician. This includes cost-sharing for hospital, urgent care, emergency room, and office visits where the visit is to screen or test for the virus. Blue Shield will also not require prior authorization for medically necessary emergency care, consistent with our current practice. This benefit update applies to members living in California and out of state. Members are our top priority and to remove barriers to care, Blue Shield of California will process claims as a preventive benefit with $0 cost-sharing for ASO enrollees unless the self-funded plan sponsor notifies us that they would prefer to opt out of this change."

EMPLOYERS: Offering Vision Benefits is a very good employee retention tool.