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Membership Benefits

As a KTA/KTOB member, there are many benefits available. Discounts on hotel and car rentals, access to group health plans such as Anthem’s Blue Cross, attractive rates through new insurance partner Liberty Mutual, and other services.

  • Vote on our annual Kentucky-Bred awards including Horse of the Year and the coveted Broodmare of the Year
    As an owner/breeder or trainer member, you receive a vote in our annual Kentucky-Bred awards.  You will receive a ballot to your e-mail or if you do not provide an e-mail a ballot will be mailed to the address on file.
  • KTOB Certificates and Julep Cups
    As a KTA/KTOB member, if you breed a Kentucky-bred horse that wins a listed and/or black type stakes winner(s) during your membership year, you will receive a KTOB certificate. Additionally, if those horses won a graded stakes you will also receive a KTOB julep commemorating their accomplishment.
  • Weekly Industry News Updates
  • Hotel Discounts
    We have partnered with hotels in Lexington, Georgetown and Louisville to offer discounts to our members.
  • Car Rental Discounts
    As a member of the KTA/KTOB, you are entitled to automobile rental discounts.
  • Personal Insurance Coverage Discount
    Partnering with Liberty Mutual, our members and their employees can receive discounted rates for personal insurance coverage.  Liberty Mutual offers automobile, motorcycle, homeowner, condominium, renters and personal catastrophe insurance.
    If you are currently a member and have questions regarding this specific benefit, please contact Joey Doom at 859-286-8269 or joey.doom@libertymutual.com
  • Association Insurance Program
    One of the many benefits a KTA membership provides is the opportunity to take participate in the Anthem – KTA Group Employee Benefits Program.  Employers whose primary line of business is Thoroughbred related are eligible to take advantage of the program.  This Association Program has been in existence for over 25 years and is providing Group Employee Benefits’ coverage to over 175 Kentucky Domiciled employers.  These employers represent approximately 3,400 covered lives, joined together to take advantage of larger group pricing.
    Advantages:
    • The KTA Anthem program is not subject to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) community rating, which negatively impacts employers with between 2-50 employees
    • Our program includes coverage options for Medical, Life, Dental, Vision and Disability coverages
    • Premiums for all lines of coverage are processed on one monthly bill for your convenience
    • KTA utilizes the Anthem National Blue Card PPO Network, which offers in-network benefits to participating Blue Cross Blue Shield providers in all states
      *KTA Association Program is open for Kentucky domiciled employers contributing toward the cost of an employee’s coverage *
      If you are a member and would like to obtain more information or a proposal for the KTA Group Employee Benefits Program, please contact Jeff Truitt at 859-255-9455 or Jeff@bimgroup.us

Transparency in Coverage Final Rule Compliance

The Kentucky Thoroughbred Association Health Plan (the Plan) is required to provide certain information on a public website under a new federal government regulation, the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule (Rule).  The Rule is intended to make health care pricing information available to the general public so that the public (and researchers, legislators and regulators) can better understand the health care system and its costs so that health care spending can be controlled.

The Rule requires the Plan to post links to machine-readable files that contain information about the price of health care services. A machine-readable file is written in computer code and is an extremely large file. It is not intended to be downloaded without specialty software. The files do not contain Protected Health Information (PHI) about you or your family.

Links on this website provide machine-readable files for the Plan’s in-network negotiated rates and historical allowed amounts for out-of-network charges. The files attached to the links are maintained by Anthem and will be updated automatically each month.

In 2023, the Plan will post additional price comparison information intended to allow participants and dependents to see health prices and shop for certain services. Stay tuned for additional information.

If you have any questions about the Rule, you can read more information at
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/transparency-coverage-final-rule-fact-sheet-cms-9915-f

The link for the files is below and will allow you to search for your files using your Employer Identification Number (EIN). The EIN for the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association Health Plan is 61-6096328.

https://www.anthem.com/machine-readable-file/search

If you are a KTA/KTOB member and have questions regarding any of your membership benefits, please contact at our office (859-381-1414) or use our Contact Us form online.