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Coventry Health 3Q Net Down 49%, Co. Cuts ’08 View; Shares Fall

Posted in Coventry, Insurance Companies on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Coventry releases earnings report.

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Medicare plan drops 1,300 patients in Coos County, Oregon

Posted in Medicare Advantage, News, Oregon, States on October 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Here is the article.

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United Healthcare Releases Sales Appointment Confirmation Form

Posted in Insurance Companies, Marketing MA Plans, Medicare Advantage, United Health Care on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Use this form for all Sales Appointments. This does not need to be submitted with the application, but MUST be kept in the client’s file. If you are audited by CMS, you will need to produce this signed form. Here is the link to the form: Craig

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Health America released 2 new Client Prospecting Postcards for Agent Use

Posted in 2009 MA Plans, Coventry, Health America, Insurance Companies, Marketing MA Plans, Medicare Advantage, Pennsylvania, States on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here is the link for Coventry (Health America) CMS approved Marketing materials. See the 2nd and 3rd bullets under Health America for client prospecting postcards. Prior to using these cards, you must get approval from Amy Knight at Health America.

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Lawmakers seek probe of Health Net over marketing of Medicare plans

Posted in Insurance Companies, Medicare Advantage, News on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

CQ (10/20, Vadala) reports that House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), in an Oct. 14 letter to HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt, called on the CMS “to investigate potential marketing abuses by the health insurer Health Net, Inc.” In a statement, Reps. Dingell and [...]

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More CMS Guidance/Clarification of MIPPA law and 2009 Medicare Advantage Marketing Guidelines

Posted in CMS on October 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Here is the latest guidance/clarification which came out this past Friday. I’ll comment later if I have time! cms_guidance_10_17_2008

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2009 Medicare Advantage Commission Updates (2) – 10/20/2008

Posted in 2009 MA Plans, Aetna, American Progressive, Bravo, Cigna, Coventry, Geisinger Health Plan, Health America, Humana, Insurance Companies, Marketing MA Plans, Medicare Advantage, Optima Health, Pyramid Life, Unicare, Unison, United Health Care, Universal American Companies, Wellpoint on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Refer back to the previous blog post for information on how the first year v. renewal will be treated. Here is the latest, I expect to learn a lot more today and may update this at the end of the day. I have talked with every company as of Friday, so if there is no [...]

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