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Medicare Payment Advisory Council (MedPAC) Executive Director Comments on the Effects of Obama’s Budget Plans on Medicare Advantage Carriers

Posted in CMS, News on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

MedPAC is a government agency which advises Congress on matters relating to Medicare.  They are considered the “Gold Standard” for Medicare statistics and are supposed to be non-partisan.  See www.medpac.gov for more information on MedPAC. Kind of an odd website, but this is the only place I could find it.  Here is the Article.  There are some quotes from [...]

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CMS Issues 2010 Part D Stand Alone Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) Deductible and Co-Insurance Amounts

Posted in CMS, News on February 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »

4/7/2009 – EDITOR’S NOTE:  THESE NUMBERS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ADJUSTED.  SEE UPDATED POST HERE. Editor’s Note:  Click here for an update on agent use plan data. You can learn more about the Standard Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit by clicking here. Here are the 2010 numbers for the “Standard Benefit” for Medicare Prescription Drug Plans: Part D [...]

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Shenandoah Life’s CEO, Robert Clark, Retires after State Takeover, Sees “No Active Role”

Posted in Shenandoah Life on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here is the article.

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Craig will be hosting (2) webinars on March 3, 2009, one at 10AM and one at 1PM, our newly redesigned website

Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, Education/Training, Website on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For details on how to attend, visit our “Events Calendar”.

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Aetna will be hosting a webinar March 5, 2009, on “Aetna Medicare Resources Center”

Posted in Aetna, Education/Training, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For details on how to attend visit our “Events Calendar”.

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President Obama’s Budget Sinks Medicare Advantage Stocks

Posted in CMS, News on February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »

There are too many stories to post here, but this is one of the most concise descriptions of the Obama budget and the impact on Insurance Companies which offer Medicare Advantage plans . . .From the Wall Street Journal Online. Health Insurance stocks suffered double digit losses on Thursday, lead by Humana down almost 20%, [...]

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Shenandoah Posts Receivership Documents on its Website

Posted in Shenandoah Life on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

To view all of the documents, you can click here. Of most interest to agents would be the Cover Letter, the notice to agents and the Notice Regarding Hardship Request.

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Ritter Insurance Marketing to Launch Redesigned Website

Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, Website on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We are striving to bring the Independent Senior Market Insurance Agent the most Powerful and Useful website in the industry.  We’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback on our website from many of you and we appreciate the kind words! The upcoming release, we believe, will make navigating our website even faster and easier. Our target release [...]

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CMS Letter to Wellcare

Posted in Wellcare on February 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I had a large number of agents ask me for the “official” letter from CMS to Wellcare, so here it is:  cms_letter_to_wellcare

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CMS Issues Draft of 2010 Call Letter for Medicare Advantage and Part D Providers

Posted in CMS on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you follow this blog, you may recall that the original 2010 Draft Call Letter was published on January 8th, 2009.  Then the call letter was rescinded on January 22nd, 2009 and now the new Call Letter has been reissued (as of today).  This letter is used by Medicare Advantage and Part D providers in [...]

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