I listened to the Humana Conference call last night. I find this call to be most informative when it comes to gathering insights into what’s happening in Medicare Advantage. You can listen to the call if you like (it’s over an hour long). The one highlight I found most interesting was in a slide Humana put [...]
Archive for April 28th, 2009
Important Insights from the Humana Quarterly Conference Call
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Highlights of 2009 Medicare Advantage and Part D Enrollment Statistics
Posted in Medicare Advantage, News on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was looking at the overall enrollment statistics for Medicare Advantage recently. I like to compare April 1st to April 1st of the prior year, since this represents the changes which occurs during the AEP and OEP and provides an excellent “snapshot” into what’s happening with MA enrollments. Here are some highlights: Overall, Medicare Advantage enrollment [...]
CMS Releases Medicare Advantage Enrollment Data for April 2009
Posted in Medicare Advantage, News on April 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m publishing a link to the April 1st, 2009 enrollment data for agents to view the enrollment figures for various plans in your county. The spreadsheet is set up with filtering, so if you click on the down arrow for state and then county, you can filter the list exclusively for counties you work in. [...]
Chesapeake Administration will be moving from Oklahoma City to Nashville, TN
Posted in Chesapeake Life, Final Expense Life, Insurance Products, News, Uncategorized on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chesapeake will make the transition in three (3) phases starting May 1st, 2009, click below for complete details. chesapeake-final-expense-sales-news
Democrats Make Reconciliation Option Available to Pass Health Care Reform via Budget Process
Posted in News on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Essentially what’s happening here is by requiring $1 Billion in budget cuts in a $3.5 Trillion budget, the Democrats are able to use a reconciliation process which does not require 60 votes to stop debate in the Senate. Reconciliation is generally a process to make it easier for budget cutting, but is being used here [...]