Here are a couple of links to resources on the recent meetings of the Senate Finance Committee’s discussion of Health Care Reform: Here is an article written by Medicare Advantage News which gives an overview of the discussions. Here is a 4 page “abridged” paper which comes directly from the Senate Finance Committee. Here is [...]
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Comments on Senate Finance Committe’s Papers on Health Care Reform
Posted in News on May 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Information on State Specific Laws Concerning Medicare Supplement (Medigap) Underwriting for those on Medicare Due to Disability (Under Age 65)
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, Website on May 20, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I’ve also been working on a webpage which will provide “State Specific” guidelines for agents who are asked about Medigap insurance for those who are on Medicare under the age of 65. In many cases (I think Illinois is the notable exception), the insurance company will pay little to no commission to the agent, however, [...]
Molina HealthCare Will Be Facilitating A Live Broker Training for Utah (UT) Agents June 24, 2009
Posted in 2009 MA Plans, Insurance Companies, Marketing MA Plans, Medicare Advantage, Molina Medicare on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Utah Agents, come meet your new Broker Account Manager. Click “Events Calendar” for registration.
Information on Medicare Excess Charges
Posted in Medicare Supplement on May 20, 2009 | 12 Comments »
How Medicare plans cover excess charges and which States do not allow providers to charge more than Medicare allows.
Report says Medicare underestimates extent of its payment errors
Posted in News on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Inspector General estimates that Medicare might waste $2.8 billion/year in payments to medical equipment suppliers. Here is the full AP story.
Senate Finance Committee Mulls Taxing Alcohol, Sugary drinks to pay for Healthcare Reform
Posted in News on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Senate is mulling over 40 pages a “Revenue Raising” items (formerly called taxes) to raise the funds to pay for Health Care Reform which is slated to come later this summer or early fall. Here is the article from the AP.
Universal American (Today’s Options) Remains Committed to the Private Fee for Service Market in 2010
Posted in American Progressive, Pyramid Life, Universal American Companies on May 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Universal American renewed it’s commitment to the Private Fee for Service Marketing for 2010. According to the CEO, Richard Barasch, speaking in a recent investor call, “For 2010, we expect to bid in all of our current MA markets, including PFFS counties. We go into this bidding season with a favorable trend in our benefit [...]
Ritter Insurance Marketing Finishes “Future of Medicare” Seminars for Pennsylvania; More Meetings Scheduled Soon!!
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, Medicare Advantage, News on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I finished the PA portion of my “Future of Medicare” series which touches on the changes in the Medicare Advantage Market which will impact about 11 million Medicare Beneficiaries on January 1st, 2010. In addition, I touch on the changes to the Medicare Supplement (Medigap) market which will be occuring on June 1st, 2010. In [...]
Coventry Releases Update on Agent’s First Year (Initial) Commissions
Posted in Coventry, Health America, News on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, Coventry released a broker news flash which updated agents on the status of First Year Commissions on January, February, March and April 2009 effectives. If you are a Coventry agent, you should have gotten this e-mail. Since this communication was for broker use only, I’m not going to post it here, but if [...]
Health Care Leaders Say President Obama “Over Stated” Their Commitment to Reducing Health Care Spending by $2 Trillion over 10 Years
Posted in News on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently, there is some confusion of exactly what the Health Care Leaders committed themselves to. I orginally blogged about this here. Seems that the Health Care Leaders intended to work towards a 1.5% reduction in the rate of increase in Health Care spending, but they didn’t seem to think they committed to a 1.5% reduction [...]
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