Beginning February 1, 2010, Cigna will no longer be selling their Private Fee For Service (PFFS) plans during O.E.P. Ritter Marketing has scheduled a webinar for Tuesday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. to discuss options available to agents in the state of Virginia. The two carriers discussed will be Optima and Universal American. Optima offers [...]
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Attention Virginia Agents! Looking for a Product to sell during OEP?
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, Education/Training, Optima Health, Training/Certification, Universal American Companies, Virginia on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Aetna Medicare Resource Center
Posted in Aetna, Education/Training on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Aetna Medicare Resource Center (AMRC) is a self-service website for Aetna’s business partner firms (i.e., General Agents and FMOs) and independent producers who sell individual Medicare products. Reasons to use AMRC: View information about Medicare Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug Plans (PDP) offered in your region Check status reports of your Medicare applications submitted to Aetna [...]
Change in Connecticut State Law would Allow Thousands of Medicare Beneficiaries to Qualify for Medicare Savings Program
Posted in Connecticut, Enrollment Periods, News on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Medicare Savings program is a Federal-State program which pays the Part B premium on behalf of a Medicare Beneficiary. It’s not full “Dual” eligibility, but it will save a Medicare Beneficiary over $1,000/year in Part B premiums. IN ADDITION, by qualifying for the Medicare Savings Program, a Medicare Beneficiary would automatically qualify for “Low [...]
Massachusetts Senate Race Could have Big Impact on Health Care Reform Bill
Posted in News on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Special Election being held in Massachusetts this coming Tuesday could have a big impact on whether Health Care Reform (in it’s current form) makes it to the President’s desk any time soon. MA State Senator and Republican Nominee, Scott Brown is running neck and neck with Martha Coakley, the current MA State Attorney General [...]
Earn Double Points Credit toward a Bermuda Cruise with Baltimore Life Final Expense Products
Posted in All, Baltimore Life, Final Expense Life on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Baltimore Life’s 2011 Leaders Conference is underway and you can earn DOUBLE POINTS for continuous pay Life Products submitted now through February 26th, 2010. For more information on this incentive trip, go to our Baltimore Life page and click on “Incentives”! You can also learn more about Baltimore Life’s products and “InSpeed” application process on [...]
Cigna Medicare Services Notifies CMS of Closure of the Cigna Medicare Access (PFFS) for New OEP Enrollments effective February 1st, 2010
Posted in All, Cigna, Medicare Advantage, Uncategorized on January 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This move only will impact Open Enrollment Period (OEP) sales for the months of February and March. It will not affect new enrollments using SEP or ICEP codes. Also, this does not impact it’s other Medicare Products, only PFFS. You can find the complete announcement from Cigna in the Agent Use Only portion of my [...]
Medicaid Benefit Cuts hit Tennessee’s TennCare Program
Posted in News, Tennessee on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Facing budget issues, Tennessee’s Medicaid program is seeking approval from CMS to cut services to it’s Medicaid members. Cuts would limit benefits for inpatient hospitalizations to $10,000 per year, limit the number of non-emergency hospital and primary care doctor visits to 8, eliminate physical, occupational and speech therapy and eliminate hospice care. If approved, the [...]
Democratic Leaders Considering Expansion of Medicare Tax to Fund Healthcare Reform
Posted in All, News on January 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Here is the article from the LA Times. Medicare Taxes are currently applied only to “earned income”. This proposal would apply the Medicare Tax to “unearned income”, things like Dividends, Capital Gains, Interest Earned, etc. This expansion of the Medicare Tax would primarily hit two groups: the affluent and Seniors. Seniors are largely exempted from [...]
Molina Medicare – 2010 Product Certification for all Michigan counties on January 28th 2010
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, Education/Training, Michigan, Molina Medicare on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Molina Medicare Plans offer competitive products that you can market year round with rich value adds to meet your customers needs Such as… Prescription Drug coverage Comprehensive and Preventative Dental Hearing Services Vision exams and Eye wear Transportation More… To learn more about Molina Medicare Plans and 2010 product cerification come to Molina’s seminar on [...]
CLASS Could Create an LTC Insurance Supplement Market
Posted in All, Long Term Care on January 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is from the National Underwriter. The Community Living Assistance Services and Support (CLASS) Act will provide a nominal amount of Long Term Care insurance coverage. The CLASS Act is a part of the Health Care Reform bill, so it isn’t clear at this point what this will ultimately look like. There may be a [...]
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