This came from The Hill, commenting on a report from Richard Foster, Chief Actuary at CMS. Foster’s report raised doubts about whether Healthcare providers could remain profitable with the almost 1/2 Trillion in Medicare cuts over the next 10years. If providers stopped accepting Medicare, politicians would be pressured to scale back the cuts in order [...]
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CMS Report Raises Doubts over Medicare Savings Claim
Posted in News on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Update on Medicare Advantage Enrollment Assistance Demonstration Project
Posted in CMS, MA Enrollment Demo, Medicare Advantage, News on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A few months ago, I blogged about Medicare looking to set up a Demonstration Project where they would perform enrollment and disenrollment functions in select states or regions. I don’t want to repeat what I wrote, so you can find the original blog post here. I emailed CMS several times to follow up on this [...]
Alert: Using the Proper Enrollment Coding for Medicare Beneficiaries who Lost their Medicare Advantage on December 31st, 2009
Posted in All, Enrollment Periods on January 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Special Election Period (SEP) for those who LOST their Medicare Advantage plan as of 12/31/09 will be ENDING on 1/31/2010. The SEP will allow them to enroll into a Medicare Advantage plan either WITH or WITHOUT Prescription Drugs REGARDLESS of whether or not the currently have a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. Example: A Medicare [...]
Predictions for 2010
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, All, Website on January 6, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I guess everybody’s doing it, so, just for fun, here are my 10 predictions for 2010: Health care reform does not pass by the SOTU. Financial S&P Stock index rises by more than 20%. (Bonus: this will outperform the S&P 500). GDP will grow by more than 3.5% in 2010. Total Medicare Advantage enrollment increases [...]
Recorded Webex Training on Open Enrollment Period (OEP) Now Available for Playback
Posted in All, Enrollment Periods, Medicare Advantage on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I recorded a Webex training I did earlier today on the Open Enrollment Period. The training lasts about 22 minutes and was designed to assist agents in learning what plans can be offered to clients during the Open Enrollment Period. Click here to listen to the playback!
President; Senate and House Leaders looking to Fast Track Health Care Reform
Posted in All, News on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It appears that the final version of Health Care Reform will not be worked on in the usual bi-cameral conference committee. Instead, the White House and Senate and House leaders will craft a compromise together in order to get the bill together before the President’s State of the Union speach. C-SPAN is looking to televise [...]
Mayo Clinic in Glendale, Arizona will No Longer Accept Medicare for Primary Care
Posted in News on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is a problematic trend which hopefully won’t continue, but the Glendale, Arizona branch of the Mayo Clinic stopped accepting Medicare as payment for Primary Care effective 1/1/2010. This is due to the lower reimbursements which Medicare provides relative to Private Insurance. This will impact about 3,000 Medicare Beneficiaries. You can read the full Wall [...]
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