Here is the story. Mercy had a huge Medicare Advantage Enrollment in 2010, if I’m not mistaken.
Archive for June, 2010
Coventry to Acquire Mercy Health Plan of Missouri
Posted in Coventry, Missouri on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Your Help is Needed! Please sign the Federal Web Portal Letter
Posted in Individual Major Med on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a link to view the sample letter for your Representative to urge HHS to include an option for consumers to contact an agent when using the Web Portal for Health Insurance.
Wellcare Health Plans has settled their dispute around their Medicaid business in Florida and some other states.
Posted in Florida, Insurance Companies, Insurance Products, Medicare, News, States, Wellcare on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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Wall Street Journal Covers New Medigap Options
Posted in CMS, Medicare Supplement, Medigap Modernization, Uncategorized on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been blogging about Medigap modernization for the better part of a year now, but I think you’d like to see if followed in the National press as well. Here is a good article from the Wall Street Journal blog on the new Medigap plans which started on June 1st.
Obama Signs Doc Fix for Medicare Physician Reimbursement for 6 Months
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, CMS on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kaiser Health News has some links to various news organizations who are following this story. Bottom line is that Doctors will get a 2.2% raise in pay. The June claims which were processed at a 21% reduction will need to be refiled. The 6 month fix puts this off until the month following the mid-term [...]
Craig Hosts a 3 Minute Demo of Medicareful.com
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, Uncategorized, Website on June 25, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Medicareful.com is a network of local insurance agents who submit Senior business with Ritter Insurance Marketing. Here is a brief demo of how Medicareful works!
Insurance Product Training – June 28th – July 2nd
Posted in Aetna, All, Baltimore Life, CMS, Education/Training, Final Expense Life, Genworth Companies, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, States on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week a number of senior and individual insurance product trainings are available. Expand your knowledge in Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, Final Expense and Individual products and in return grow your business. Registration is “one click” away at Ritter Insurance’s “Event’s Calendar”! (You must be logged in to register!) Monday, June 28th; Genworth Products for 2010 Medicare Supplement will be discussed during [...]
Medicareful.com Coming Soon!
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, All, Website on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ritter is almost ready to launch our preview of www.medicareful.com! Medicareful is a website designed to promote local agents who place business with Ritter Insurance Marketing. We will be sending out an email next week for agents to request participation in this website. To test the functionality of the beta site, you must use a [...]
Kaiser Publishes Trends in Medicare Advantage
Posted in 2010 MA Plans, Medicare Advantage, News on June 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Here is a link to the report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser is a great resource for Medicare information. There are number of charts and graphs which slice and dice the information in a variety of ways (premium, plan type, major carrier, market share, etc.) There are some tables at the end which drill [...]
House of Representatives Leader Wants Doc Fix Tied to the Jobs Bill
Posted in CMS on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Senate passed a “Stand Alone” Doc Fix this past Friday to restore funding to a 21% cut in Physician’s pay for Medicare. The House leader, Nancy Pelosi, would like to see the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule tied to other initiatives, like the jobs bill. These differences have created a stalemate where CMS is now [...]