The Wall Street Journal reports and what happens when Medicare Beneficiaries change residences. This can impact their Part D Prescription Drug plan or their Medicare Advantage plan. Medicare Beneficiaries would get a Special Election which allows them to move to a new plan, however, they need to be aware that there is a limited time [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Avoiding a Medicare Mishap, How Changing Residences Can impact Medicare Beneficiaries
Posted in All, Enrollment Periods, News, Part D on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
CMS Steps up Crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
Posted in All, CMS, News on September 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Health Care Reform bill included a large increase in funding for fight fraudulent payments in the Medicare and Medicaid system. USA Today reports on these new Federal powers.
Extending Our Hours!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ritter understands that AEP is right around the corner and is dedicated to bring our agents quality service. Starting today our Marketing team will be working extended hours to better serve your needs. We will be available until 4PM EST on Fridays and 7:30 PM EST on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the AEP. May you [...]
Insurance Product Training Sept. 20th – Sept. 24th
Posted in 2011 MA PLans, Aetna, All, Bravo, Coventry, Education/Training, Health America, Humana, Individual Major Med, Insurance Companies, Insurance Products, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, States, Universal American Companies on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another week with in-depth training that will prepare the senior insurance agent for AEP. AEP is right around the corner, so be ready by licensing and re-certifying now. The listed training sessions will help you do just that. Registration is “one click” away at Ritter Insurance’s “Event’s Calendar”! (You must be logged in to register!) Monday, [...]
Ritter Delivers a New Way for Agencies and FMO’s to Efficiently Deliver Appointment Paperwork
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, All, Website on September 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
UPDATED 9/25/2010: The bug which required clearing filters has been corrected! Now the webpage will automatically refresh with the correct information whenever a new link is clicked on. We now have a new way for recruiting FMO’s and/or Agencies to “push” licensing paperwork to their active agents or agent databases. By introducing our “Query String” [...]
NAIC Issues Model Draft Language on Implementation of PPACA Mandates
Posted in All, Individual Major Med on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The story is covered by the National Underwriter. This pertains to rescission, preventative services and lifetime/annual limits on policies for individual and group plans.
Humana Hires 180 for New Humana Cares Division
Posted in Humana, News on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The jobs are based in Tampa Bay and will focus on Disease Management for those with Chronic Conditions. Here is a link to the article.
Time Magazine Profiles New CMS Chief Donald Berwick
Posted in CMS, News on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a link to the article. Mr. Berwick was not confirmed by the Senate, so unless confirmed, his term will expire January 2012. In the meantime, he is charged with an ambitious project of cutting $500 Billion from Medicare and expanding the Medicaid rolls to cover an additional 16 Million people.
How to Rank #1 on Google for Medicare Relevant Keywords in Your Local Area
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, Website on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Revised by Craig: Since we have over 180,000 Medicare-Relevant URL’s we’d like to see indexed by Google for Medicareful.com, our developers are working on a method to allow Google to crawl our website. As such, we don’t believe it is practical or advisable to attempt this manually. Shortly we will be releasing some steps for [...]
Insurance Product Training Sept. 13th – Sept. 17th
Posted in Aetna, All, Baltimore Life, Coventry, Education/Training, Geisinger Health Plan, Insurance Companies, States on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another week with in-depth training that will prepare the senior insurance agent for AEP. AEP will be here before you know it, so be ready by licensing and re-certifying now. The listed training sessions will help you do just that. Registration is “one click” away at Ritter Insurance’s “Event’s Calendar”! (You must be logged in to [...]