Here is the article from Healthcare Finance News. Non-profit HMO, Senior Care Action Network or SCAN, will repay $190M to the state of California and $129M to the Federal government. SCAN commented on the settlement via a press release on their website. The investigation found no wrong doing reported on behalf of SCAN or it’s current or prior employees. Susan Hershman, an assistant U.S. attorney on the case, told the Los Angeles Times. “It was a mistake by the state of California.”
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California HMO to Repay $323M in Overpayments
Posted in California, CMS, News, SCAN on September 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
WellPoint Completes Acquistion of CareMore
Posted in Arizona, California, CareMore, Medicare Advantage, Nevada, Wellpoint on August 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here is a link to an article with more details. CareMore is a Medicare Advantage plan with membership in CA, AZ and NV.
Ritter Insurance Marketing Weekly Forum Updates
Posted in Uncategorized, Insurance Companies, Medicare Advantage, Royal Neighbors of America, Final Expense Life, Medicare Supplement, States, Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, California, Part D, Nevada, Family Life, All, KSKJ on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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Wellpoint to Acquire Caremore
Posted in Arizona, California, CareMore, Medicare Advantage, Nevada, Wellpoint on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This past Thursday, Wellpoint announced a deal to acquire Medicare Advantage provider, Caremore. Caremore operates in 3 states: CA, NV and AZ. Caremore has approximately 54,000 members. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, however, it has been reported that Wellpoint will pay $800 million for Caremore. The deal is expected to close before the end of this year.
For more details, see the Indy Star report on the story.
Ritter Weekly Forum Updates
Posted in American Continental, California, Insurance Companies, Iowa, Medicare Supplement, Medigap Rate Changes/Introductions, Minnesota, Montana, Mutual of Omaha, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, States, United of Omaha, United World on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ritter Insurance Marketing is committed to providing our agents with information about the insurance industry. Below are links to the lasted news in your state. (Must be logged into ritterim.zendesk.com/ to view forums)
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Molina Medicare – January 2011 National Broker Certification
Posted in California, Education/Training, Florida, Medicare Supplement, Michigan, Molina Medicare, New Mexico, States, Texas, Utah, Washington on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Molina January Training
Molina Medicare offers competitive products and benefit plans that you can market year-round with rich value-adds to meet your customers needs. Now that the AEP is coming to an end, come hear about the plans that Molina Medicare offers that can be marketed year around!
Space is limited so please make sure to RSVP to one of the Webinars or Live Trainings!
Click here for a full list of Molina Training events during January.
IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO PLEASE TEST YOUR BROWSER BEFORE YOU ATTEND YOUR FIRST WEB CONFERENCE!!!!
- Visit http://meeting.molinahealthcare.com/test/ to test your web browser for compatibility with the web conference.
Ritter Announces Emergency Webex Call for Agents in States Most Impacted by CMS Marketing Sanctions; States Included are California, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maine, New York, Arizona and Oregon
Posted in About Ritter Insurance Marketing, Arizona, California, CMS, Maine, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia on November 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Craig Ritter will be hosting a special webex presentation for agents who are impacted by CMS’ announcement on Friday that Health Net, Arcadian and Universal American will be placed on Marketing Sanctions.
The call will take place at 3pm EASTERN TIME (Noon PACIFIC TIME) on Tuesday, November 23rd. We apologize for the short notice, however, this announcement just came out Friday afternoon and we wanted to talk about it prior to the Thanksgiving Holiday to give agents time to take some action.
All agents are welcome to attend, but the call will focus on the states of California, Virginia, Texas, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maine, Arizona and Oregon, which are the states we believe are most highly affected.
To register for the meeting, please click here!
Anthem Blue Cross and UC Davis Medical Center Reach Provider Agreement on Medicare Advantage Plans
Posted in California, Wellpoint on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
UC Davis Medical Center serves more than 200,000 patients/year in the Sacramento County area.
Anthem Blue Cross and UC Davis Medical Center have reached an agreement which makes the UC Davis Medical Center an in-network provider for Anthem Blue Cross Medicare Advantage products.
Here is a link to the press release.
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CareMore Certification Meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona (AZ)
Posted in 2011 MA PLans, Arizona, California, Insurance Companies, Medicare Advantage, Nevada, Training/Certification on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
CareMore will be having two (2) certification meetings in Scottsdale, AZ.
- Tuesday, October 19, 2010 from 9:00AM to 11:00 AM
- Thursday, October 21, 2010 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Both will be held at their Care Center, 5525 N Scottsdale Rd.
Molina Medicare 2011 Medicare Advantage Supply Order Form Now Available
Posted in California, Florida, Michigan, Molina Medicare, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 2011 Medicare Advantage supplies are now available for agents to order for Molina Medicare. Click here for our supplies page to get the order form!