by Carrie Haubensak | Apr 6, 2023 | Insurance Industry, news
Senior Market Sales® (SMS) has entered the under-65 individual health market with its acquisition of O’Neill Marketing. The move also opens the Affordable Care Act (ACA) market to SMS’ parent company, Alliant Insurance Services. SMS’ more than 71,000 contracted...
by Carrie Haubensak | Apr 6, 2023 | Medicare Advantage, news
US health officials have issued a final rule that not only makes some changes to Medicare – including expanding access to behavioral health care and clarifying criteria guidelines – it cracks down on “misleading” advertisements. On Wednesday, the US Department of...
by Carrie Haubensak | Apr 6, 2023 | Medicare, news
A new federal report predicts the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will run out of money in 2031, a full three years later than the 2022 report. The Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds released an update on the status of the programs. The...
by Carrie Haubensak | Apr 6, 2023 | Medicare Advantage, news
CMS released a final Medicare Advantage payment rule that is more favorable for insurers than what the agency initially proposed. The agency announced a 3.3% increase in MA payments next year as opposed to a 1% increase put forward in an earlier draft, driven by the...
by Carrie Haubensak | Apr 4, 2023 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Supplement
The CSG Actuarial Premium Rate Scorecard™ provides an overall premium rate competitiveness ranking by company across all states, plans, ages, genders, households, and zip codes, based on actual Medicare Supplement quotes completed on CSG Actuarial’s Market Advisor...
