by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 3, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
Hospital Indemnity products have grown in popularity within the ancillary market, especially for seniors. Features of senior-focused Hospital Indemnity products often cited as especially appealing or valuable (by Telos Actuarial) include: Simplified Underwriting...
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 3, 2024 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Medicare’s open enrollment window opens in a few weeks, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a broad look at the landscape around Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D before sign-ups begin. The agency announced Friday that average...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 26, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage enrollment has been on a steady climb for the past two decades following changes in policy designed to encourage a robust role for private plan options in Medicare. After a period of some instability in terms of plan participation and enrollment,...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 19, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
CSG Actuarial has compiled key enrollment information on Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement from SelectQuote, Inc.’s financial results for Calendar 2nd Quarter 2024. SelectQuote Medicare Segment Calendar 2nd Quarter 2024 Enrollment Highlights: Medicare...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 18, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Integrity Marketing Group, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, has partnered with Kalsi Insurance Agency, an independent marketing organization based in Rancho Cucamonga, California,...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 12, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
CMS is suspending new enrollment for a Centene Medicare Advantage subsidiary in Missouri after the company failed to meet the required medical loss ratio for three years in a row. MA plans are required to spend at least 85% of the money they receive on patient care...