by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 30, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Supplement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2023 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs, and the 2023 Medicare Part D income-related monthly adjustment amounts. Medicare Part B Premium and...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 23, 2022 | Medicare, news
The recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act is good news for senior citizens on Medicare and for consumers enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance through the Marketplace. For people who have their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 23, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
Humana is bullish on future growth in Medicare Advantage (MA), its main line of business, in 2023 to bounce back from lackluster performance this year. The insurer also raised its profit outlook for 2022, sending its shares up some 8% since the news Thursday. The...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 16, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, news
Senior Market Sales® , has acquired Medicare Solutions Network, a Lisle, Illinois, Medicare agency known for its engaging educational Medicare workshops and exceptional customer service in the Chicago area. SMS President Jim Summers praised the success of husband-wife...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 16, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage
Researchers concluded that “MA beneficiaries received fewer low-value services than [traditional Medicare] beneficiaries, especially among MA beneficiaries enrolled in HMO products and those attributed to primary care organizations reimbursed within advanced...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 9, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage
Since 2006, the role of Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has steadily grown. In 2022, more than 28 million people are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, accounting for nearly half or 48 percent of the eligible Medicare...
