by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 27, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Life Insurance, news, Uncategorized
UnitedHealth Group on Wednesday started the life, health and annuity issuer earnings release season for the fourth quarter of 2021 — and its experience showed that the COVID-19 pandemic is still shaping how Wall Street sees the life and health world, almost two years...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 12, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage, news, Uncategorized
Humana slashed its forecast for how many Medicare Advantage members it expects to pick up in 2022, sending shares tumbling 19% on Thursday compared with the prior close. CEO Bruce Broussard said members were active shoppers during the most recent open enrollment...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 6, 2022 | Insurance Industry, news, Uncategorized
Molina covers some 4.8 million people in the U.S., but Medicaid is the payer’s flagship business, representing more than three-fourths of its members (and premiums). The program has grown because of the pandemic, causing some players in Medicaid markets to...
by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 15, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, news, Uncategorized
On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs, and the 2022 Medicare Part D income-related monthly adjustment amounts. Each year...
by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 3, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news, Uncategorized
For 3rd quarter 2021, CVS Health reported Medicare Supplement member in-force counts of 1,242,000, up 49,000 from 2nd quarter 2021 and 233,000 over the past 12 months. The 49,000 increase in membership during 3rd quarter 2021 was 11% lower than the membership growth...
by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 3, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news, Uncategorized
Humana reported 3rd quarter 2021 Medicare Supplement lives of 332,000, a 0.5% increase over 2nd quarter 2021 and a 0.2% increase over 3rd quarter 2020. The table below shows Humana’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts by quarter since 1st quarter 2017. Humana...
