by Kristin Steenson | Oct 8, 2018 | Flash Report, 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... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Oct 8, 2018 | Medicare Advantage
The 2019 Medicare Advantage data has been released and AEP starts next week. Do you have the tools you need to be ready? CSG’s Medicare Advantage tools include: Use MarketAdvisor to quote every available Medicare Advantage, Special Needs, and Part D plan. The... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Sep 28, 2018 | Dental
We are excited to announce our Senior Dental Market Projection report is now available. This comprehensive view of the dental industry includes current options for senior dental coverage, factors that influence the proportion of seniors with dental coverage, and... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Sep 14, 2018 | Competitive Intelligence, Medicare Advantage
We have several updates from the Medicare Advantage market this week. We are reading updates on the ruling in the UHC case on the Medicare Advantage overpayment rule, details on how 5,000 Medicare Advantage patients have lost access to their in-network provider, and... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Sep 7, 2018 | Competitive Intelligence
This week, we are reading updates on Humana’s Medicare Advantage results, a summary on how a practice known as retrospective chart review impacts the Medicare Advantage market, and details on AMA’s concern with Medicare Part D formulary changes. UPDATE 2... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Sep 4, 2018 | Competitive Intelligence
We are excited to announce our Senior Dental Market Projection report will be available soon. This comprehensive view of the dental industry will include current options for senior dental coverage, factors that influence the proportion of seniors with dental... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Sep 4, 2018 | Flash Report
Our summary below outlines how Medicare Supplement carriers are underwriting. Arterial Disease Heart AttackStroke Diabetes Dependent on Insulin Diabetes with Heart Attack Don’t Ask 60% 0% 0% 0% 24% Currently 0% 0% 0% 28% 36% 1-2 Years36% 88% 88% 16% 4% 3-5... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Sep 4, 2018 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
CompanyEffective DateAvg IncreaseComments Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 10/1/2018 -0.7% -4.0-0.0% ; varies by state American Continental Insurance Company (Aetna) 9/1/2018 0.0% Iowa ; varies by plan American National Life Insurance Company of Texas 9/1/2018... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Sep 4, 2018 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
CompanyMonthly PremiumAverage Rank Shenandoah Life Insurance Company $130.81 7.60 GPM Health and Life Insurance Company $131.72 3.60 Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Company $133.38 6.80 Continental Life Insurance Company Of Brentwood, Tennessee (Aetna)... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Sep 4, 2018 | Competitive Intelligence, Medicare Supplement
We are excited to release our 8th Annual Medicare Supplement Market Projection. Over 75 million individuals are expected to be enrolled in the Medicare program by 2027. This means that roughly 17 million more individuals will be added to the Medicare program over the... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Aug 24, 2018 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
This week, we have an update on Medicare Part D Coverage Gap, information on Google’s investment in Medicare Advantage with Oscar Health, and details on the changes made to Medicare Advantage under the Bipartisan Budget Act. We also have details on BrightFire,... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Aug 17, 2018 | Competitive Intelligence, Medicare Supplement
Last month CSG Actuarial reported the 2nd quarter 2018 Medicare Supplement enrollment results for United Healthcare. We now have updates from other market leaders Aetna, Humana, CNO Financial, and Torchmark, summarized below. In addition, we have added a section... read more