by Carrie Haubensak | Mar 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
CompanyEffective DateAverage IncreaseComments AARP - UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company 6/1/2021 - 7/1/20215.2%0% - 8.8%; Varies by state & plan Accendo Insurance Company 5/1/20213.0%Colorado Assured Life Association 4/1/20216.6%Kansas & Kentucky Asuris... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 18, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Humana Inc. announced today a new brand – CenterWell – to describe and connect a range of the company’s payer-agnostic health care services offerings. The first Humana-owned care services to adopt the new brand will be its senior-focused primary care facilities that... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 18, 2021 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
Pinnacle Financial Services (Pinnacle), announced its merger with Crowe and Associates, a field marketing organization (FMO) based in Brookfield, Conn. In May 2020, Pinnacle joined forces with AmeriLife, the national leader in marketing and distributing life, health... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 17, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, today announced it has acquired MERIT Insurance Services (“MERIT”), a leading brokerage general agency (“BGA”) based in Hartford,... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 17, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Aetna, a CVS Health Company, announced an agreement to provide members enrolled in Aetna Individual and Group Medicare Advantage plans access to Iora Health providers under the Iora Primary Care brand in Harris county, Texas. Under the agreement, which became... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 17, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
Sanford Health is no longer pursuing a merger with Intermountain Healthcare, a Sanford spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s Hospital Review March 15. Sanford Health is a health system that operates in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. ... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
So much data, so little time. Here’s a solution. CSG Actuarial’s newest resource is a report that simplifies your analysis of the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) markets. Use this data to track and analyze carrier/plan positioning... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 11, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
CSG Actuarial has compiled key information from GoHealth, Inc.’s 4th Quarter 2020 financial information, focusing primarily on their Medicare segment results. GoHealth 4th Quarter 2020 Highlights: Consolidated revenue for the Quarter totaled $446 million, up 55%... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 11, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Market Potential Alert, news
In the first two weeks of the 2021 Special Enrollment period (SEP), 206,000 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform. The SEP runs from February 15, 2021 to May 15, 2021. CMS plans to release a report on new plan selections for each month of the 2021... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 11, 2021 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, today announced it has acquired Copeland Insurance Group (“Copeland Group”). Headquartered in Longview, Texas, the Copeland Group is one... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 4, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
Cigna will acquire telehealth platform MDLive, the insurer announced Friday morning. Cigna has been a longtime partner of and investor in MDLive and will fold it into its Evernorth subsidiary, which houses its health services business. The deal is expected to close... read more
by Jason Yoo | Mar 4, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
It’s not a secret that the Medicare Advantage market is booming. At Anthem, for instance, enrollment in MA was up nearly 18% at the end of 2020 compared to the year before, reaching 1.4 million members. Total Medicare enrollment, including both MA and supplement... read more
