by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 10, 2023 | Insurance Industry, news
At the end of 2021, CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch laid out a strategic vision for the drugstore retail chain to expand beyond pharmacy services. During the company’s investor day more than a year ago, Lynch and company executives detailed plans to enhance the...
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 10, 2023 | Insurance Industry, news
Total U.S. death counts, from all causes, may still be considerably higher than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic started. Preliminary death figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the CDC had recorded 178,769 deaths occurring...
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 8, 2023 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Supplement, news
CNO Financial Group (parent company of Bankers Life & Casualty, Washington National, and Colonial Penn) reported 4th quarter 2022 Medicare Supplement sales of $10.4 million, 14% higher than sales in 4th quarter 2021. For the past 12 months CNO Financial Group...
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 8, 2023 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
For 4th quarter 2022, CVS Health reported Medicare Supplement member in-force counts of 1,363,000, up 18,000 from 3rd quarter 2022 and 78,000 over the past 12 months. The 78,000 increase in membership in 2022 is down more than 60% from the membership growth in 2021. ...
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 2, 2023 | Medicare Advantage, news
Medicare Advantage plan rates will increase by 2.09% next year, largely in line with analyst expectations but likely lower than payers had hoped. The 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice released Wednesday also includes some technical changes to the risk...