by Jason Yoo | Jun 4, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
The costs of COVID-19-related care that was provided to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries between April 2020 and December 2020 totaled $6.3 billion, according to researchers. “Treatment after COVID-19 diagnosis is not free; payment is shared by patients,... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 4, 2021 | Medicare, news
CenterWell Senior Primary Care is participating in a new federal population health program that will allow CenterWell to extend and enhance its care-team approach for Original Medicare beneficiaries. CenterWell, which operates 67 payer-agnostic primary care centers... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 4, 2021 | Medicare Supplement, news, Uncategorized
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 Jason Yoo | May 26, 2021 | news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, announced it has acquired PSI Groups (“PSI”), a leading insurance marketing organization (IMO) based in Celebration, Florida. As part of... read more
by Jason Yoo | May 26, 2021 | Medicare Advantage
CSG Actuarial compiled the following Medicare Advantage and PDP enrollment highlights. Medicare Advantage Enrollment by Plan Type Plan TypeEnrollment HMO/HMO-POS16,066,045 Local PPO 9,570,866 Regional PPO942,516 1876 Cost177,201 PFFS58,292 Source: Monthly Report by... read more
by Jason Yoo | May 26, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
Bright Health Group recently announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered... read more
by Jason Yoo | May 26, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
As the coronavirus pandemic kept people home last year, just over 1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries had a telehealth visit with a doctor or other health professional between the summer and fall of 2020, a new KFF analysis finds. Once limited to beneficiaries living in... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | May 25, 2021 | Competitive Intelligence, Insurance Industry, Medicare Supplement, news, Uncategorized
CompanyEffective DateAverage Increase Comments AARP - UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company 6/1/20215.4%Virginia Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 7/1/20214.2%Missouri American Retirement Life Insurance Company (CIGNA) 7/1/20219.0%North Dakota Assured Life... read more
by Jason Yoo | May 20, 2021 | Medicare Supplement, news
CSG Actuarial has compiled information from the NAIC* and other sources and is reporting that total earned premiums in the Medicare Supplement market in 2020 totaled $35.1 billion, a 3.2% increase over 2019. A few other notes of interest: The total Medicare Supplement... read more
by Jason Yoo | May 20, 2021 | news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, announced it has acquired Anthony Insurance Agency (“Anthony Insurance”), a field marketing organization (FMO) based in Boca Raton,... read more
by Jason Yoo | May 20, 2021 | Medicare Supplement, news
Senate Bill 1143 was recently passed by the Idaho Legislature and signed by the Governor. The Bill amends Idaho code relating to Medicare Supplement policies and standards. The Bill contains two major changes that will impact the Medicare Supplement market in... read more
by Jason Yoo | May 20, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
Zing Health Enterprises, a physician-founded-and-led provider of Medicare Advantage health plans, has signed definitive documents to acquire Lasso Healthcare Insurance Co. The acquisition gives Chicago-based Zing Health a national footprint to reach diverse... read more
