by Carrie Haubensak | Jun 28, 2022 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has acquired Velocity Life Insurance Agency (“Velocity”), a rapidly growing independent...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jun 27, 2022 | Medicare Supplement, news
CompanyEffective DateAverage IncreaseComments AARP - UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company 7/1/2022 - 8/1/20224.8%New Jersey & Texas Accendo Insurance Company 3/1/20220.0%Nebraska Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 8/1/20225.3%Arkansas Aetna Health Insurance...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jun 23, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, news
Older Americans and their health care providers have settled into a steady pattern of using telehealth technology for nearly 1 in 10 outpatient appointments , a new analysis of Medicare data shows. That level of virtual visits persisted throughout the entire latter...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jun 23, 2022 | Medicare Advantage, news
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear UnitedHealthcare’s challenge to a federal rule requiring private insurers that administer Medicare Advantage plans to refund payments based on unsupported diagnoses in beneficiaries’ medical records. The 2014 rule...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jun 23, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare
On June 21, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that proposes to update payment rates and policies under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis services furnished to...
