by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 16, 2025 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 4th quarter 2024 financials on January 16th, reporting a 5,000 decrease in Medicare Supplement lives in 4th quarter. The UHC enrollment table below features Standardized and Modernized policy in-force...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 14, 2025 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Integrity Marketing Group, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has partnered with Reversus Insurance Solutions, an independent marketing organization based in the greater...
by Carrie Haubensak | Dec 19, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage
The Medicare Advantage program is undergoing its biggest shifts in more than two decades. Payers can take steps now to mount a strategic, agile response as the changes unfold. Brokers are vital to the Medicare Advantage (MA) ecosystem, representing 70 percent of MA...
by Carrie Haubensak | Dec 19, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage, news
The past couple of years have seen the sharp ascendancy of Medicare Advantage to now include more than half of all beneficiaries with Medicare coverage. The alternative to the traditional fee-for-service Medicare has proven popular with consumers due to...
by Carrie Haubensak | Dec 19, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
Virtually all enrollees in Medicare Advantage (99%) are required to obtain prior authorization for some services – most commonly, higher cost services, such as inpatient hospital stays, skilled nursing facility stays, and chemotherapy. This contrasts with traditional...
by Carrie Haubensak | Dec 19, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage, news
Medicare Advantage has steadily grown over the past decade, and now encompasses more than half of all seniors eligible for Medicare. However, over the past year, the industry has faced significant headwinds, which as stymied some payers’ expansion plans. These...
