by Doug Feekin | Aug 24, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
CSG Actuarial has compiled key enrollment information on Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement from GoHealth Inc.’s 2nd Quarter 2021 Financial results. GoHealth Medicare Segment 2nd Quarter 2021 Enrollment Highlights: Medicare Advantage new approved members... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 24, 2021 | news
Integrity Marketing Group announced it has acquired leading brokerage general agency (“BGA”) One Resource Group (“ORG”), located in Roanoke, Indiana. As part of the transaction, Todd Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of ORG, will become a Managing Partner in Integrity.... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 19, 2021 | Medicare, news
New data released today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) shows more than 2.5 million people enrolled in health coverage on HealthCare.gov and state Marketplaces during the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2021 Special Enrollment Period (SEP), which... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 19, 2021 | Medicare, news
Medicare has been paying new hospitals three times the amount these facilities would have received if their capital costs were handled through the standard Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), according to a recent Office of Inspector General audit. Over a... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 18, 2021 | news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, announced it has acquired Berwick Insurance Group (“Berwick Insurance”), an independent marketing organization (“IMO”) based in Tucson,... read more
by Doug Feekin | Aug 18, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
CSG Actuarial has compiled key membership information on Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement from eHealth Inc.’s 2nd Quarter 2021 financial results. eHealth Medicare Segment 2nd Quarter 2021 Membership Highlights: Medicare Advantage new approved members... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
This week, LIMRA updated its sales forecast for U.S. retail life insurance sales for 2021. Since October 2020, when the original forecast was published, three COVID-19 vaccines were given emergency approval and distributed, two federal relief packages were passed and... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
AmeriLife Group, LLC, a national leader in developing marketing, and distributing annuity, life, and health insurance solutions, has acquired The Mailing House, LLC, d/b/a Your Family Bank, a leading personal financial education, planning and management advisory.... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 10, 2021 | Medicare, news
The average Part D premium is projected to increase by nearly 5% from $31.47 to $33 in 2022. Thursday’s announcement comes as Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are making moves to address drug prices on Part D, the program’s prescription... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 10, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news, Uncategorized
For 2nd quarter 2021, CVS Health reported Medicare Supplement member in-force counts of 1,193,000, up 47,000 from 1st quarter 2020 and 239,000 over the past 12 months. The 47,000 increase in membership during 2nd quarter 2021 was 15% higher than the membership growth... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 10, 2021 | news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, announced it has acquired Star Benefit Associates, a fast-growing field marketing organization (“FMO”) based in Indianapolis, Indiana. As... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 5, 2021 | Medicare, news
The Biden administration has finalized a rule that gives hospitals an overall $2.3 billion for the 2022 fiscal year that begins in October and scraps a proposal for hospitals to disclose Medicare Advantage rates. The final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment... read more
