by Jason Yoo | Jul 1, 2021 | news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, announced it has acquired Carolina Senior Marketing, a full service field marketing organization (FMO) headquartered in Cary, North... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jun 29, 2021 | Competitive Intelligence, Insurance Industry, Medicare Supplement, news
CompanyEffective DateAverage IncreaseComments Accendo Insurance Company 7/1/20213.0%Missouri Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 8/1/20215.7%Arkansas Aetna Health Insurance Company 8/1/20215.3%Colorado American Continental Insurance Company (Aetna)... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 24, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
Clover Health (NASDAQ: CLOV) (“Clover”), an innovative technology company committed to improving health equity for America’s underserved seniors, announces plans to nearly double its geographic footprint. The expansion, which is subject to CMS approval, will make... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 24, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) dedicated its new East Coast headquarters in Charlotte. The first phase of construction, which broke ground in August 2020 and is anticipated to be completed in 2022, will span nine floors and include 800,000 square feet of meeting and... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 24, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
Medicare Advantage company Alignment Healthcare today announced the expansion of its award-winning health plans its plan portfolio to include new Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plans in 28 markets nationwide beginning Jan. 1, 2022, pending regulatory approval.... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 24, 2021 | news, Uncategorized
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, announced it has acquired Montalto United Insurance Agency (“Montalto United”), an independent marketing organization (IMO) based in Fort... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 24, 2021 | Medicare Supplement, Uncategorized
A correction has been posted to the Plan F Premium Rate Scorecard published posted on June 4, 2021. The CSG Actuarial Premium Rate Scorecard™ provides an overall premium rate competitiveness ranking by company across all states, plans, ages, genders, households, and... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 17, 2021 | Medicare, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, announced it has acquired Theodore Group, a leading distributor of life insurance based in Kissimmee, Florida. As part of the acquisition,... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 17, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Overview The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced accelerated approval of a new Alzheimer’s disease treatment developed by Biogen called ADUHELM. This approval is significant in many ways. Aduhelm is the first novel therapy approved for... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 17, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) wants to change how Medicare Advantage (MA) benchmarks are calculated due to concerns that plans have not yielded net savings for Medicare. The recommendation, outlined in a report to Congress released Tuesday (PDF),... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 17, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
Humana Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire One Homecare Solutions (“onehome”) from WayPoint Capital Partners (WayPoint), the private equity affiliate of a New York-based family investment office. The acquisition will further advance... read more
by Jason Yoo | Jun 17, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Market Potential Alert, news
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) report that over 1.2 million Americans signed up for health insurance from the start of the 2021 Marketplace Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for consumers in HealthCare.gov States through March 31, including... read more