Carrier Updates
UnitedHealthcare strives to provide Medicare Advantage (MA) members with access to quality health care by contracting with a broad network of hospitals at affordable rates. Recently, you may have heard that UnitedHealthcare provided Duke LifePoint a comprehensive proposal more than two months ago to begin renewal negotiations.
***This just in from UnitedHealthcare*** A Special Election Period may be availble to members affected by a weather related emergency or major disaster.
Aetna has some exciting new announcements. December will have some exciting events happening cluding changes to the E-App and new products coming!
As we have passed the halfway mark into AEP, Anthem would like to say thank you for all of your efforts! There have been some longer than anticipated wait times when calling in for DSNP verification and Broker Support. Anthem is asking for your patience as one of their call centers was affected by the California wild fires and they had members of their Medicare team lose their homes and/or be displaced.
Effective January 1st, 2019 Assurity will be discontinuing their Simplified Whole Life product. The last day to get in an application is December 31st, 2019.
For the 2019 selling season Envision was requiring all applications be entered in online, in the broker portal. However after a few complaints and some issues with the broker portal, they are going to remove this requirement from agents.
Please be advised due to a system update, CMS has scheduled a black-out period from 8PM Friday, 11/9 through 6AM Monday, 11/15. During this time, WellCare wil NOT be receiving approval for applications.
Aetna's telephone interview and voice signature phone lines are temporarily unavailable.
Clear Spring and Eon Health will be conducting three drawings for agents who qualify and the prize is mileage reimbursement for Clear Spring Health/Eon sales appointments with Medicare beneficiaries. The maximum reimbursement will be $500 in the form of a gas card. The agent will have to validate the mileage to get the reimbursement.
Plus an 87 county expansion for HMO and DSNP plans! AND brand NEW STATE OF THE ART benefits! The plans to look at are Mediblue Preferred, Mediblue Extra (New plan for those on LIS), Mediblue DSNP.