Firms court former Universal Health enrollees

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has shielded enrollees from the effect of a loss of coverage by automatically enrolling them in traditional Medicare and arranging for enrollees who had prescription benefits to be enrolled in a comparable Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, the company said in a statement on its website.

Allsup has tried to attract attention for its plan selection support service by distributing a national press release that includes answers to five questions commonly asked by plan participants, such as whether the stranded enrollees can switched to new Medicare Advantage plans or must enroll in the traditional Medicare program.

Medigap Advisors, which sells both Medicare Advantage plans and Medigap products, has put out a national press release that discusses how a consumer could use a combination of traditional Medicare and a Medicare supplement policy to replace a Medicare Advantage plan.

See also:

• UnitedHealth to be “very selective” exchange user
• Insurers win Medicare Advantage battle
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