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A Step-by-step Guide to Ensuring CMS Approves Your Marketing Materials
By Staff WriterYour preparations for the 2010 annual enrollment period (AEP) should, by now, be in full swing. This year's AEP may prove to be one of the most active since 2005-06, as more and more boomers reach qualifying age. In order to be at the top of
December 31, 2008
Medicare Part D: A Valuable Prescription Drug ServiceMedicare and Medicaid definitions are filled with jargon that is difficult for agents to understand, let alone explain to their clients. But you could be offering your clients a helping hand by describing Medicare Part D, a federal prescription drug
December 31, 2008
Understanding Medicare's Annual Election PeriodMedicare's annual election period -- the time between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31, when all Medicare Advantage health plans are open and accepting new members -- is an important opportunity, especially for those who have recently lost their job or retired and
December 31, 2008
A Step-by-step Guide to Ensuring CMS Approves Your Marketing MaterialsYour preparations for the 2010 annual enrollment period (AEP) should, by now, be in full swing. This year's AEP may prove to be one of the most active since 2005-06, as more and more boomers reach qualifying age. In order to be at the top of
December 31, 2008
Maximizing Sales in the Medicare Advantage Sales CycleThe latest Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) has rocked the Medicare industry, and many producers are just now having the opportunity to let the dust settle. So what does it all mean, and how do agents maximize sales in
December 31, 2008
MA, Med Supp, and Part D: 3 Markets, Countless ChallengesPeople often talk about Medicare as if it were one product. But the truth is that the three types of Medicare products that agents are able to sell -- Medicare supplement, Medicare Advantage (MA), and Medicare Part D -- are three very
December 29, 2008
Medicare Pays For Some Long Term Care: ReportThe Medicare system supposedly does not cover long term care, but it does pay for many post-acute-care services for seniors that are similar to long term care, a new report says.
December 23, 2008
Fed Agency Rates Nursing HomesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has for the first time rated each of the nation's 15,800 nursing homes that participate in Medicare or Medicaid.