Medicare Planning
Medicare planning news and analysis, including coverage of the Medicare Advantage program, Medicare supplement insurance, the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly plans.
November 09, 2004
NAIC Questions Federal Consumer Notice DraftState insurance regulators are talking about what they say is misleading language in a proposed Medicare drug benefits notice.[@@]The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, ...
October 13, 2004
GAO Criticizes Medicare Test PPOsByThe Government Accountability Office is criticizing the performance of Medicare preferred provider organization test plans.The report, requested by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the most senior ...
October 13, 2004
A Better Way To Cover Retiree Drug CostsByMany large and midsize employers are excited about the new federal subsidy for qualified retiree pharmacy programs.But benefits advisors should make sure to inform clients ...
October 04, 2004
PPO Group: Medicare Test Plans Not Real PPOsNU Online News Service, Oct. 4, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EDTThe American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations, Jeffersonville, Ind., says bad test program design may ...
September 29, 2004
AHIP: Medicare Test PPOs Were HelpfulNU Online News Service, Sept. 29, 2004, 5:35 p.m. EDTAmerica's Health Insurance Plans, Washington, has criticized a new government report that attacks the performance ...
September 28, 2004
GAO Attacks Medicare Test PPOsThe U.S. Government Accountability Office has published a report that blasts the results of2 Medicare preferred provider organization test programs.[@@]The report, requested by Sen. ...
September 14, 2004
Rural Senators Want Larger Medicare PPO RegionsSenators from rural states are wrestling with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, over the size of the regions for the new ...