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Get to know Geisinger's Preferred Advantage Rx plan in Pennsylvania. Read on to learn more about this plan.

As a Cigna broker, you want to exceed your clients’ expectations during the Open Enrollment Period (OEP) and that’s why Cigna is there to support you every step of the way.

Ready, Get Set, ENROLL! Anthem's AEP Sales Competition is live in Connecticut. View the post for details on this agent incentive.

This year when you sell Aetna, you can choose to travel or receive your reward payout. If you travel, you’ll get a voucher to redeem for a vacation wherever you like. See post for details and qualifications.

You already help your clients meet their Medicare supplement and dental needs. Why not get rewarded for the business you place with Mutual of Omaha? Place your business today and watch your marketing credits add up!

In today's interest rate environment, you may want to consider allocating a portion of your clients' fixed income investments to the Power 5 Protector Index Annuity. Click the post to learn more.

Get to know Geisinger's Preferred Complete Rx plan in Pennsylvania. Read on to learn more about this plan.

As a part of Wellcare's Supplemental Benefit key enhancements, the Flexible Spending Card (Flex Card) for DVH will be offered for Wellcare and Ascension Complete, and will be available on more plans across the country for 2022.

You work hard all year, but especially during the AEP/OEP season. Ameritas would like to show their appreciation by offering this great incentive! View post for details and qualifications.

This online resource is the newest addition to our services and was developed with input from agents and other experts to function as an easy-to-use and worthwhile resource.

Did you know Wellcare has not one, but two plans in the state of Vermont designed to offer an enhanced package of benefits for low income Seniors? View the VT benefit overview of the Plus and Assist Open PPO Plans now.

Empire is increasing the incentive from $50 to $100 for brokers who take the extra time and effort to complete and submit Health Risk Assessments (HRA) for new members enrolling in a D-SNP plan.

Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York is pleased to announce that they are maintaining a 5 STAR CMS Rating for their PPO products throughout 2022.

The Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) is an ideal time to encourage clients to add First Diagnosis Cancer insurance to their portfolio because it pairs well with most health insurance plans.

Take a look at the post for updates from Anthem in Connecticut.

To better protect your account within CignaforBrokers, users will be asked to update their security questions and answers upon login on the site. This began October 21.

Clover Health's brand new Broker Portal has gone live and is available for you to access! Please utilize the carrier's guide inside for any questions or concerns.

Good news for the start of AEP! Anthem's broker incentive for completion of the Health Risk Assessment (HRA) for new D-SNP Plans is increasing from $50 to $100!

By now, you understand the value of Cigna’s Medicare Advantage plans and their ancillary benefits. Once your customer enrolls in a Cigna Medicare Advantage plan, they can expect to have access to an entire team that is specially trained and available for new-to-Cigna customers.

AEP is here and will run until December 7! Maximize your earnings with CSB this AEP – they offer Medicare Supplement in 48 states, plus DC and have a full suite of Supplemental Health products.

Please be advised that a state of emergency was declared, impacting individuals in Hawaii. This declaration allows for a one-time Special Enrollment Period (SEP).

Please be advised that a state of emergency was declared, impacting individuals in Hawaii. This declaration allows for a one-time Special Enrollment Period (SEP).

Wellcare has identified an issue with the printed version of the 2022 New Jersey Wellcare Dual Liberty Summary of Benefits documents contained within the 2022 Enrollment Guide.

UPMC for Life earned an excellent 5 out of a possible 5 overall star rating for its HMO and PPO plans from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2022. And that’s not all. View the flyer inside for details.

Please be advised that a state of emergency was declared, impacting individuals in Michigan. This declaration allows for a one-time Special Enrollment Period (SEP).

Molina is here for you this AEP and wants to thank you again for joining them this year! They've listed the best ways to get in touch with their Medicare Broker Services team inside.

The 2022 Star Ratings are now available to order. Once you receive them, please replace the 2021 Star Rating in your MA and Dental kits with these 2022 Star Ratings.

Cigna's Flexible Choice Dental, Vision & Hearing is the perfect fit for Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) to add on to your Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage sales.

Click the post to find the listing of in-network hospitals for the state of Rhode Island. This is provided as a supplemental resource for your efforts when meeting with clients in the field.

Ascension Complete now offers 2 NEW PPO plans with MOOPs as low as $2,900. See a benefit example below of their 2022 PPO plans. Benefits may vary by service area.

As Wellcare continues to integrate their systems and processes, some systems previously utilized by brokers to obtain Medicare Advantage member enrollment and compensation data have been retired, specifically the legacy Centene Broker Portal.

EmblemHealth will reduce a portion of their New York Medicare sales team, but they are not leaving the Medicare market and will continue to sell their products both directly and through you as brokers.

Get to know Geisinger's Classic Advantage Rx plan in Pennsylvania. Read on to learn more about this plan.

Submitting enrollment applications with Clover Health is simple. See the post for tips & tricks from the carrier!

Sell and retain 22 or more NEW Medicare Advantage plans with 1/1/22 effective dates to earn FREE 2023 Certification Training from Empire!

Wellcare has received 5 Stars for select CY 2022 Medicare plans in California! This means certified Wellcare brokers have year-round opportunity to market / sell these plans.

Did you know? Most Clover plans will have a combined quarterly OTC/Grocery allowance. View the post to learn more.

Humana wants to make sure you take the time to review job aids and informational documents regarding your Humana sales tools via MarketPOINT University. View the post to learn more.

For a successful Annual Enrollment Period, please view this post to download a CT Broker Guide curated by Anthem.

Cigna wants to let you know that they are committed to protecting your Agent of Record status as Cigna ll as the commissions you’ve earned for the customers you’ve enrolled.

In addition to the Medicare Supplement and Dental incentives now available, Medico is announcing a Hospital Indemnity incentive for you. View post for details.

UPMC for Life earned an excellent 5 out of a possible 5 overall star rating for its HMO and PPO plans for 2022 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Humana is here to help members live better lives with benefits* like an over-the-counter (OTC) allowance to purchase approved health and wellness products, the Healthy Foods Card (HFC) to buy approved groceries, transportation to the doctor and programs to be active including Go365® and SilverSneakers®.

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has achieved the highest possible Medicare HMO plan rating in the nation - and right here in upstate New York for 2022!

Get to know Geisinger Gold's Secure Rx (DSNP) plan - benefits at a glance, prescription break-down, insulin and more. Read on to learn more about this plan.

AEP is just around the corner and Clover Health wants you to be fully prepared! See post for the 2022 Georgia Battle Card.

AEP is just around the corner and Clover Health wants you to be fully prepared! See post for the 2022 New Jersey Battle Card.

AEP is here! To ensure that you have the tools and resources you need to sell Wellcare Medicare products for Plan Year 2022, the carrier has created a one-stop-shop resources page.

Present your clients with a variety of SureBridge supplemental plan options designed to help them close coverage gaps and round-out their overall health coverage. When you do, you could earn $25 in addition to your commissions for every eligible plan issued!

Cigna's Medicare Advantage plans rank better than ever. For 2022, they expect 89% of their Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan (MAPD) customers will be in a 4 Star rated plan or higher – up 12% in just three years.

UHC is updating the Benefit Highlight Brochures and Shopping Sheets for all Medicare Advantage Plans to ensure accurate benefit information is available for consumers.

In an effort to better assist you, WellCare has shared PDF's of their 2022 benefit highlights for the state of Massachusetts. Click the post to view & download.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 Star Ratings for Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to help people with Medicare compare plans ahead of Medicare Open Enrollment, which kicks off on October 15.

CMS is particularly concerned with national advertisements promoting MA plan benefits and cost savings, which are only available in limited service areas or for limited groups of enrollees, as well as using words and imagery that may confuse beneficiaries or cause them to believe the advertisement is coming directly from the government.

Take a look at October news from AIG.

Have you completed your annual certification for plan year 2022? Get to know Geisinger's Classic Advantage No Rx plan in Pennsylvania. Read on to learn more about this plan.

Legal & General is excited to be expanding the ability for your clients to have more APS/exam-free approvals.

In an effort to meet the needs of all dual eligible seniors across the state, WellCare has launched the PPO Dual Liberty Open D-SNP PPO plan this year, specifically designed for "full dual" beneficiaries across Rhode Island.

Effective 1/1/2022, Memorial Sloan Kettering will become part of the Empire HealthChoice MA (HMO/HMO D-SNP/PPO) network.

The Sell More/Earn More Medicare Supplement Bonus is available for New York Plan G & N Enrollments with 10/1, 11/1, 12/1/21 and 1/1/22 Effective Dates.

Your UPMC for Life plan materials ordering site, Converge, will now allow you to customize marketing materials. Now they've made it even easier to create personalized materials and print them too!

Humana's goal is to provide health outcomes and health equity by addressing the needs of the whole person, co-creating solutions to address social determinants of health and health-related social needs.

With Anthem in Connecticut, If you submit an HRA (health risk assessment) with DSNP applications, your reimbursement is increasing from $50 to $100 per HRA for effective dates 11/1/2021.

The new WellCare Assist open PPO plan was launched this AEP in Vermont as part of WellCare's continued efforts to address the needs of all of your clients. Click the post to learn more.

Cooler days and changing leaves can only mean one thing … AEP is here! This new month brings some very exciting updates UPMC wanted to share with you.

With the upcoming AEP, humana wants to remind you of the availability for the Connection Hub mobile application. This feature allows you to use Connection Hub on the go as you are out in the field!

Effective 10/20/2021, premiums for the Grow-Up plan will increase. Electronic applications submitted on the Gerber Life Agent Portal on or after 10/20/2021 will be issued with the new rates.

Empire's NEW Care Guide Scheduler Tool lets you select your client's preferred day and time to receive their Care Guide welcome call! It's quick and easy!

If you’ve hung around with Cigna for the last few years, you know that they have some ambitious growth goals for Medicare Advantage, one part being the geographic footprint.

Annual Enrollment Period is almost here, and WellCare is adding more to their New Hampshire provider network. Click the post to learn more, and for a link to a complete list or providers in NH.

During this AEP season, Empire BCBS will be inviting their new members Monday through Friday to join a live Town Hall call with other new members.

Humana is working hard to provide you with the right resources to help meet your needs. Now, you’ll have access to Spanish-language assets to review materials, engage in professional development and grow your book of business.

As we've entered October 2022, we can officially “talk the new plans”. ConnectiCare wants to make you all aware that the 2022 plan materials and documents are now posted on their public site.

Starting Sept. 21, 2021, members who have not yet had their annual HouseCalls visit will receive $50 instead of the standard $15 if they participate on or before Dec. 31, 2021.

Humana's topic of the week for 10/3/2021 is the Medicare Document Library. Some of the document types you can access are: benefit summary, benefit at a glance, evidence of coverage and enrollment books. View post for details.

While this year’s Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) might be a bit more “normal” than last year’s, COVID-19 may still affect how you do business. The good news is Medico has tools to help you succeed.

AEP is around the corner! WellCare wants you to know broker support is there to help YOU. Most calls are resolved immediately over the phone, those that require escalation will be forwarded to the corporate team for review, resolution, and direct follow-up.

ConnectiCare has provided PDFs for 2022 Plan Information. You can view by going to their public site, or by clicking a document inside.

Humana identified additional information to be included within the Part D Savings Model or Humana’s Insulin Savings Program page within applicable MAPD and PDP Premier Enrollment book plans.

Molina has rolled out their new Provider Online Directory (POD)! The new, user-friendly POD enhances search functionality so results are quickly and easily available through intuitive navigation.

UPMC for Life is always trying to find new ways to thank you for all your hard work and growing book of business. That’s why they’re excited to announce an incentive program for their agents!

AEP is just around the corner and Clover Health wants to ensure their broker partners are ready to get selling! Please see inside for everything you need to have a successful enrollment period with Clover Health.

Even with $0 premium, Cigna's plans include $0 PCP copays, $0 behavioral health copays and only $15 copayment for specialists. The recent addition of Baptist Health to their already-robust provider network gives your customer 250+ more sites of care.

Life insurance advisor, David Meno, tells his personal journey of being blindsided without life insurance and what he’s doing to protect more Americans — one family at a time.

With COVID-19 numbers recently spiking, we see proof that the pandemic is not over yet. A powerful tool against COVID-19 are the vaccines. But what about booster shots? How do they help us?

WellCare By Health Net has put together a list of selling tools for agents in Oregon this AEP. Click post for links and details.

AEP is just around the corner and Ascension Complete is ready to deliver 2022 MAPD solutions to brokers and beneficiaries! With more plans and plan types in 2022, new expansion states, and exciting new benefits, Ascension Complete is poised to help agents have a fantastic AEP!

If you were unable to attend a LIVE or Virtual AEP Rollout, attached are the slides that were presented for UnitedHealthcare's 2022 Medicare Plans.

Enrollment Kit Orders can now be placed via phone 1-866-440-9788 (Medicare Broker Services) Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM MST.

Coming soon on October 11, CSB's Flexible Choice Dental, Vision & Hearing product is launching in CO! Sell new Dental, Vision & Hearing with the helpful tools inside.

WellCare is excited to announce that effective immediately, NYU Langone, is now participating In-Network with NY WellCare Medicare lines of business. With this network enhancement, WellCare has also added over 2,400 new providers that are associated with this medical group!

The ConnectiCare ANOC (annual notice of change) letters have been mailed to members. For your convenience, find the ANOCs for the more popular plans here.

Humana's got your back with competitive 2022 plans and benefits designed to complement Veterans’ needs, like Humana Honor Plans with 26 Honor Plans in 46 states.

Please be advised that a state of emergency was declared, impacting individuals in North Carolina. This declaration allows for a one-time Special Enrollment Period (SEP).

To get Ready to Sell Prescription Drug Plans (PDP) for Mutual of Omaha Rx, you have two options. View the post to learn about these options and download a flyer for full details.

When you sell Cigna's new Flexible Choice Dental, Vision & Hearing product, you win extra rewards and your customers win excellent coverage. View post to download flyer.

Crum & Forster can help improve your client's pets' health by making their prescriptions more affordable. They've made it easy for pet parents to get instant savings on pet medications. View post to download flyer for more details.

New SureBridge Products - Underwritten by The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company. See What’s New in SureBridge's Point of Sale Tool Beginning September 24!

The New Medicare Sales Hub Is Here, Over-The-Counter Benefits, EPIC/LIS & more! View post for Medicare Broker News from Excellus.

The new SecureWise Term Life Insurance went LIVE on August 27th in AZ, CA, CO, FL GA, IA, IL, IN, MO, NC, NE, OH, OK, TN & TX.