by Senior Market Advisors | Jan 1, 2025 | Medicaid, Medicare Sales, Regulations & Compliance
Understanding managed care and Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) is essential for insurance agents. MCOs play a key role in providing high-quality health care services for millions of Medicaid beneficiaries, many of which are also dual eligible for Medicare....
by Drew Gurley | Dec 10, 2024 | Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Sales, SEP
Dual Special Needs Plans (DSNPs) are an important part of providing health coverage to dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and those who receive varying levels of low income subsidies. As we enter 2025, it’s critical for insurance agents to stay...
by Senior Market Advisors | May 8, 2019 | Business Development, Customer Retention, General, Medicaid, Medicare
LIS (Low Income Subsidy) is a federal program, commonly referred to as Medicare Extra Help, that helps Medicare beneficiaries pay for their prescription drugs. The program is designed to help beneficiaries who do not qualify for Medicaid but still need financial...
by Senior Market Advisors | Oct 15, 2018 | Medicaid, Medicare
Medicare History and Milestones The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that before Medicare, about ½ of people aged 65+ did not have hospital insurance. Plus, it is estimated that 1 of 4 older individuals would go without medical care entirely due to...
by Senior Market Advisors | Sep 13, 2017 | Compliance, General, Medicaid, Medicare, News
The Opioid Epidemic Is Plaguing Medicare Part D In 2016, one out of every three Medicare prescription drug beneficiaries received an opioid. 3.6 million of those people held their prescription for at least six months. Anyone who uses an opioid for that long is...
by Senior Market Advisors | May 3, 2017 | General, Medicaid, Medicare
D-SNP Facts & Figures Are you having trouble selling to your clients with low budgets? Some beneficiaries are eligible for D-SNP, a combination of Medicare and Medicaid. Special Needs Plans (SNPs) are reserved for those with special medical needs or chronic...
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