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By Sabriya Rice | February 24, 2016 Fewer patients are returning to the hospital within 30 days of discharge, and it’s not because hospitals are holding patients in observation units instead of admitting them as a means of avoiding penalties, …
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By Bob Herman | February 16, 2016 The Medicare-heavy state of Florida has given its blessing to Aetna’s $37 billion acquisition of Humana, on the condition that Aetna expands its health plan offerings in the state’s insurance exchanges. Florida marks …
Aetna wins important Florida approval, but Humana battle is far from over. Read more »
As many Stone-Hill agents know, Stone Hill works closely with and admires Craig Ritter’s operation. We support him as he supports us. To that end, I want to give you access to his blog on CMS’s marketing guidelines for 2016. …
Craig Ritter’s Blog on What Is Emphasized in 2016’s Medicare Marketing Guidelines Read more »
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Source: Wall St. Journal (12/22/2015 ) A new study study released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, sure to fuel the raging debate over drug pricing, found that increases of 100 percent or more in prescription drug costs …
Spiraling Prescription Drug Costs Pummel Medicare in 2014 Read more »
From: “Hall, Keri 647” <Keri.Hall@Cigna.com> Date: December 1, 2015 at 4:59:01 PM MST To: “Hall, Keri 647” <Keri.Hall@Cigna.com> Subject: Cigna’s 5 Star SEP Election – Please Read Valued Partners, Thanks to your partnership, we have distinguished ourselves in the Arizona …
Taking Advantage of Cigna’s 5-Star SEP in Arizona Read more »
Many of you know Gene Page. He is Stone Hill’s regulation expert. Here is his synopsis of what the carriers are emphasizing in the fall of 2015 during their product certifications. Some things have been emphasized in this year’s Medicare-certification …
Emphasized Policies from Medicare Certification Training in Summer/Fall of 2015 Read more »
One of our high-producing Medicare agents called me today (9/16/2015). We had had an appointment that he had missed earlier, and when I had called him to find out if he still planned on coming, he sounded hesitant and even …
An Adventurous Day in the Life of a Medicare Agent Read more »