Download FREE Medicare marketing materials from Studio

On the Aetna Medicare Marketing Studio, you can download customized, compliant and branded marketing materials like flyers, brochures and mailers absolutely free of charge. If you prefer, you can also order printed marketing materials for a competitive rate and we’ll deliver them straight to your home or office. To preview our wares (i.e. lock-in marketing materials), login and click the blue menu button on the left. If you haven’t used Studio yet, it’s an extremely convenient and user-friendly tool. It offers customized and compliant messaging for your markets! If you’re ready to sell our 2017 MA/MAPD products, you can access
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Categories: Aetna and Medicare Supp./Adv..

Reports to check application status & commission payments

To access application status reports, commission statements and more for your Aetna MA/MAPD and PDP business, login to Producer World, click “Individual Medicare” at the top, and then click “Reporting.” For your Coventry Medicare business (MA/MAPD, PDP)*, login to App Tracker. (First-time users of App Tracker: To login, enter your Coventry Agent Writing Number [AWN] as the AWN/User id. For the password, enter “Coventry” and the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number.) * Except for Florida Aetna HMO plans. Florida Aetna HMO policies appear in App Tracker   #goldencareagent #Aetna
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Categories: Aetna and Medicare Supp./Adv..

“Rambling and long-winded? May be dementia, say scientists,” by Henry Bodkin, The Telegraph

“Rambling and long-winded speech in middle or old age may be an early warning of approaching Alzheimer’s, research has found. Taking longer to choose the right word, or using ten where five would do, was linked to mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the condition that pre-dates dementia, in a study of 46 adults.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): Take this as a field underwriting tip when marketing to aging politicians. Rambling and long-winded? May be dementia, say scientists #goldencareagent
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Categories: Industry News and Long-Term Care.

New EchoSign Electronic Signature Process Coming

From the Desk of LTC New Business In our effort to become a more customer-focused company, we have examined ways to improve the customer experience with the insurance purchase process. Effective March 1, 2017, we will be making changes to help reduce APS processing time in Underwriting for Long Term Care applications. In order to expedite the processing of these authorizations, we are implementing a new EchoSign electronic signature process. If a provider requires a special authorization, a notification will be sent to customers who have provided an email address to us. Please watch for more information in Express on March
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Categories: Long-Term Care and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

“Bad-mouthing the cost of long-term care,” by James M. Berklan, McKnight’s LTC News

“To be more precise, Lincoln Financial Group projected the national average charge for a private room to be $102,900, up 3.3% from what they reported a year earlier. I had thought using ‘breaks $100,000 for the first time’ in the headline would be more intriguing than using the actual number, and I was right. ‘Every time I read this story, I find it so irrelevant and damaging to the long-term care sector, and extremely self-serving,’ my long-time acquaintance fumed in his email. He went on to call the insurer’s report ‘distorted information, disguised as a research study, as a tactic
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Categories: Industry News and Long-Term Care.

“Managing Long-Term Care Spending Risks in Retirement,” by Wade D. Pfau, Advisor Magazine

“All retirees must plan today for the possibility that they will experience significant long-term care health expenditures. Large unplanned expenses, such as those relating to long-term care, have the potential to wreak havoc on a retirement income plan.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): This is a very long excerpt from an even longer “white paper.” Unfortunately, neither the abridged nor the full version takes account of Medicaid’s role as the dominant funder of long-term care in the U.S. This oversight obviates the paper’s conclusions about the need and demand for LTC insurance. You
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Categories: Industry News and Long-Term Care.

Good News | Pennsylvania Approves Lower Inflation Rates for Partnership

Pennsylvania Approves Lower Inflation Rates for Partnership Lower inflation rates – as low as 1% Compound – now qualify for Partnership status in Pennsylvania! This change will be implemented on March 1, 2017. LTC13 applications signed in Pennsylvania on or after January 10, 2017, will determine Partnership qualification based on these new guidelines. Watch for updates to the MutualCare® Solutions software coming March 1st. Pennsylvania Approves Lower Inflation Rates for Partnership Click here to add Mutual of Omaha products to your appointments. If you have questions or need additional information, please call us at 1-800-842-7799. Read Full Good News Article
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Long-Term Care, and Uncategorized.

“New Solutions to Fund Your Retirement: Part 2 of 2,” by Ken and Maddy Dychtwald, Huffington Post

“This is the second of two articles in which we’ll describe specific tradeoffs, adjustments, and course corrections you can adopt right now to give yourself a more financially comfortable and enjoyable retirement, no matter how old you might be. Although starting young offers you the advantage of accumulating more retirement funds over time, there are a myriad of options and choices you can make in your 50s or 60s to bolster your financial security in retirement. If you haven’t had a chance to read part one, here’s the link to yesterday’s article. . . . To explore additional ideas and
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Categories: Industry News and Long-Term Care.

“The Challenges of Funding Retirement and New Ways to Overcome Them: Part 1 of 2,” by Ken and Maddy Dychtwald, Huffington Post

“This article is the first of a two-part series in which we’ll explore some of the key findings from our new study. We will describe the hopes, dreams, worries, and priorities of Americans with regard to their finances in the years leading up to and through retirement. Tomorrow we’ll turn the corner to describe a wide spectrum of innovative solutions—specific course corrections, tradeoffs, and adjustments—you can make across all aspects of your life for a more personally satisfying and financially comfortable retirement. Some of them may surprise you and even motivate you to explore money-making and money-saving changes in your
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Categories: Industry News and Long-Term Care.

“Dementia Joins Ranks of Top Global Killers with No Drug in Sight,” by Naomi Kresge, Bloomberg

“Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia killed 1.54 million people in 2015, more than twice the number of deaths from the disease in 2000, according to documents posted on the WHO website last month. It replaced HIV/AIDS as No. 7 on the global health watchdog’s list of the 10 biggest causes of death worldwide. New therapies helped push fatalities from HIV/AIDS from 1.5 million down to 1.1 million over the same 15-year period.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): Much of the increase in dementia mortality derives from higher diagnosis and reporting, but
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Categories: Industry News and Long-Term Care.