Read Full GoldenCare Newsletter, September, 27 2021 Edition We’re making it easier than ever to get a hold of us and have your favorite tools available at your fingertips! Click here to DOWNLOAD our electronic business card, and enter to win one of TEN $100 Amazon.com Gift Cards! In this GoldenCare Newsletter Edition From GoldenCare: Our Guest Article in this edition “Survey finds family caregiver burden is worsening,” by Diane Eastabrook, McKnight’s Senior Living SPECIAL: Medicare 101 – Crash Course to Selling October 6th! Join Jeff Clark for a QuickStart crash course to selling Medicare products
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Revised Pre-Authorized Premium Paying Service forms
Revised Pre-Authorized Premium Paying Service forms The “Pre-Authorized Check (PAC) Premium Payment Service forms used to request ongoing PAC premium payments for the EssentialLTC Product have been revised effective October 1, 2021. There are two versions of this PAC form, which vary by state. Form Name: New Form Number: Replaced Form Number: Form utilized in: Pre-Authorized Check (PAC) Premium Payment Service ICC16-NLTCAPA 09/21 ICC16-NLTCAPA Compact Approved states: AK, AL, AR, CO, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA,
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Thrivent LTC: Committed to supporting your business
Committed to supporting your long-term care business Know that our goals remains to get all LTC applications submitted prior to June 17 issued by Nov. 1. Our underwriting and case management team is currently working over-time and weekends to make this happen. We have done many things, including but not limited to adding staff, technology improvements, and offering overtime to help handle the increased volume. We are vigorously pursuing additional options to enable the team to work through the high pending volume and process this important business as quickly as possible. I’ll provide you another update early next month to
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NGL EssentialLTC – Underwriting Update
Washington State Underwriting Update We are pleased to announce that we are making good progress with Washington State applications. All cases submitted in good order are under review or actively being underwritten with completed prescription drug check reports and medical records on order. Telephone interviews Due to the volume of applications received our normal timing of telephone interviews is delayed. Please be assured that all interviews will take place in an orderly fashion. The applications received in the last two weeks of accepting Washington State business are experiencing the most delays. We ask for your patience in those cases. When
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Next Steps in the LTC Application Process
Preparation is the key to a successful health interview. You just completed a long-term care application. Before ending the conversation, make sure your clients know what happens next. Preparing clients for the underwriting process can go a long way toward ensuring their applications get issued. Why? An interviewer may mistakenly assume confused applicants have cognitive issues that make them uninsurable. When in reality, an applicant may simply be distracted or not fully prepared to answer questions about their health, their doctors and their medications. Mutual of Omaha has a handy leave-behind brochure you can use to walk your clients through
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GoldenCare Newsletter | September 13, 2021
Read Full GoldenCare Newsletter, September, 13 2021 Edition We’re making it easier than ever to get a hold of us and have your favorite tools available at your fingertips! Click here to DOWNLOAD our electronic business card, and enter to win one of TEN $100 Amazon.com Gift Cards! In this GoldenCare Newsletter Edition From GoldenCare: Our Guest Article in this edition “How COVID-19 Has Changed Americans’ Views on Health Insurance,” by Michael Popke, ThinkAdvisor Prepare for a winning AEP! TOMORROW! Demo: Expanded CSG Actuarial Tool Capabilities! Special guest speaker Anna Patrick will give a live demo to
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NGL EssentialLTC – Underwriting Update
Underwriting Update Since the Washington Cares Fund has generated a large influx of LTC business, we wanted to provide you with an update on our processing times and expectations. Normally, most cases have an underwriting decision reached within 45 to 60 days. Due to the increase of Washington State applications, you may instead see underwriting decisions take 55 to 70 days. There are some underwriting decisions that may exceed the 70-day timeframe because of factors beyond our control, such as difficulty obtaining medical records, or in rare instances, applicants who are unwilling to conduct an interview. With these types of
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What YOU Wanted to Hear About NGL’s Underwriting
Find out what NGL’s underwriting is all about Join our Chief Underwriter, Paul Weber on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 12 p.m. CST for an hour long session to go over National Guardian Life Insurance Company’s (NGL) overall underwriting philosophy, our ideal applicant and we’ll discuss all that YOU told us you wanted to hear. The topics we’ll be covering were either compiled from surveys or were a direct result of conversation with the field. Click here to register. Our goal is transparency — we want to be sure you know what to expect when you submit an NGL LTCi
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EFT Direct Deposit Changes Coming Soon
Get Paid Sooner! Mutual of Omaha is moving to an electronic deposit for all commission payments. Once compensation totals more than $25, we will send an electronic payment directly to the bank that is in your profile on Sales Professional Access. If you need to change or add your bank information for direct deposit we require this to be done on Sales Professional Access (SPA). Follow these steps: Step 1: Visit www.MutualofOmaha.com/broker and log in Step 2: Click on the person image in the upper right corner Step 3: Select Direct Deposit in the drop-down Step 4: Click Update Step
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NGL EssenitalLTC – Massachusetts Forms Update
Massachusetts Forms Update Recently the commonwealth (state) of Massachusetts revised their consumer Medicare guide, A Massachusetts Consumer’s Guide to Medicare. Additionally, there is also an update to the title of the Medigap guide, 2021 Choosing a Medigap Policy: A Guide to Health Insurance for People with Medicare. Both of these are required to be left with applicants prior to completing a Massachusetts application. In order to reflect the change, the MassHealth (Medicaid) Exemptions Acknowledgement Form NLTC-ACK-MA, which needs to be submitted with every Massachusetts application, has been updated. Beginning Friday, September 10, 2021, the updated documents must be used for
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