Your Guide to Transamerica Agent Net Info

Medicare Supplement Business We’re excited to announce the highly requested how-to guide for tracking Medicare Supplement business on Transamerica Agent Net Info (TA ANI)). It helps you view, monitor, print amendments, and fulfill requirements for your cases. Find Your Guide to TA ANI anytime by logging into TAAgentNetInfo.com, or download it now for easy reference. DOWNLOAD GUIDE   Your Guide to Transamerica Agent Net Info   #goldencareagent #transamerica
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Categories: Medicare Supp./Adv..

Medicare Supplement Part D coming to Pennsylvania

We will begin offering Plan D as part of the portfolio of Medicare Supplement options in Pennsylvania starting March 22, 2017. To view the rates, click here. Why not Plan D? Plan D is another options for your senior supplement portfolio with these great features: Lower premium rates than Plan G Pays the same commission rate as Plan G And since Pennsylvania prohibits Medicare providers from charging more than what Medicare allows, Part B excess charges (not covered by Plan D) are not applicable in this state. E-App and sales materials Revised sales materials will be available starting March 22
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Categories: Aetna and Medicare Supp./Adv..

Medicare Supplement News – Omaha Family of Companies

Upcoming Rate Adjustment Please review information on upcoming Rate Adjustments in AZ, CA, LA, MS, NM, OR, and UT. •  In-Force Only Rate Adjustment – CA, OR, and MS •  Plan N Rate Adjustment – CA •  Standardized Rate Adjustment – AZ, CA, LA, MS, NM, and UT #goldencareagent #MutualOfOmaha
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Categories: Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

GoldenCare Newsletter | February 27, 2017

In This GoldenCare Newsletter Edition From GoldenCare: Join our Featured Guest Speaker, National Marketing Director, Tom Randall, for In-Depth product training on Minnesota Life’s CareShield and GTL’s Critical Cash. Click here to reserve your seat. February is Kemper Rewards Month!  Get your Kemper apps in for 200 points for each qualifying applicant!  See www.goldencarerewards.com for promo details. Happy Selling! Our Guest Article is “New Solutions to Fund Your Retirement: Part 2 of 2″,” by Ken and Maddy Dychtwald, Huffington Post.  Enjoy! From Mutual of Omaha: Mutual has several announcements in this issue.   Pennsylvania approves lower inflation rates for Partnership effective
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Categories: Genworth, GoldenCare News, Industry News, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

“Using IRAs to reduce Medicare premiums,” by Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews

“For the segment of Medicare beneficiaries who are 70 1/2 years of age or older and who are subject to both required minimum distributions from their traditional retirement accounts and Medicare premium surcharges, a new income tax rule that became permanent in 2016 can help reduce the pain. Beginning in 2016, a provision that had previously been extended on a temporary year-to-year basis now permanently allows older taxpayers to directly contribute up to $100,000 from an IRA to a qualifying charity without recognizing the assets as income. Spouses can each make their own separate contributions. Qualified charitable distributions (QCD) count
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Categories: Industry News and Medicare Supp./Adv..

“New Report Shows that Medicare Advantage Payments Won’t Keep Pace With Costs in 2018,” BusinessWire (press release)

“Millions of seniors who depend on Medicare Advantage (MA) plans could see cuts to their coverage and benefits if new payment changes take effect next year. That’s according to a new analysis by Oliver Wyman prepared for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed changes to MA rates that will impact the 18.5 million seniors enrolled in the program. According to Oliver Wyman, these changes, if finalized, would result in an estimated 2 percent reduction to MA net revenues in 2018.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center
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Categories: Industry News and Medicare Supp./Adv..

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..

Medicare Supplement News – Omaha Family of Companies

Upcoming Rate Adjustment Please review information on upcoming rate adjustments in Al and TX. •  In-Force Only Rate Adjustment – TX supp •  1990 Standardized Rate Adjustment – TX supp and AL Modernized Rate Release The following rate adjustment is effective March 1, 2017, for new and in-force 2010 Modernized Medicare supplement in Mississippi and South Dakota. #goldencareagent #MutualOfOmaha
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Categories: Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).