“Regulators Aim to Curb Medicare Plan Lead-Generation Firms”

“Regulators Aim to Curb Medicare Plan Lead-Generation Firms,” by Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor

Quote:

“CMS plans to: Define TPMOs as ‘organizations that are compensated to perform lead generation, marketing, sales, and enrollment related functions as a part of the chain of enrollment, that is the steps taken by a beneficiary from becoming aware of a plan or plans to making an enrollment decision.’ Require a TPMO to put the following standard disclaimer in a prominent place: ‘We do not offer every plan available in your area. Any information we provide is limited to those plans we do offer in your area. Please contact Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE to get information on all of your options.’ Make Medicare plan issuers responsible for the activities of TPMOs in the same way that they are now responsible for the activities of agents, brokers and other ‘first tier, downstream or related

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

Is there anything government will leave to the market and competition to regulate? Red tape like this only gums up the works. Have you ever tried to “contact Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE to get information” on anything?