No, unfortunately the loss of Medicaid coverage does not trigger a guarantee issue period. They will have to go through medical underwriting to get a Supplement.
Try putting in the age as 65 instead of using the birthday for someone who hasn’t quite turned 65 yet. AGB will only populate the Medicare Supplement rates for an individual 65 and older in Nebraska.
Plans F and C will be discontinued for no new enrollments for anyone who’s Medicare Part A is effective on or after 1/1/2020. Without any newly 65 people able to enroll, we expect the premiums will increase dramatically after 2020. It might be a good idea to rewrite the business to plan G (if your
If they are activating Part B for the first time, they have an open enrollment period for any Medicare Supplement plan of their choice. If they activated when they turned 65, they are eligible for Plan A, B, C, F, K, or L only if sold by the carrier– no Plans G or N without
For Medicare Supplements, you can split the commission 50/50 with an OCI agent by referring the client to OCI. For Medicare Advantage, OCI will process the application and you will receive a one-time referral bonus of up to $100 for new enrollments and $50 for renewals OCI will also enroll your clients in Part D
The BCBSNE Medicare Advantage policies are on the limited-distribution model and choice agents were preselected based on prior business written with OCI.
Individual Medical & Short term: Medica Bright Health UnitedHealth One Cigna Ambetter Oscar Anthem BCBS of Missouri BCBS of Nebraska BCBS of Texas BCBS of Arizona BCBS of Oklahoma Pivot Health IHC National General GeoBlue (Travel Insurance) Group Medical: UHC National General BCBS of Nebraska Allied National Aetna Medica Group Ancillary: Principal Mutual of Omaha
Medicare Advantage and Part D: October 15th through December 7th. There is no annual enrollment period for Medicare Supplements Medicare Supplement open enrollment is a six month period beginning the firs to of the month of the individual’s birth month and/or the effective date of their Medicare Part B. For example: John Smith turns 65
Your client must be over age 65 and already be signed up for Medicare Parts A & B.
BCBS updated their enrollment website for 2017. Use this link with the same username and password as before and you will be able to enroll your client in the Medicare Supplement plans. https://bcbsne.destinationrx.com/PlanCompare/Professional/Type1/2017/Compare/Home