Volume 22 | October 19, 2020
We Tried! Onto Plan B

In the last newsletter, we announced we'd be moving to a bi-weekly schedule for the remainder of the year. This last week we've received many updates from carriers and the industry we feel are important to share with our agents. Since we don't want to clutter your inbox with individual blasts of non-urgent information, we will continue publishing our MCC Newsletter weekly at this time.
Humana Welcomes Additional Retail Pharmacies to Preferred Medicare Part D Network

Humana Medicare prescription drug plan members have already enjoyed lower out-of-pocket costs on prescription drugs at more than 5,200 Walmart, Walmart Neighborhood Markets, and Sam's Club pharmacies as part of a preferred cost-sharing agreement with Humana. Now members will be able to save on prescriptions at nearly 9,500 pharmacy locations with the addition of Kroger Health and its family of pharmacies, Costco, Publix and HEB. Read more
Two Big Announcements from Devoted!

Advent Health care is now in-network All AdventHealth’s primary care providers, specialists, and hospitals will be available to our members starting January 1, 2021. The providers should be loaded in the provider directory by the end of the week.

$50 Health Risk Assessment (HRA) incentive Devoted is asking you to complete a HRA form with your D-SNP enrollees. And if you do so within 14 calendar days of submitting an enrollment application, you’ll get $50. And here's the great part, members will receive $25 in Devoted Dollars Visa® prepaid card for completing the HRA and staying enrolled in our
D-SNP plan in January.

AEP Retail Opportunities Still Available!

MCC has many Wal-Mart stores either still available or newly added to the list. If you are interested in one of the stores on the list, or would like more information, please contact Melissa at (800) 783-5642 ext 1116 or email her.

See available stores (.xlsx Download File)
WellCare Commission Error Identified

An error has been identified for the commission payout/statement dated 9/25/2020. Manual adjustments were paid out based on April 2020 data. The error has been identified, and corrections have been made.

Your 10/2/2020 commission statement, paid out on 10/9/2020, included the following manual adjustments:
  • Chargebacks for the April 2020 data paid out on 9/25/2020
  • Payments for September 2020 data.
Agent Reminders
DSNP SEP Reminder

We've seen a few agents using the DSNP SEP since October 1st. There is no DSNP special enrollment in Q4, UNLESS there is a change in their DSNP status. All other dual eligible beneficiaries must use the same AEP enrollment period as regular beneficiaries, meaning they can enroll into a new plan from October 15th through December 7th for a January 1st effective date.
Follow-Up is Key

Last App Wins - A Medicare beneficiary can complete multiple applications for a Medicare Advantage or Part D plan in AEP. However, the last application turned in by December 7th will be the plan that goes into effect on January 1st. Make sure you are following up with your clients to ensure you retain their business and loyalty.
New Medicare AND Life Carriers!!

More details to come soon!
Have you ordered your free Humana masks yet??

Humana is currently offering agents 50 packs of branded face masks for FREE.

To order, go to the Marketing Resource Center (accessed through Vantage) and search "masks".
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CMS adds 11 new covered services to the Medicare telehealth services list, bringing the total number to 144 covered services

"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the list of telehealth services that Medicare Fee-For-Service will pay for during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (PHE). CMS is adding 11 new services to the Medicare telehealth services list since May 1, 2020. This update to the Medicare telehealth services list builds on the efforts CMS has already taken to increase Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 PHE.

Since the beginning of the PHE, CMS has added over 135 services to the Medicare telehealth services list – such as emergency department visits, initial inpatient and nursing facility visits, and discharge day management services. With today’s action, Medicare will pay for 144 services performed via telehealth. Between mid-March and mid-August 2020, over 12.1 million Medicare beneficiaries – over 36 percent – of people with Medicare Fee-For-Service have received a telemedicine service."**
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