Devoted Health- Pre AEP Information

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Devoted broker newsletter from 10/1/21: 

We are proud to be the fastest growing new Medicare Advantage plan in the last decade and excited to have the best AEP ahead.  We could not have accomplished our goals without you so we want to sincerely thank you for your partnership.

 

For 2022, we have new markets, new plans and exciting incentives we’d like to share with you:

  • Our 2022 plans: on our website you will find our new PY2022 plans, summary of benefits, EOCs,  and everything you need to know to help you sell with us this AEP

Market Primers: we have designed a handy, single-page reference guide for each market. They offer an overview of the ideal client and key selling points, you can check them out on our Marketing Portal under Resources > Market Primers (log in using your NPN and DOB or reply to this email if you have issues).  For your convenience, we have also mailed you printed versions to arrive over the next few weeks.

 

Introducing our $50 Health Risk Assessment (HRA) incentive on all plans in all markets

 

Did you hear?  We are offering an additional $50 reward when you help enrollees complete and submit an HRA form, this includes applications on all plans in all markets.  Our PY2022 plans include lots of great tools and services to help care for our members. To help us figure out which ones might work for new members, we’re asking you to complete a HRA form with all of your enrollees.  And if you do so within 5 calendar days of submitting an enrollment application, you’ll get $50.¹ 

HRA is only used to help match members with Devoted Health services like managing medications, controlling chronic conditions like diabetes, or getting settled at home after a hospital stay. The HRA answers don’t impact an enrollee’s premium or application processing. Devoted Health will share responses with doctors to help them offer more personalized care.  And here’s the great part, members enrolling in one of our SNP plans will receive $25 in Devoted Dollars Visa® prepaid card for completing the HRA and staying enrolled in our plan in January. 

If an application is submitted by paper or third-party enrollment vendor, HRA will be available when Devoted Health processes the application. For agent portal submissions, HRA will be available immediately.

To complete HRA form:

  1. Log into Agent Portal. 
  2. Click “Start Enrollment” and complete the application.  
  3. Once the application is signed and submitted,  you will be prompted to “Complete the Health Risk Assessment (HRA)” form. 

 We recommend completing the HRA form at the same time as enrollment to ensure completion. It takes less than 10 minutes to complete. 

 

Reminders before October 15th 

  • If you’re RTS with Devoted Health for PY2022, go ahead and order all of our PY22 Marketing Materials on our marketing portal, we have exciting new items that will help you sell this AEP

 

Devoted Health’s AEP 2022 Incentive

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Devoted Broker Announcement from 9/20/21: 

 

NEW! You can earn $50 reward with every application with us this AEP

 

With AEP fast approaching in less than 2 weeks,  here are a few exciting updates and quick tips from Devoted Health on selling with us this AEP:

  • For AEP 2022, earn a $50 reward when you help enrollees complete and submit an HRA form, this includes applications on all plans in all markets!
  • If you’re RTS with Devoted Health for PY2022, go ahead and order all of our PY22 Marketing Materials on our marketing portal, we have exciting new items that will help you sell this AEP
  • Not RTS with us yet?  Get certified with us ASAP on our Agent Portal, it’s easy! (new agents should reach out to upline agency or reply to this email if you have issues)
  • Our Agent Support team has added weekend hours during AEP to help support you.  We’ll be available 9AM – 6PM ET between October 1st – December 15th (in addition to our regular business hours are Monday – Friday 9AM – 8PM ET)

Introducing our $50 Health Risk Assessment (HRA) incentive on all plans in all markets

 

Our PY2022 plans include lots of great tools and services to help care for our members. To help us figure out which ones might work for new members, we’re asking you to complete a HRA form with all of your enrollees. And if you do so within 5 calendar days of submitting an enrollment application, you’ll get $50.¹ 

 

To complete HRA form:

  1. Log into Agent Portal.
  2. Click “Start Enrollment” and complete the application.
  3. Once the application is signed and submitted,  you will be prompted to “Complete the Health Risk Assessment (HRA)” form.

We recommend completing the HRA form at the same time as enrollment to ensure completion. It takes less than 10 minutes to complete.

 

HRA is only used to help match members with Devoted Health services like managing medications, controlling chronic conditions like diabetes, or getting settled at home after a hospital stay. The HRA answers don’t impact an enrollee’s premium or application processing. Devoted Health will share responses with doctors to help them offer more personalized care.  And here’s the great part, members enrolling in one of our SNP plans will receive $25 in Devoted Dollars Visa® prepaid card2 for completing the HRA and staying enrolled in our plan in January.

 

If an application is submitted by paper or third-party enrollment vendor, HRA will be available when Devoted Health processes the application. For agent portal submissions, HRA will be available immediately.

Log onto our Marketing Portal here to order our PY22 marketing materials, we have new and exciting items such as Medicare comparison worksheets, mail direct options, enrollment kits, plan flyers, etc. to help you sell with Devoted Health!   If you are a broker and you have completed all necessary accreditation with Devoted Health, you will be able to log into our Marketing portal using your NPN and your date of birth. You do not need to pre-register. If you are an existing agency partner, please have your identified admin login.

Coming Soon- Devoted Health’s Agency Access to Agent Portal

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From Devoted Health communication on 4/7/2021:

We are excited to share that we will be launching agency access to Devoted Health’s Agent Portal in the coming weeks. Agent Portal is a proprietary one-stop-shop platform that our team has built dedicated to making selling with Devoted Health plans easier for our partners like yourself. On this portal, you will be able to find:
• Summary of all of your active downline agents, including NPN, RTS status by state and application activity in the Agents page
• Visibility into each downline agent’s book of business from the Clients page (this information refreshes daily at the end of the day)
• Monthly commissions statements for payments made directly to your agency in the Commissions tab
Applications: Agency accounts are limited to read-only access in the Agent Portal, this means you will not have access to create or edit applications

Agency commissions statements: the commissions statements in Agent Portal and Evolve will be the same – it’s just one less portal that you have to log into. Historical statements are not available yet, however, you can still access those in Evolve.

Look out for an email from us with log-in instructions in the coming weeks. This email will be sent to your agency plan admin. user. If there is a change, please email agent-support@devoted.com  with updated information.

Read our Quick Start Guide to help you get started! 

Important Reminders

Don’t forget to email agent-support@devoted.com to inform us of any agent terminations within 5-10 business days so we can offboard agents who are no longer in your downline

  • Be sure to monitor your agency’s 2021 RTS Certification Report to ensure agents have completed their 2021 certification and are appointed properly before they sell Devoted Health
  • Remind your agents to complete their CE requirements and stay on top of their health insurance license renewals to avoid non-compliant sales

 

If you have any questions on the upcoming additions with Devoted’s agent portal, please contact your CSM rep. 

New $50 Monthly Grocery Benefit with Devoted Health’s DSNP Plans

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Devoted communication from 3.24.21:

At Devoted Health, we are working hard to continuously improve our benefits in order to help our members live better lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted seniors. In fact, 44% of our current DSNP members have expressed concerns about food insecurity. In response to this, we have added a new monthly $50 Healthy Foods card benefit for all Devoted Health’s DSNP members for the rest of the 2021 plan year to help members buy groceries as part of CMS’s flexibilities due to the pandemic. Here are some details of this new benefit:

  • All current DSNP members will be receiving their Healthy Foods card in the mail early April, new members will receive soon after their effective date
  • $50 will automatically be loaded onto the card at the beginning of each month and can be used as a credit card at a grocery store such as Publix, Sedano’s and ALDI
  • Be sure to use the credit each month – we suggest members to stock up at the start of each month and spend all $50 in a single transaction.  Members cannot roll over unused money to the next month
  • More information will be available on our website

Members can redeem all foods and produce items with the $50 Healthy Foods card, however, we encourage members to use the card for items like:

  • Fruits and vegetables
  • Meat and fish
  • Eggs, cheese, milk, and other dairy products
  • Whole grains, like whole wheat bread and brown rice
  • Nuts, seeds and spreads
  • Olive oil and other plant-based oils
  • Supplemental drinks like Boost® and Ensure®

 

Friendly reminder that since this grocery benefit is added middle of the plan year, CMS prohibits explicitly marketing and/or advertising this benefit to prospects for the duration of 2021 plan year.

 

If you have any follow up questions or concerns, please reach out to your Cornerstone Senior Marketing representative

Devoted Enrollment Bonus – through March 31st

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Attention Northern Ohio Agents!

Now is the time!  Earn an additional $100 per enrollment to use for future print marketing!  

Take advantage of this incredible pop-up promotion today!  You can earn $100 for each enrollment with an April 1, 2021 effective date submitted between now and March 31, 2021.  A minimum of two enrollments required to qualify.

Why Devoted Health?

  • $0 Premium Plan Options – Part B Giveback
  • Solid HMO Network
  • Broker Loyalty Program
  • and more!

New – Devoted Health Star Sellers Program

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Attention Northern Ohio Agents!

Introducing our new Devoted Health Star Sellers Program (SSP).This program is designed to celebrate your wins – big and small and helps us reward you for all your hard work.

• There are four tiers in the program: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The tier in which you qualify for is based on the total number of CMS approved application accrued each plan year
• As you submit more applications, you will qualify for higher tier levels which means more training, programs and Broker Bucks towards sales and marketing materials to help you sell
• Total app count is based on effective dates from 1/1 through 12/1 of each year. Program resets every plan year. This means eligible applications written for 1/1/21 are counted for this year’s program!
• This Star Sellers Program replaces prior broker loyalty programs offered by Devoted Health and is subjected to change at any time with or without notice.

 

READ FULL PROGRAM DETAILS

 

Request contracting today and add Devoted Health to your carrier portfolio!

Call me: Colleen Baird | 567-205-2551 – NORTHWEST OH
Email: colleen.baird@cornerstoneseniormarketing.com

Call me: Jaime Lebrón | 216-503-4509 – NORTHEAST OH
Email: jaime.lebrón@cornerstoneseniormarketing.com

 

Devoted’s Virtual Coffee Chats & Music for Your Clients

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February begins the “Virtual Coffee Chat” for new Devoted members who are your clients.  Devoted asks that you reach out and invite them to attend by using the link below.  These orientation meetings will provide helpful information and serve to answer frequently asked questions.

 

Virtual Coffee Chat Registration Link

https://devotedhealth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuisqT0qHNyH2DU1LoAcT2HMT0lY4XDq

 

Devoted Health is also sponsoring the “Music and More” Series.  Your clients are welcome to attend these fun filled musical events and bring a friend where they will hear great music and learn to get the most from their health plan.  Your clients will learn how to save money with their Over-the-Counter credit, how to get the free Medical Alert Device and so much more!!

 

Virtual Music and More Events Link

https://www.devoted.com/member-events

 

Devoted Health’s Newest Features on Agent Portal

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Devoted communications from 1.25.21:

new features and updates on our Agent Portal that will help you sell with us:

  • Access your commissions statements
  • View your book of business in one list
  • Requirements for unrecorded phone applications – call our Agent Support (1-877-764-9446) for verbal attestation before 3PM on last day of month

NEW FEATURE – Access Your Commissions Statements on 1/29

Starting on Friday, 1/29 you’ll be able to access your commissions statements in Agent Portal.  How?  Log in here, click “Commissions” on the left hand panel, and view/download your statements.  It’s easy!

For those of you who have Evolve accounts:  the commissions statements in Agent Portal and Evolve will be the same – it’s just one less portal that you have to log into. Historical statements are not available yet, however, you can still access those in Evolve.

For agents who are new to Devoted this year:  you should also receive a payment email this week which summarizes your monthly payment information.  Note that the email is simply a summary, please do not be alarmed by the lack of detail in it.  The email is not the same as your statement, which does provide greater detail on your enrollments.

For indirect payee:  you will not see any statements – please contact your agency for payment information.

 

UPDATED FEATURE – Clients View

You spoke, we listened! Now you can see all your applications and statuses, contacts, and member IDs in one list in Agent Portal.  To learn more about application status definition, hover your mouse over the status. If you’re using a tablet, click the status to view the definition. 

IMPORTANT! UPDATED PROCESS – Remote Sales 

If you are submitting an application using Phone, Unrecorded Line because a face-to-face appointment was not possible for the beneficiary, please read the reminders and updates below: 

Phone, Unrecorded Line applications will not be submitted to CMS without verbal confirmation from the beneficiary on a recorded line. Deadline for Phone, Unrecorded apps is by 3PM EST on the last business day of the month. If you submit after the deadline, you’ll need to submit a new application for the following effective month. If the enrollee would like to complete the verbal attestation after submitting the application, a 3-way call can be initiated with  Agent Support at 1-877-764-9446, during business hours.

Have you logged onto our Agent Portal?  

Make sure you log-in before commissions are released on 1/29! It’s a one-stop-shop to Devoted Health resources and an easy way to submit an electronic application (instructional video here).  Or give us a call and we’ll walk you through it. 

 

Quick Resources 

  • Scope of appointment (English/Spanish)- online version that will email you a copy (instructional video here)
  • Play the full Devoted Sales Presentation Video OR use our handy Flipbook
  • Sales Video (English) — can be downloaded in our marketing portal
  • Sales Video (Spanish) — can be downloaded in our marketing portal
  • Sales Flipbook

Our Marketing Portal where you can order more sales materials

 

Devoted Health: Tools to Help For a Successful OEP

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Devoted  communication from 1/7/21:

 

As OEP begins to ramp up, our team is prepared to support you in another successful selling season and provide tools that will help reduce risk of member disenrollments after your hard-earned AEP efforts.

As you know, dis-enrollments are highly unfavorable in many ways. It may not only lead to commissions chargebacks and poor compliance performance, but also poor overall member experience.  As such, we’ve put together a broker toolkit designed for you to help reduce dis-enrollments based on our data:

Members who are at higher risk of disenrollment:

  • PCP Experience: Members who do not see their PCP
  • Plan Engagement: Members who do not engage with Devoted Health
  • Benefits: Members with mismatched expectations or were not enrolled in the best plan for their needs
  • Higher-need members: Beneficiaries who qualify for Extra Help

What can you do to help these members from disenrollment:

Call members to check in:

  • It’s best practices to check in on members who recently enrolled during AEP to ensure smooth onboarding, pre-authorizations were taken care of and PCP appointments were made — you could even warm transfer them to a guide at 1-800-DEVOTED to make sure we take good care of them!
  • Help members to schedule PCP visit during OEP (before March 31st)

Member education events 

  • Encourage members to keep an eye on their email (and our website) for more information about our Music & More member educational  series. We’re planning to host a few virtual performances followed by new member Q&A! https://www.devoted.com/member-events

Remember to log on to our Agent Portal, a one-stop shop where you can view your members and their statuses among other helpful resources. 

Quick Resources 

  • Scope of appointment (English/Spanish)- online version that will email you a copy (instructional video here)
  • Play the full Devoted Sales Presentation Video OR use our handy Flipbook
    • Sales Video (English) — can be downloaded in our marketing portal
    • Sales Video (Spanish) — can be downloaded in our marketing portal
    • Sales Flipbook

Cornerstone & Devoted Health Free Mailer Incentive

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AEP Final Push Can Earn a Jump on 2021!

Cornerstone Senior Marketing is excited to offer agents a free 1,000 piece mailer when they submit 5 (or more) Devoted apps this AEP. The free mailer can be used in Q1 2021 to get your new year off right!

Bonus! If you submit 7 or more apps, Devoted will also kick in additional Devoted Bucks to use online at Devoted.com.

Already submitted your 5 apps? Congratulations – you’re automatically entitled to the 1,000 piece mailer in Q1, 2021.

Devoted Health has a robust network and provide excellent customer service. They also use state-of-the-art technology and can offer some brokers the opportunity to participate in their marketing campaigns!

Request more information today about this incredible End of AEP bonus or to finalize adding Devoted Health to your carrier portfolio.

Contact your Cornerstone Senior Marketing Rep!

Jaime Lebrón | 216-503-4509, NE OHIO
Email: jaime.lebrón@cornerstoneseniormarketing.com

Colleen Baird | 567-205-2551, NW OHIO
Email: colleen.baird@cornerstoneseniormarketing.com