UnitedHealthcare’s First Look at 2019 Medicare Advantage Plans!

UHC Medicare Solutions

UnitedHealthcare has released their Medicare Advantage plans for 2019. Don’t miss your chance for a first look at their plan benefits!

Click here for a first look.

*Please ask for a specific state(s) when requesting your first look


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Aetna is Expanding in Ohio for 2019

Aetna Medicare is expanding to the following Ohio counties in 2019:

Auglaize
Carroll
Champaign
Erie
Fulton
Guernsey
Henry
Huron
Logan
Madison
Ottawa
Sandusky
Shelby
Tuscarawas
Wayne

Subject to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approval. Confidential and proprietary. For agent use only. Do not distribute.

 

Contact your Cornerstone representative with any questions.

Trump Administration Releases 5-Part Plan for Medicare Part D

With concern over the rising costs of prescription drug costs, the Trump Administration’s FY2019 budget proposal includes a proposed 5-part plan that would change several features of the Part D drug benefit.

The following proposals are part of the Administration’s 5-part plan for Part D:

  1. Share rebates with Part D enrollees
  2. Change the calculation of “TrOOP”
  3. Add an out-of-pocket limit to Part D and change reinsurance
  4. Relax Part D formulary standards
  5. Eliminate cost sharing for generics for low-income enrollees

Click the link below for more information, or contact your Cornerstone representative today.

RESOURCES

What’s in the Administration’s 5-Part Plan for Medicare Part D and What Would it Mean for Beneficiaries and Program Savings?

Upcoming Marketplace Learning Management System Closure

The Marketplace Learning Management System (MLMS) will be closed starting July 18 at 6:00 PM ET until training for plan year 2019 goes live.

Before this “go-dark” period begins on July 18 at 6:00 PM ET, you should:

  • Check that your MLMS profile is up-to-date.
  • Print your Registration Completion Certificate(s) to document your plan year 2018 registration for the Individual and/or Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace.

Certificates showing you have completed plan year 2018 registration and training will not be available after the MLMS closes.

To print your plan year 2018 Registration Completion Certificate(s), follow these three steps:

  1. Log in to the CMS Enterprise Portal.
  2. On the “My Status” page, the “Complete Agent Broker Training” entry will show “Complete” in the “Status” column if you have completed training.

Select the “Print Certificate(s)” link and follow the prompts.

During the go-dark period, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be preparing for plan year 2019 registration and training. Stay tuned for updates, or visit the Resources for Agents and Brokers webpage.

 

Contact your Cornerstone representative with any questions.

 

RESOURCES

Take Note: Upcoming MLMS Closure