by CDA Inc | Feb 9, 2016 | Insurance, Long Term Care
We have received phone calls from many individuals who signed up for health insurance through the Marketplace without a broker and are now struggling to find participating providers. Their key question: shouldn’t every provider who participates in a particular network...
by CDA Inc | Feb 4, 2016 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
One of our clients called and was very upset that her new insurance carrier would not cover the prescription she was trying to pick up at the pharmacy. She had filled this particular prescription before the 30-day renewal date and could not understand how the new...
by CDA Inc | Jan 29, 2016 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
Last week Cigna Healthcare was notified that it will not be allowed to sell any more Medicare Advantage or Medicare part D plans until further notice. The complaints previously filed about the services that were not approved and the prescriptions not allowed by the...
by CDA Inc | Jan 27, 2016 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
There was a time when the people of the land of US were able to sign up for health insurance any time the mood struck them. There was no requirement to buy insurance, but as prices of healthcare increased dramatically year after year, those who were tuned in...
by CDA Inc | Jan 21, 2016 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
Financial planners have been encouraging the use health savings accounts for several years, but for all the tax advantages of these plans, are the underlying health insurance plans appropriate for the insureds? At the base of a health savings account is a high...
by CDA Inc | Jan 12, 2016 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
We continue to be asked if an H.S.A. eligible health insurance plan is good decision even after people have made their plan elections for the year. This seems to be a question that needs a moment of attention. There are certain high deductible health plans which...
by CDA Inc | Jan 8, 2016 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
For those who enrolled on the Marketplace for health insurance and who received a subsidy, please look over the list below. 1- Those individuals who have health insurance available through an employer are not eligible for a subsidy. Whether the employer...
by CDA Inc | Jan 5, 2016 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
I continue to be surprised at the phone calls from individuals now that the initial open enrollment has finished for those who need to enroll for their 2016 health insurance. As much media attention as the enrollment process has received there are still many who are...
by CDA Inc | Dec 29, 2015 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
So, you successfully enrolled in health insurance for 2016. Congratulations, but you are probably not done yet. Following are some of the details you will need to check: 1- Have you established your payment method for the new insurance plan and have you set up...
by CDA Inc | Dec 29, 2015 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
CoventryOne clients in four states must take action to restart EFT to pay their monthly premium by January 4. Individual Pre-65 Due to a recent change in our underwriting legal entities, we cannot automatically deduct some of your client’s health care premium...
