Posts by Kevin A. LeBlanc
Errors in ANOCs and EOCs could cost up to $55 per affected enrollee
Over the last several years, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken an increasingly tough stance on health plans that distribute Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) and Evidence of Coverage (EOC) documents with unclear and/or inaccurate benefit information. CMS is no longer sending health plans warnings for these errors; they are imposing…
Read More3 Ways Growing Health Plans can Avoid Adding FTEs
Health plans today are feeling more pressure than ever before to do more with less. This is especially true now that health plans have to operate within the federal minimum medical-loss ratio (MLR) requirement. The minimum MLR requirements leaves health plans with only 15 percent of their Medical revenue to spend on administration, marketing, and,…
Read MoreHow Accurate ANOCs and EOCs can Help Health Plans Retain Members
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation recently published an Issue Brief on its website titled “Medicare Advantage Plan Switching: Exception or Norm?” The brief shared that 11 percent of Medicare Advantage plan enrollees in 2013 voluntarily switched to another plan in 2014. It also addressed various factors that impacted switches to other plans, such as…
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