Posts Tagged ‘materials creation’
4 Ways to Prepare for Increased CMS Oversight in the wake of Secret Shopper Success
Good news for Medicare agents and brokers: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently reported that of the 1,320 marketing events secretly shopped during the 2014 contract year Annual Enrollment Period (AEP), 85.5% were fully compliant. This is a huge improvement from previous years, when CMS found more than half of secretly shopped…
Read MoreLessons Learned from the 2015 AEP Materials Creation Season – And how to best prepare for next year
At the end of September, Medicare Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) should have successfully delivered to members their Annual Notification of Changes (ANOC) and Evidence of Coverage (EOC) materials. This should come as a relief to health plans, as creating these materials – which must be distributed before the Annual Enrollment Period (AEP)…
Read MoreSurviving the 2015 AEP Materials Creation Process – Part 1 of 2
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its model documents for the 2015 Annual Enrollment Period (AEP). The rigorous, highly complex rules and regulations for member marketing materials wreak havoc on health plans year after year – and the clock is now ticking. Medicare plans must create, print and deliver AEP materials,…
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