Most agents are aware of the practice of placing Medicare beneficiaries “Under Observation” instead of admitting them as an inpatient for overnight stays, but do you know WHY hospitals do this? It is because of…drum roll please…money.But then...
I get so many touching stories of insurance agents going above and beyond to help their clients that neglect to pass along the good news. Let’s face it, bad news sells…but good news makes us all proud of our profession:One agent went to a client’s...
As if insurance agents needed another reason to hate being involved with Obamacare, the IRS has recently reversed its position on “Silent Returns.” In 2017, the IRS’s position on electronically filed returns that did NOT indicated whether s/he had...
DSNP members in Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s home state –INDIANA–can get up to 10 day’s worth of meals when they come home from a hospital stay. When Anthem announced this I had an Ah Ha moment and I’m betting that all the other...
Social Security announced the anticipated 2% increase in cost of living allowance on Friday and with any increase in SS comes an increase in the cost of Part B.Since we went a few years without a rise in Part B costs–because SS did not go up–a lot of...
