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Medicare Advantage

Important –
Suspended Marketing and Enrollment for MAPD Plans in Florida and North Carolina

2025 Annual Certification Training (ACT) and the Contracting Recertification is now available

Submit the form on the right for infromation and Certification link

 

Medicare Advantage - One of the most exciting sales times of the year is almost here. The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period begins in less than a week, and you don't want to miss the opportunity to sell cobranded Medicare Advantage plans from Wellcare and Mutual of Omaha.

If you're contracted
If you're already contracted with Wellcare, you'll need to complete AHIP's 2025 Medicare + Fraud, Waste and Abuse training and the Wellcare annual certification training. The product training for the cobranded Wellcare and Mutual of Omaha plans is built into the overall Wellcare product training.

If you're not contracted
Get your Wellcare certification today

2025 AHIP Discount Link
Receive a $50 Discount on the AHIP Test

Click here for your discount link


 

Stephens-Matthews will offer Ambetter in the following states for PY 2025:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvainia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington

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2025 New Member Bonus Program is here!
Submit the form below for Bonus Program details

 

New Ambetter Health Agent of Record (AOR) Rule

Beginning with Jan. 1, 2025 effective date policies, Ambetter Health will discontinue our current Agent of Record (AOR) lock-in rule and rely solely on the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) AOR process for plan year 2025 and beyond.

The current AOR lock-in rule will continue to apply to plan year 2024 policies

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Get FFM Certified

Plan Year 2025 Marketplace Registration and Training is Live for New and Returning
Agents and Brokers

Plan year 2025 Marketplace registration and training is now available for new and returning agents and brokers on the Marketplace Learning Management System (MLMS)! Plan year 2025 Marketplace training is available in English and Spanish.

https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/agents-brokers/registration-training

Plan year 2025 FFM certification for agents and brokers + free CEUs

If you are new to ACA, click here to view LeadStar’s ACA 101 video!

 

For more information about Ambetter, submit the short form below or contact Pam at
1-800-544-8250 ext. 20906
, email pam@stephens-matthews.com

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Suspended Marketing and Enrollment for MAPD Plans in Florida and North Carolina

We would like to make you aware that all enrollment and marketing activities are suspended effective Jan. 12, 2024 for all plans under the two contracts below:

  • Florida MAPD PPO Contract (H5199
  • North Carolina MAPD PPO Contract (H7175)

Important:

  • All marketing activities must be stopped immediately for all plans under these two contracts
  • Effective Jan. 12, 2024, agents and agencies can no longer market any plans under these two contracts.
  • All enrollment materials releated to these plans have been removed from Wellcare sites and enrollment platforms, and materials are no longer available for downloading, printingm or ordering.

 

More Information:

CMS suspends enrollment and marketing for two Centene Medicare Advantage plans

By Healthcare Finance – January 11, 2024

 

CMS also provided notice to WellCare that it had made a determination to impose intermediate sanctions consisting of the suspension of enrollment and all marketing activities for these Medicare Advantage plans. 

These intermediate sanctions will be effective on January 12. CMS said it would provide WellCare with detailed instructions regarding the enrollment and marketing suspensions in a separate communication. ARTICLE

 

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