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Legislative and regulatory changes affecting health plans are happening fast and furious as a new administration reaches its six-month mark.
Health insurers pledged to streamline and improve the prior authorization processes for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, Affordable Care Act marketplace and commercial plans covering nearly eight out of 10 Americans.
Nearly 400 independent rural hospitals in the U.S. could be pushed to the brink of closure if the Senate passes the budget reconciliation bill, according to a report from Families USA.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is adjusting agent compensation for Medicare Advantage upward, representing the largest MA increase in broker compensation in years.
Long-term care insurance doesn’t benefit only the policyholder – it also benefits the family caregiver at a time when that caregiver needs help.
Moms who work in the advisory profession say they are fulfilled in their careers, with 9 out of 10 saying they are highly satisfied in their chosen careers.
An insurtech holding company is seeking a fronting carrier and regulatory approval for a bitcoin-based indexed annuity.
The CFP Board has convened an AI Working Group to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the financial planning ecosystem and to define the evolving role of human expertise in the future.
Professional associations representing the agent community have come out against United Healthcare’s recent decision to eliminate agent commissions across more than 100 Medicare Advantage plans in more 20 states.
Retirement is not a one-time event; it is a dynamic phase of life that requires a vision of what the post-employment years will look like for each individual and how that vision will be funded.
The increase in births to women in their prime wage-earning years coincides with a spike in interest in disability and paid leave benefits among women in that age group.
Publicly traded insurance companies showed strong financial performance in 2024 compared to the prior year, according to an analysis by Compensation Advisory Partners.
High-performing plans ranked high on their ability to deliver clear communication and meaningful member support. Meanwhile, bottom-ranked plans struggle to deliver a positive member experience.
An increasing number of older Americans will need long-term care at some point, with most of the care performed by unpaid family members.
The number of annuity offerings available in the marketplace continues to expand, but sometimes it’s a good idea to take another look at a product that’s a bit more traditional – a variable annuity with lifetime income benefit riders.
Insurance companies continue to add newly launched indices to their fixed indexed annuity products, leading to a growing need to educate on the difference between live and back-tested index performance to help properly set policyholder expectations.
A Washington law firm is interviewing health advisors who were unfairly targeted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in preparation for a potential class action lawsuit against the federal agency for its use of algorithms to punish agents who enrolled consumers in Affordable Care Act coverage.
Medicaid cuts and prescription drug costs are among the health-related issues to take flight in the first 100 days of the Trump administration.
UnitedHealthcare dealt another blow to its Medicare agents when it announced last week it will not pay commissions on Medicare prescription drug plans sold after June 1.
Americans are on the precipice of huge financial choices as they prepare for retirement – a phenomenon described as “the great decide.”
