Walmart-Amazonian Culture Creates More Players in the Healthcare Retail Space
Earlier this fall,
Rich, whose company is an online, multi-carrier insurance brokerage, describes these developments as further signs that healthcare is an industry in transition--including his company who is at the forefront of the Medicare-insurance retail market. To point: The number of walk-in urgent care clinics in the
The emergence of walk-in clinics and expanded health services in
Along with an expanding range of medical services, notes Rich, in-store clinics and kiosks serve as a frontline source of essential healthcare-related information. The Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) for Medicare, for example, affects millions of people, as 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 every day [5]. While some beneficiaries may qualify for special enrollment periods, changes to existing Medicare coverage for all other beneficiaries must be made during the annual time window from
To help seniors sort through these options and obtain the coverage they need, Ensurem, which has relationships with most of the major health insurance issuers in the
Ensurem's kiosk representatives provide information about, and help with, a wide range of other insurance issues as well. While Medicare coverage is a primary concern of Boomers, all age groups, says Rich, seem to enjoy face-to-face interaction.
"What matters to consumers of every generation," Rich says, "is the ability to understand their options and make what for them is the right choice. Whether a consumer accesses our platform purely online or through a visit to an instore kiosk, our goal is to simplify and clarify the process of evaluating and purchasing insurance--whatever kind of insurance that consumer needs."
Ensurem has entered the retail Medicare solutions market with a large and swift capacity to assist over 300,000 seniors per month trying to navigate Medicare coverage options, including:
1. Online marketing to create awareness and drive seniors to their easy-to-navigate Medicare sales platform;
2. Call centers that log over 2,000 calls per day answering questions from confused seniors as to their benefits;
3. Kiosks around the nation to answer seniors' questions and supply the "brick-and-mortar" stability and familiarity;
4. And forthcoming--an app to connect the above technology offerings into a seamless end-to-end experience.
"Buying insurance can be made simpler and clearer, and we believe it should be. Just because it's important doesn't mean it has to be hard--this is the new paradigm of healthcare-retail."
About Ensurem:
Ensurem, headquartered in
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