Healthcare providers often have evolving Medicare objectives. MedicareCompareUSA is your partner when you are trying to…

MedicareCompareUSA, the industry’s fastest-growing Medicare brokerage and pioneer of the Health Care Provider Medicare Helpline Service, is pleased to announce two key additions to our California Leadership Team. The additions of Caroline Mariñez and Edward Trejo position MedicareCompareUSA for growth of brokerage operations and statewide expansion of our California Health Care clients. Caroline Mariñez Director […]

Lutheran Health Network announced Wednesday the availability of a toll-free helpline designed to help Medicare beneficiaries select a health plan that fits their needs and budget.

Walmart’s July announcement that they plan to start selling Medicare insurance should have resonated with America’s physicians as more than an interesting headline to interrupt a summer of coronavirus news.

(BELLINGHAM, WA – Sept. 1, 2020) — MedicareCompareUSA announced today the creation of two new positions reflecting the company’s growth and increased prominence within the health care industry. MedicareCompareUSA is the nation’s largest Medicare insurance-solution network for hospitals, health systems and physician groups. Nathan Pendleton has been appointed to the newly created position of chief […]

Every single day more than 10,000 new seniors are “turning 65” and becoming Medicare eligible. They are faced with a daunting process of finding health insurance to fit their medical needs and pocketbook and are discovering that there are dozens of plans to choose from, many of which are not accepted by their provider. Most […]

Provider Agency Support Services (PASS) Assures Continuity of Care for Medicare Patients While Protecting Market Share and Revenue for Physicians and Hospitals (BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Aug. 26, 2020) — MedicareCompareUSA announced today the launch of Provider Agency Support Services LLC (PASS), a new affiliate company that allows hospitals and large physician groups across America to […]

Whether a Medicare Advantage plan leaves the market or a contract termination occurs, providers are generally ill-equipped to handle a tidal wave of concerned and confused patients affected by a plan change. The most effective approach requires tactical planning with clear and compliant calls to action for both staff and patients. Planning, mobilizing with speed […]

COVID-19 has dramatically changed interaction with patients turning 65 and needing to enroll in a Medicare plan. At a time of required social distancing, no longer can hospitals conduct on-site Medicare 101 educational seminars to provide a basic overview and explanation of Medicare, coverage and enrollment options, and a forum for asking clarifying questions. Required […]

Annual Enrollment Period will soon be here, and agents are already starting to prepare by taking Medicare Advantage plan recertifications so they can represent 2021 benefit designs. With COVID-19 still upon us, and here for the foreseeable future, the AEP is likely going to be primarily telephonic and internet-based. That makes having an active and […]

Free Service Allows Seniors to Learn About Eligibility, Understand Differences Between Plan Options and Easily Enroll in a Medicare Plan Accepted by Their Hospital and Doctor

From coast to coast, patients and providers alike are seeing frightening disruptions to their local payer landscape. Read what MedicareCompareUSA CEO Kerri Lenderman suggests…

One of the healthcare industry’s leading authorities on securing and protecting the patient-provider relationship is warning America’s hospitals and physicians to have a plan and strategy in place to combat “painful market disruptions” when payer contracts change.

MedicareCompareUSA announced today the launch of an Agent Ambassador Training program designed to better support hospital and physician group clients in their efforts to attract and retain Medicare-eligible patients.

MedicareCompareUSA announced today a record-setting year in 2019 relative to new contracts signed and new Medicare helplines launched in partnership with some of the nation’s best-known and most widely respected hospitals and health systems coast to coast. The company also served as a vital resource to hospitals and health systems during Medicare Advantage contract terminations or “compelling events” that occurred during the year.

MedicareCompareUSA announced today the forging of new agency and data-source alliances while expanding Medicare insurance helplines in partnership with some of the nation’s best-known and most widely respected physician groups, hospitals and health systems. In the year just concluded, the company also assisted many premier providers with successfully managing payer terminations by helping to enroll their patients into other contracted plans and protecting the continuity of their care.

MedicareCompareUSA announced today that it has entered into an agreement with The Orthopaedic & Fracture Clinic in Minnesota to establish a toll-free helpline that will make it easier for local Medicare beneficiaries to find a health plan that is accepted by the clinic and that best meets their personal needs and preferences. The Orthopaedic & […]

New agreement with Empower Brokerage opens pathways to more trained Medicare insurance agents assisting seniors with enrollment in health plans accepted by client hospitals and physicians MedicareCompareUSA announced today that it has entered into a new partnership with Empower Brokerage through which thousands of health insurance agents can be deployed to assist contracted hospitals in […]

MedicareCompareUSA announced today the forging of new agency and data-source alliances while expanding Medicare insurance helplines in partnership with some of the nation’s best-known and most widely respected physician groups, hospitals and health systems. In the year just concluded, the company also assisted many premier providers with successfully managing payer terminations by helping to enroll their patients into other contracted plans and protecting the continuity of their care.

Healthcare leaders across the country now have a fresh insight into their marketplace’s competitive landscape and greater clarity as to the health insurance purchasing decision of local Medicare recipients thanks to a new user-friendly data tool created by MedicareCompareUSA. The information is available free of charge to hospitals, health systems and physician organizations and can […]

MedicareCompareUSA announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Allina Health to establish a toll-free helpline that will make it easier for local Medicare beneficiaries to find a health plan that is accepted by an Allina facility and its affiliated physicians. Based in Minneapolis, Allina Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system that owns or operates 13 hospitals and […]

(This article was originally published in Payers & Providers.) Collectively, the nation’s more than 5,000 hospitals contract with hundreds of different health plans, many offering Medicare Advantage or Medicare Supplemental insurance to America’s 55 million seniors. Capturing this growing population is a major component of most hospitals’ strategic objectives, which is why contracting is commonly found […]

Healthcare leaders across the country will now find it appreciably easier to determine Medicare Advantage enrollment in their county thanks to a new, intuitive tool created by MedicareCompareUSA. The tool can be accessed by visiting the company’s newly designed website at medicarecompareusa.com. With this tool hospitals, healthcare systems and medical groups in all 50 states […]

MCUSA Founder and CEO Paul Gauthier was recently published in Strategic Health Care Marketing on the importance of being more strategic in attracting and retaining Medicare beneficiaries. In this article, Paul outlines three unmistakeable truths. Read the article here.

MedicareCompareUSA announced today a record-setting year in 2017 relative to new contracts signed and new Medicare helplines launched in partnership with some of the nations best-known and most widely respected hospitals and health systems coast to coast.

MedicareCompareUSA announced today that it has partnered with Washington Regional Medical Center in Arkansas to establish a toll-free helpline that will assist Medicare beneficiaries in selecting a health plan that best meets their personal needs and preferences.

MedicareCompareUSA announced today that it has partnered with Providence Health in South Carolina to launch a toll-free helpline that will make it easier for local Medicare beneficiaries to find a health plan that best meets their personal needs and preferences. Providence Health is part of LifePoint Health, one of the nation’s leading healthcare companies with 72 hospital campuses in 22 states and more than $6 billion in revenue.

Medicare beneficiaries in South Carolina will find selecting a health plan far less complicated this year thanks to a new initiative being launched by Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) and MedicareCompareUSA.

MedicareCompareUSA announced today that it has entered into an agreement with CHI Health to establish a toll-free helpline that will assist Medicare beneficiaries in Nebraska and southwest Iowa in choosing a health plan that best meets their personal needs and preferences.

Most hospitals today sink or swim financially based, in great part, on their ability to attract and retain desirable market share.

This can best be achieved by helping patients choose a health plan with which the hospital has favorable reimbursement. But while that answer is clear, the question remains of “how best to do this?”

MedicareCompareUSA announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the CHI Texas Division to establish a toll-free helpline that will assist Medicare beneficiaries in choosing a health plan that best meets their personal needs and preferences.

As providers get caught between nagging government regulations, shrinking reimbursement from insurers, and new competition from entrepreneurial startups, the struggle for desirable market share has never been greater. In this carnival of change, hospital and physician leaders have four choices. They can waste time trying to retrace the genesis and evolution that has created this battlefield, they can grind their teeth in frustration, they can fiddle around the fringes and hope for the best, or they can flex their own muscles to control their own destiny.