This year’s annual enrollment period (AEP) is going to be busier than ever! You’re probably already thinking about how to make it better than last year. If you want to keep your existing customers and make new sales this AEP (and keep your sanity), now is the time to put a new plan in place.
Join us on Wednesday, June 28th, at 1:00 pm EST for the next Webinar: Update Your Website to Make More Sales this AEP. Our partners at AgentMethods will be presenting ways you can use technology and your website to automate AEP so you can spend less time on marketing and more time focusing on sales.
You will see how insurance agents are using the AgentMethods platform to:
Start AEP with your calendar full of appointments (complete with signed SOA’s)
Handle 85% of existing clients automatically, so you can focus on the other 15% and new business
Set yourself up for near-perfect client retention and more referrals
Go into OEP with a success plan
Register for this webinar to see how you can use marketing automation
to get better results!
GarityAdvantage is a National Marketing Organization (NMO) for the top local, regional and national Medicare carriers. We approach our role with brokers a bit differently than our competitors – as we provide local market teams to work with you side-by-side to ensure you succeed. This allows us to actively develop targeted lead programs and local market opportunities to help you prospect and sell as well as deliver personalized training, ongoing marketing support and co-op funding to support your specific needs. We also offer the latest tech tools to help manage your business including efficient lead calling tools, agent dashboard, and a virtual quote and enrollment platform. Rounding out our support is a back office team helping you every step of the way with contracting, commissions, enrollments and compliance. Plus, all broker commissions are paid directly to you. You get the whole pie, not just a piece of it! Call us today to learn more!
Thank you for all of your hard work this Annual Election Period.
Please follow these reminders to make sure your final selling days go smoothly.
ENROLLMENT DEADLINES
Per CMS, as an agent, you must receive and sign the consumer’s AEP enrollment application No Later than Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 to fulfill AEP election.
All Enrollments MUST BE *Received at GarityAdvantage or directly to the carriers NO LATER THAN the guidelines below.
Navigating the twists and turns of the Medicare market has never been more challenging or rewarding. While CMS is keeping agents on their toes with new call recording requirements and compliance expectations, the opportunities available for sales growth are massive – as interest in Medicare Advantage plans continues to explode.
ARE YOU WINNING THIS AEP?
If you are not achieving the success you’ve anticipated, you may want to take a look at the opportunities your FMO is bringing to you. At GarityAdvantage, we work closely with our broker partners to deliver a customized package of tools, services, support and in-the-field selling opportunities to help you succeed including:
FREE call recording technology
FREE quote & enroll, CRM and lead ordering tools
FREE inbound leads ringing direct to your phone
Access to retail and provider marketing opportunities
Educational dinner seminar strategies
Personalized marketing collateral
More $$$’s invested in you via financial incentives, unlimited co-op and additional marketing dollars
Commissions paid at the top CMS defined rates for independent agents/brokers ($601 new/$301 renewal)
Agency building tools and support
Plus, daily access and to our dedicated team of sales, support, contracting, commissions, compliance, marketing and enrollment specialists – all working with you to help you take your Medicare business to new heights.
In observance of Thanksgiving, GarityAdvantage Agencies will be closed on Thursday, November 24th and Friday, November 25th. Additionally, our office will close at 1pm on Wednesday, November 23rd with the exception of our enrollment processing team who will retain their 9am-5pm hours.
Note: Carrier deadlines for enrollments still apply.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
Medicare enrollments dated before Thursday, November 24th MUST be sent to us no later than Wednesday, November 23rd during business hours (9AM-5PM). All enrollments taken/submitted on Thursday, November 24th will be processed on Friday, November 25th.
Tuesday enrollments sent after hours on
Wednesday risk being LATE to the carrier.
We will be providing limited staff to process your enrollments on Friday afternoon, November 25th, and Saturday morning, November 26th.
To ensure compliance with CMS enrollment time-frames, you should always submit your enrollments the day they are received. This requirement becomes especially important now because CMS requirements Do Not allow additional days for weekends and holidays.
Please use the links below for directions on how to submit your applications to the carriers directly between 5:00 PM, Wednesday, November 23rd and all day Thursday, November 24th.
For enrollments that are NOT time-sensitive, our Agent Dashboard and Enrollment Fax lines are open 24 hours to accept your enrollments. We will resume processing again on Monday, November 28th.
Please join Aetna’s Cheryl Tassmer, and GarityAdvantage Agencies’ Jane Feit for a Coffee & Kits open house event. Drop in for your kits and enjoy a casual cup of coffee.Bring your laptop and we can show you how to order leads through Lead Center to help boost your AEP sales!
Please join Point32 Health’sLeneive Henry, and GarityAdvantage Agencies’ Jane Feit for a Coffee & Kits open house event. Drop in for your kits and enjoy a casual cup of coffee.Bring your laptop and we can show you how to order leads through Lead Center to help boost your AEP sales!
