Due to the significant level of interest in payvider plans, we decided to check in again with our CEO, David Schultz, to get his take on the payvider market today and where it's headed. Here are his insights.
With the 2023 Annual Election Period behind us, we took a look at overall enrollment numbers in Medicare Advantage plans to identify which insurers had substantial enrollment gains. While a lot goes into the marketing of a successful AEP, direct mail continues to be a large driver of interest and likely plays a key role in overall marketing success.
Over the past five years, aggressive marketing campaigns for Medicare Advantage plans have overwhelmed and confused consumers with sometimes-empty promises of extra benefits and no premiums. At Media Logic, we are confident that our regional health insurance clients have always played by the rules and treated prospects with respect. We take pride in our commitment to ethical marketing practices, and we know our clients do too.
In 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began updating the customer-facing homepage and relevant linked pages on Medicare.gov. When we compared screenshots from 2021 to the same webpages in 2022, we noticed substantial improvements in clarity, stylization, ease of navigation and readability. Click through our slide deck to see the biggest changes from year to year.
Each year at Media Logic, we look at overall enrollment numbers to see which health insurers had substantial enrollment gains. We also compile direct mail creative examples.
To say 2020 has been a tumultuous year is probably the understatement of the year. The COVID-19 health crisis has dramatically changed how we live, shop and even receive healthcare. And it's has impacted this year's Medicare AEP direct mail campaigns as well. Here's a look at a few "mini-trends" we're starting to see emerge early on in 2021 Medicare AEP direct mail marketing.
In any scenario, a successful Medicare Advantage marketing launch is not simply a matter of lighting up your “Open” sign. It requires significant research, strategic planning and consumer education.
For 2020, we noticed several new market entrants or “start-ups” who entered the highly competitive Medicare Advantage space. We took a closer look at nine new plans and created a SlideShare with observations on their history, pricing and positioning strategies, as well as their results.
Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA), a type of Medicare Advantage plan that combines a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) with a medical savings account have been around for 12 years. Current enrollment is low, but will these plans ever receive meaningful growth and penetration?
For the 2020 Medicare AEP, CMS introduced a new Medicare Plan Finder (MPF) designed to streamline the overall user experience. We decided to ask an actual usual to report back to us on her thoughts when using this new tool.