SECURE HORIZONS, TUFTS HEALTH PLAN FOR SENIORS ANNOUNCES ALLIANCE WITH BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
Marketing Alliance to
Increase Awareness of Medicare+Choice Option for Medicare
Beneficiaries.
WALTHAM, Mass. (October 22, 2002) - Secure
Horizons®, Tufts Health Plan for Seniors and Bankers
Life and Casualty Company announced today a marketing agreement
that will allow licensed sales representatives of Bankers to offer
Medicare eligible individuals the option of joining the Secure
Horizons Medicare+Choice plan. According to Scott Perry, Bankers
senior vice president for career sales and distribution, "The
Secure Horizons Medicare+Choice product gives our agents an
excellent opportunity to provide a valuable choice to our new and
existing customers. Offering this option will enhance the extensive
array of products and services Bankers has to offer."
"Medicare+Choice is a valuable option for Medicare beneficiaries
and this alliance will allow us to offer this choice to a wide
range of Medicare beneficiaries. We are committed to this
population and know that Bankers has the expertise in the senior
marketplace to provide knowledgeable and important information to
Medicare beneficiaries," says Dave Mezzanotte, director of sales
for Secure Horizons.
Secure Horizons provides Medicare beneficiaries with additional
benefits and value beyond traditional Medicare such as coverage for
annual physicals, full coverage for inpatient hospital stays after
an annual $125 inpatient deductible, $600 annual prescription drug
coverage, low co-payment eye exams, preventive dental coverage and
coordination of care between primary care physicians and
specialists.
The agreement will complement current informational and new
member activities done by Secure Horizons staff. Currently, Secure
Horizons staff conducts public sales and informational meetings as
well as in-home appointments. In addition, Area Development
Representatives from Secure Horizons provide a direct link to
Councils on Aging, Senior Centers, the SHINE program, community
accounts and physician groups.
Bankers agents have undergone rigorous training by Secure
Horizons including compliance training on the Center for Medicare
and Medicaid Services regulations. Regular ongoing and refresher
training will be provided by Secure Horizons to Bankers agents so
agents maintain the high-quality standards of the program.
Established in 1879 and headquartered at the historic
Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago, Bankers Life and Casualty
Company focuses exclusively on the financial security needs of
seniors. The company offers a broad portfolio of health and life
insurance and retirement savings products designed especially for
seniors. These products are distributed through a national network
of professionally trained company agents. Visit us online at www.bankers.com.
Secure Horizons®, Tufts Health Plan for Seniors is
one of the country's largest health plans for Medicare
beneficiaries, with 95,000 members. Secure Horizons was awarded a
2001 Senior Gold Choice Award and was the sole Medicare+Choice plan
in the Boston area to qualify for the award. Secure
Horizons®, Tufts Health Plan for Seniors, Tufts
Associated Health Maintenance Organization, Inc., and Total Health
Plan, Inc. have been given Excellent accreditation status by the
National Committee for Quality Assurance.
| Contact: |
Linda Heacox
312-396-7666
l.heacox@banklife.com |
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Catherine Grant
Tufts Health Plan
781/466-9022 |
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