Mutual of Omaha to Offer Co-Branded Medicare Advantage Plans in 2024

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Wellcare and Mutual of Omaha will offer No Premium and Low Premium MAPD PPO co-branded plans in Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina, and Washington state as well as in Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston markets in Texas. The jointly marketed plans will be offered during this fall’s Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) which begins Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7th.

The customer experience, including customer service, enrollment, and member communications, will be the Wellcare experience. All sales and brokerage operations will be handled by Wellcare. All 2024 contracted and certified Wellcare brokers will automatically have access to the co-branded plans with the same compensation model.

Producers already contracted with Wellcare can reach out to their contact. If you are not currently contracted with Wellcare, please contact your Mutual of Omaha upline for assistance.

 

[Packerland]

Wellcare RX 100% the worst customer service in the industry ...no chance at this point would I contact for any MA product that they handle the customer service

 

[DonP]

Wouldn’t surprise me to see moo in the future enter mapd . They need to capitalize on that name recognition fast as in 10-15 plus years people aging into Medicare will not have heard of them . Once mapd starts hitting a growth plateau I expect only 3-4 carriers controlling 90% of the mkt

 

[rmhaire]

Wouldn’t surprise me to see moo in the future enter mapd . They need to capitalize on that name recognition fast as in 10-15 plus years people aging into Medicare will not have heard of them . Once mapd starts hitting a growth plateau I expect only 3-4 carriers controlling 90% of the mkt

This is MOO's second foray into the MA market. They came out with their own plan a few years ago. They stayed in about 15 minutes before they pulled out.

I'm not taking the bait.

 

[straightnochaser]

Maybe wellcare will finally get it together? Doubt it...

 

[DonP]

This is MOO's second foray into the MA market. They came out with their own plan a few years ago. They stayed in about 15 minutes before they pulled out.

I'm not taking the bait.

Right but mapd is such a large part and growing component of overall Medicare they might be forced to

 

[somarco]

So much to laugh at in this thread. Thanks for the diversion . . .

 

[rmhaire]

Right but mapd is such a large part and growing component of overall Medicare they might be forced to

Maybe so. But Moo and Wellcare together?

I'd rather get pecked to death by a duck.

 

[Fisher]

"All sales and brokerage operations will be handled by Wellcare."

Hard pass.

Not to mention, it sounds similar to UHC paying AARP to use their logo. Wellcare trying to pay for validation, perhaps.

 

[Chazm]

MoO realized their first attempt at MAPD didn’t go to well, so they double down in joining forces with WellCare. Wow