
Helping Your Clients Find Their Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI)
05/14/20 • 6 min
Need to help a client look up their Medicare Beneficiary Identifier? What can you do now that the lookup feature on MyMedicare.gov has been phased out? We've got four ways insurance agents can help their Medicare clients in this episode of the ASG Podcast.
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Need to help a client look up their Medicare Beneficiary Identifier? What can you do now that the lookup feature on MyMedicare.gov has been phased out? We've got four ways insurance agents can help their Medicare clients in this episode of the ASG Podcast.
Read the text version.
Mentioned in this episode:
CMS Completes New Medicare Card Distribution Early
Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers
What To Do if Your Medicare Card is Lost or Stolen
What You Need to Know About New Medicare Cards
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The Friday Five for May 8, 2020: AHIP 2021 Training Update; Humana Waives Copays and Cost-Sharing, Talks Telehealth; Headphones to Help WFH; Krasinski Keeps Some Good News Coming; and How to Celebrate Mother’s Day During a Pandemic.
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Need to bring technology into your business? Not sure where to begin? Start by listening to this episode! We’ll help you revamp your insurance sales process.
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What does Medicare look like for your clients working past age 65? This is one of the most common questions we get from insurance agents. And we've got answers! Learn how to help clients enroll in Medicare when they plan to continue working. We'll even cover how to help a client that's already on Medicare who wants to "unretire" and rejoin the workforce! You don't want to miss this episode of our ASG Podcast!
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