WellPoint: Sanctions On Co's Medicare Marketing Lifted
09 Septiembre 2009 - 5:17PM
Noticias Dow Jones
WellPoint Inc. (WLP) received notice from the government
Wednesday that marketing and enrollment sanctions imposed on its
Medicare products have been lifted in time to sign beneficiaries up
for next year, the company said in a filing.
Effective Oct. 1, WellPoint may start marketing its Medicare
Advantage health plans and Medicare Part D prescription-drug plans
for seniors for the 2010 contract year.
The health insurer also will be permitted, as of Nov. 15, to
enroll beneficiaries, other than low-income subsidy beneficiaries,
for the 2010 contract year.
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had
imposed the sanctions on WellPoint in January. WellPoint had said
computer glitches caused thousands of seniors to be denied drug
benefits at pharmacies or to be told mistakenly that their coverage
had been canceled.
- By Dinah Wisenberg Brin, Dow Jones Newswires; 215-656-8285;
dinah.brin@dowjones.com