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You have been providing a pre-Thanksgiving meal during
sales presentations in November for many years and
your clients look forward to attending this annual event.
When marketing Medicare Advantage and Part D plans,
what are you permitted to do with respect to meals? -
ANSWERSYou may provide light snacks, but a
Thanksgiving style meal would be prohibited, regardless
of who provides or pays for the meal.
Ordinarily, you provide clients who purchase various
types of insurance products from you with a gift when
they enroll and you let them know that they will receive
it after their enrollment is complete. When you market
Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, what may you
offer as a gift to induce enrollment in a plan? -
,ANSWERSYou may not provide any gift or prize as an
inducement to enroll
One of your colleagues argues that face-to-face meetings
with potential enrollees should be required because they
cannot make an appropriate decision with the minimal
information that can be provided over the phone or in
small brochures. How should you respond to this
argument? - ANSWERSThis is incorrect. Brokers and
agents cannot require face to face meetings in order to
answer questions or enroll a Medicare beneficiary
Agent Harriet Walker has recently begun marketing
Medicare Advantage and related products aimed at
meeting the needs of senior citizens. Client Mildred
Jones has expressed interest in a Medicare Advantage
plan. It is now the beginning of September. If you were in
Agent Walker's position, what would you do? -
ANSWERSInquire whether the client qualifies for a
special enrollment period, and if not, solicit an
enrollment application once the annual open enrollment
election period begins on October 15th
,Mr. Murphy is an agent. A neighbor invited him to
discuss the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plans
he sells at the regular Tuesday brunch the neighbors
have for senior citizens. What should Mr. Murphy tell his
neighbor about the kinds of food that can be provided to
potential enrollees who attend the sales presentation? -
ANSWERSThe neighbors may not provide a meal, but
light snacks would be permitted
Ordinarily, you provide clients who purchase various
types of insurance products from you with a gift when
they enroll and you let them know that they will receive
it after their enrollment is complete. When you market
Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, what may you
offer as a gift to induce enrollment in a plan? -
ANSWERSYou may not provide any gift or prize as an
inducement to enroll
Mr. Edwards, a marketing representative of the ACME
Insurance Company, scheduled a marketing event and
expects about 40 people to attend. He has hired a
magician at a cost of $200 to entertain attendees. Can he
do this in a way that complies with guidance from the
, Medicare agency? - ANSWERSHe can do this, because the
estimated number of attendees is based on the venue
size and response rate and the value of the gift does not
exceed $15.
You will be holding a sales event in the near future, at
which you would like to offer door prizes to attendees.
Under guidelines from the Medicare agency, what types
of gifts or prizes would not be allowed in this situation? -
ANSWERSGift cards or gift certificates of $15 or less that
can be readily converted to cash
You are scheduled to give a sales presentation at a local
senior center. At the beginning of the presentation,
which of the following must you do? - ANSWERSClearly
state that no obligation exists to enroll if a gift or prize is
being offered
Ordinarily, you ask your clients for referrals to people
they think would benefit from the products you offer.
When selling Medicare Advantage or Part D products,
how might you solicit referrals? - ANSWERSYou may