As a former health insurance professional and now as Oklahoma’s Commissioner of Insurance, I have spent my entire adult life reading dense, complex insurance policies and headache-inducing statutes. Nothing frustrates me more than attempting to wade my way through the legalese and tangle of bureaucratic rules that accompany almost all state and federal programs ─ particularly the ones that are intended to help our senior citizens.
If seasoned insurance agents need a bottle of Tylenol on their desk as they attempt to understand the basics of Medicare and new rules and regulations, is it any wonder so many seniors say the thought of enrolling in Medicare and choosing the right plan is overwhelming?
Fortunately, our latest Continuing Education event ─“Navigating the Medicare Maze” ─ is aimed at helping seniors by helping insurance agents, nurses, nursing home administrators and caregivers understand Medicare.
Join the Oklahoma Insurance Department on November 5 as national experts unpack the basics of Medicare, how Medicare plans can be marketed, the latest on Medicare’s Prescription Drug Coverage and the difference between Medicare Advantage and Medicare Gap plans ─ all in time for “Open Enrollment,” Medicare’s Annual Coordinated Election Period (AEP), which runs from November 15 through December 31 each year.
Producers can earn six hours of CE, including one hour of legislative update for the day. Those licensed to sell Medicare will satisfy the Medicare renewal requirement. Five hours of continuing education credits are available to licensed Long-Term Care administrators. Five hours of continuing education credits are also available to licensed social workers.
The cost to attend for the day is $40. Members of the general public not seeking continuing education credit may attend for free. Free admission is limited to the first
100 registrants not seeking CE. The day-long event begins at 8:45 a.m. and lasts until
4:15 p.m. on November 5 at the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
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