Medicare Supplement Underwriting Rules

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 Medicare Supplement Underwriting Rules 

The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) is approaching soon. It’s important to follow the Open Enrollment (OE) and Guaranteed Issue (GI) rules set by CMS and to prevent application processing delays: 

Clients who are eligible for OE or GI are not allowed to go through full medical underwriting for a Medicare supplement policy.

 Producers cannot choose how they want the application to be processed, we must follow CMS requirements.


To learn more, visit Agility's Mutual Contracting page. 

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