Family Care Network Announces Soundpath Health Contract Change For 2019
Family Care Network has announced that starting on January 1st 2019, they will no longer be contracting with Soundpath Health nor Premera Blue Cross Medicare Advantage plans.
Overlake Medical Center Not Contracting With Regence Medicare Advantage Plans
Overlake Medical Center has notified their patients that effective January 1st, 2019 that they would no longer be contracting with Regence Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO insurance plans. Overlake said that this change was necessary to "deliver the best [...]
Kenzie Nelson Promoted to Licensed Insurance Specialist
Kenzie Nelson who joined our team in April 2018 was just promoted to the role of Licensed Insurance Specialist and Marketing Coordinator.
Meals on Wheels Rocks The Farm 2018
Looking for a fun family-friendly event while also supporting your community? Well look no further! VibrantUSA is partnering with Meals on Wheels for the second annual Meals on Wheels Rocks the Farm: Berries, Beats & BBQ on Saturday, July 28, from 4 – 7 [...]
Premera Blue Cross announces acquisition of Soundpath Health’s Medicare Advantage Contract
Recently, Premera announced their acquisition of Soundpath Health’s Medicare Advantage contract which serves more than 20,000 Washington State residents. Under the terms of the proposed acquisition, Soundpath Health members would gain access to Premera’s [...]
Medicare-focused insurance agency VibrantUSA opens Lynden office
VibrantUSA, an independent insurance agency focused on Medicare and health insurance, recently opened its fifth office in downtown Lynden. The Lynden office is at 504 Front St., between Blossoms and the office of Dr. David Dickson. Office hours are [...]
New Medicare Cards & Medicare Beneficiary Identifier
By April 2019, Medicare Beneficiaries will have received a new Medicare Card that utilizes a new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier instead of their Social Security Numbers.
VibrantUSA Donates $1,370 for local Meals on Wheels Program
Throughout November 2017, VibrantUSA pledged to donate $5 to the local Meals on Wheels program in Whatcom County for each client referral we received during the month. Now that we have had a chance to tabulate the results after a very busy Annual [...]
Increased Medicare benefits are part of the newly approved budget
Under much fanfare, Congress passed a new budget on a bi-partisan basis. With the nature of how Washington seems to “work” these days, you can either view “bi-partisan” as a good thing or a bad thing. In this case, an agreement was reached because [...]
Some seniors will see significant increased Part B premiums in 2018
In an effort to slow down rising costs to the government, Congress passed the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. This included a provision where Medicare Part B enrollees whose income fell above a certain threshold would have to pay for a greater share [...]