New Med Supp Benefit – Mutually Well

[Northeast Agent]

Mutual of Omaha is excited to announce a new benefit for our Medicare supplement policyholders coming soon. We have partnered with Tivity Health to provide our customers with a comprehensive fitness and wellness offering called Mutually Well. This new benefit allows an individual to tailor a fitness and wellness plan to meet their needs.

Customers will have access to:

• Discounts of up to 30% on healthy living products and services from 20,000+ specialists. Examples of discounted services are chiropractic, acupuncture, massage therapy and nutritional programs
• Flexible, budget friendly fitness program with access to 10,000+ fitness locations with no enrollment fee or contracts for a low cost of $25.00 a month
• Free 30-day walking program and personalized weekly planning for their nutrition, fitness and wellness needs

A press release will be sent in a couple of weeks announcing this new benefit, and effective October 1, our Medicare supplement policyholders will have access to begin using this great benefit. Watch for more detailed information and additional resources that will be provided as we get closer to launch.

 

[Sal15]

Is this benefit also included with their subsidiary companies such as GPM or Omaha insurance?

 

[somarco]

comprehensive fitness and wellness offering called Mutually Well.

Tivity is the same folks who created/manage Silver Sneakers

 

[somarco]

subsidiary companies such as GPM

GPM is a MUTUAL carrier . . . owned by their policyholders

 

[Northeast Agent]

somarco said:

Tivity is the same folks who created/manage Silver Sneakers.

I guess Mutual of Obama has to throw some stuff in to justify their increases? Although they are charging for it.

 

[Midlevel]

$25.00/month is what most YMCA's charge Seniors anyway.

 

[Northeast Agent]

Mutual of Omaha May Sneaker Up on UnitedHealth | ThinkAdvisor

The program will give 1 million people who use Mutual of Omaha Medigap coverage access to about 10,000 gyms and other fitness locations in the Tivity Health Prime Fitness network.

Mutual of Omaha is starting its relationship with Tivity Health as UnitedHealth, a major player in the Medigap and Medicare Advantage plan markets, has been cutting back on use of the SilverSneakers program.

UnitedHealth dropped SilverSneakers access for 1.2 million Medicare Advantage plan enrollees in 11 states this year, and for 1.3 million Medigap policyholders in nine states.

Mark Farrah Associates says in a Medigap market analysis that UnitedHealth, AARP’s Medigap provider, had a 34% share of Medigap enrollment in 2018, with 4.5 million Medigap enrollees.

Mutual of Omaha had a 10% share and 1.4 million Medigap enrollees.

 

[Bevo]

There was word on the last trip of rate increases possibly absorbing some of these costs...stay tuned