Mutual of Omaha Expanding Its Medicare Advantage Product, Starting With Cincinnati

Mutual of Omaha has announced its first Medicare Advantage plan will go on sale in Cincinnati this fall as part of an agenda to create a nationwide Medicare Advantage product, reports the Omaha World Herald . In partnership with Lumeris, the insurer has contracted with Cincinnati's TriHealth and St. Elizabeth Healthcare health systems to deliver medical care for Advantage customers beginning Jan. 1, 2019. Marketing will begin when 2019 Medicare enrollment opens on Oct. 15. Mutual's Medicare Advantage plans will employ "narrow" medical networks, lowering costs by limiting coverage to certain doctors, hospitals, and other care providers. Mutual's Amber Rinehart says they selected Cincinnati due to its growing population of Medicare-aged residents and "like-minded health care organizations in the region."