| Instructor
Information |
| Name |
Jeff King |
| Email |
jkingsr@prodigy.net |
| Office location |
P.O. Box 3303, Palm Beach, FL 33480 |
| Phone |
(321) 799-3022 |
| Biography |
Jeff King is a licensed insurance agent, as well as
the President of King Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. in
Cape Canaveral. He has been a licensed Life, Health and Property
and Casualty insurance agent since 1989. In addition to his insurance
career, Mr. King is an Adjunct Instructor at Brevard Community College.
He teaches insurance licensing and continuing education classes there,
as well as at Polk Community College. |
| Course
Information |
| Course title |
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
Act of 2003: Featuring Health Savings Accounts and the Medicare Prescription
Drug Benefit |
| OLT Course number |
INSCE005 |
| Course Description |
3 hr.Continuing Ed: An
introduction to the new health insurance plans called “Health
Savings Accounts and the Medicare Prescription Drug
Benefit”
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. This course has been
approved by the Florida Department of Financial Services and is
designed
to
be
completed
at your own
pace via the Internet. The
course contains
Five Modules/Chapters
and two Exams. The program will allow you to re-take the exams
only if you fail with a score of less than 70%. The grade scores
from each Exam will be averaged to produce a total passing score
of at least 70%. You must have a Final course average score of
70% to receive your Certificate of Completion. Your scores are
automatically graded online. For Florida students, your scores
will be automatically forwarded to the college in which you registered.
The College will
issue
your
Certificate
of
Completion. For out-of-state students, OnLine Training will issue
your Certificate of Completion
Chapter One gives an overview of the legislation;
Chapter Two explores various aspects of Health Savings Accounts;
Chapter Three discusses Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit; Chapter
Four covers Medicare Advantage and the subject of Unauthorized
Entities; and finally, Chapter Five summarizes Health Savings Accounts
and the
Medicare
prescription
drug benefits.
|
| Location |
Virtual classroom, completely online. Florida registrations
are available through the following Florida Community Colleges:
Edison, Gulf Coast,
Lake City, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Pensacola, Santa Fe,
Valencia |
| Meeting day(s) |
Online 7 days per week at your convenience |
| Meeting time(s) |
Online 24 hours at your convenience |
| Prerequisite(s) |
Insurance License |
| Course
Goals |
| Course Goals |
The Goal is to to increase Agents' knowledge of the
new legislation and how to use that information to better serve their
clients. |
| Course
Outcomes |
| Course Outcomes |
The student will successfully pass the online exams
with a score of 70% or higher, thereby attaining his/her Certificate
of Completion for 3 hrs. of CE requirements. |
| Syllabus
- The following pages contain the
Course Outline/Syllabus starting from Modules A/Chap.1 to Modules
E/Chap.5. |
| Syllabus/Course
Outline |
Hours |
Mins |
Module |
| Chapter One -
Overview of the Legislation |
|
5
mins. |
A |
Chapter
Two - Health Savings Accounts
|
1
hour
|
10
mins. |
B |
A. Overview
| |
|
B/2 |
| B. Background
|
|
|
B/3 |
C. Where can I get one?
|
|
|
B/4 |
D. Benefits
|
|
|
B/5 |
| E. Tax Savings |
|
|
B/6 |
|
F. Who is eligible?
|
|
|
B/7 |
G. High Deductible Health
Plan
|
|
|
B/8 |
H. Contribution
rules
i.
Employee contributions
ii.Employer
contributions
|
|
|
B/9-B/11 |
| I. Distributions |
|
|
B/12 |
| J. Solutions for Consumers |
|
|
B/13-B/15 |
| K. Company examples |
|
|
B/16 |
| L. Problems |
|
|
B/17 |
| M. Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 |
|
|
B/18 |
| N. Review |
|
|
B/18 |
EXAM 1 - for grade
|
|
|
|
| Chapter Three -
Medicare Drug Benefit |
|
30 mins. |
C |
| A. Overview
| |
|
|
| B. Discount Drug Card
| |
|
|
C. Comprehensive Prescription
Drug Program
i. Overview
ii. How the plan
works
iii. How to enroll
iv. Differences between
the two programs
| |
|
|
Chapter Four -
Medicare Advantage
|
1
hour
|
|
D
|
| A. Unauthorized Entities |
|
|
D/5 |
Chapter
Five - Summary
|
|
15 mins. |
E |
| A. Review |
|
|
E/4 |
EXAM
2 - for Grade
|
|
|
|
COURSE
TOTALS
|
3 hours |
|
|
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