Syllabus

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