America's Benefit Specialist December 2023

MEDICARE MATTERS

COMPANY NEWS Integrity Marketing Group has received two recent honors. Integrity has been named one of Inc.’s 2023 Power Partners. The annual Power Partners list recognizes the country’s leading B2B companies that are devoted to supporting entrepreneurs with the most effective tools and resources they need to grow their companies. Integrity is featured alongside other highly acclaimed business lead ers, including Visa, UPS, Zoom, Capital One Business, Slack and Expedia Group. The Power Partner Award recognizes companies across critical areas of business, including insurance, financial services, health and wellness, legal and business products. Inc.’s rigorous methodology includes anonymous client surveys and feedback, online sentiment analysis from Inc.’s data partner, Meltwater, and research and analysis of data by Inc. reporters. Integrity has also been named as one of the top 100 companies in the U.S. for Best Perks and Benefits. Integrity was joined on the list by other notable winners including Uber, Workday, Adobe, Topgolf, Costco, Microsoft, Google and Meta. The 2023 Best Perks and Benefits Award was given by Comparably, a platform that provides workplace culture data for public and private companies. Advantage plans in select markets throughout Arizona, Cal ifornia, Florida and Texas starting January 1, 2024, reaching approximately 1.6 million Medicare-eligible adults, pending regulatory approvals. Members who enroll in one of the co-branded plans will be able to use their over-the-counter benefits at Walgreens or online through a mail-order provider. The plans offer comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage including a $0 copay on more than 10,000 prescription drugs at Walgreens and other in-network pharmacies. All Align ment Health Plan members have access to Alignment’s 24/7 ACCESS On-Demand Concierge, a dedicated concierge team available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to answer health-related questions, schedule medical appointments and arrange transportation. Walgreens operates nearly 9,000 retail locations across the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, serving nearly 10 million customers each day. Alignment Healthcare offers a diverse portfolio of MA plans and benefits through Alignment Health Plan across Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina and Texas. The Walgreens co-branded plans will be offered through Alignment Health Plan as an HMO or HMO point-of-service

plan in 10 counties across four of the six states: Maricopa, Pima and Santa Cruz counties in Arizona; Fresno, Madera and Merced counties in California; Clay and Duval counties in Florida; and El Paso and Hudspeth counties in Texas. For more information, visit www.alignmenthealthplan.com. HUMANA’S MEDICARE ADVANTAGE FOOTPRINT IN NEW JERSEY COMPLETE Humana is expanding its health plans to Middlesex County, widening the company’s Medicare Advantage footprint to 100% of New Jersey. For the first time, residents of every New Jersey county can select a Humana Medicare Advantage plan during this year’s Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Annual Election Period. “As a longtime New Jersey resident, I’m beyond thrilled that we now have health plan coverage throughout the whole state,” said Humana Northeast Region Medicare Presi dent Julie Mascari. Humana’s Medicare Advantage plans provide people with Medicare in New Jersey with affordable alternatives to Original Medicare only, or Original Medicare paired with a Medicare Supplement plan.

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Award rankings were calculated based on sentiment ratings provided by current employees. Rankings were compiled from 20 million ratings across 70,000 companies in the U.S. and Canada.

Nava Benefits , a benefits brokerage focused on making benefits easy for midsize employers, has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Power Partners within the Insurance category. The Power Partners list, which includes 389 companies, was drawn from thousands of applicants from around the world who vied to make the list. Nava and oth er winners had to prove a record of going “to extraordinary lengths to drive its clients’ businesses,” according to Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. magazine and Inc.com. Nava Benefits has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Power Partners within the Insurance Brokerage Services category. All 389 companies received top marks from cli ents for being instrumental in helping leadership navigate the dynamic world of startups. These B2B partners support entrepreneurs across various facets of the business, includ ing hiring, compliance, infrastructure development, cloud migration, fundraising, etc., allowing founders to focus on their core missions.

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