Module 11 Flashcards
An employer can deduct premiums paid for accident and health insurance and long-term care plans covering its employees.
IRC Section 162
This states an employee does not have to include the cost of any employer- provided coverage under an accident or health plan in gross income.
IRC Section 106(a)
This looks at relative incidence (number and duration) of a condition.
Morbidity
This looks at life expectancy.
Mortality
The ability to take a group plan with you at a certain rate if you leave your employer.
Portability of coverage
Coverage to help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with chronic illnesses or injury who cannot care for themselves for long periods of time.
Long-term care (LTC)
Eating, bathing, dressing and grooming, toileting, transferring (walking), and continence.
The six basic activities of daily living (ADL)
Managing self-care tasks including finances, transportation, meal preparation, home maintenance, and using medications as directed.
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)
The Pension Protection Act enables 1035 exchanges of existing annuity products to qualified LTC policies without any adverse tax consequences.
Section 1035 exchanges
The primary sales channel for LTC insurance policies to consumers.
Voluntary worksite markets
An example of a combination policy where an LTC feature is added to a life insurance policy.
Hybrid life with a long-term care rider (life+LTC) products
A prescriptive solution to potential fraud from informal home care involving GPS technology to pinpoint when a caregiver arrives and leaves a specific location.
Electronic visit verification (EVV)
As the LTC industry evolves, it will use data to develop predictive models to forecast which customers will have an LTCI need. Health and wellness outreach programs can be tailored to help prevent financially catastrophic, facility based LTCI claims.
Inforce strategy
This can forestall or prevent substantial LTC events. Some solutions are fall detection, enhanced communication to mitigate social isolation, and using wearables to monitor vital signs.
Preventive support
Using robotics or devices to aid people who have lost some motor skills.
Innovative physical assistance