Effective April 7, 2016, the CMS intermediate sanctions are released from contracts S5580 and S5755, and First United Life Insurance Company and United American Insurance Company (Torchmark) will return to normal marketing and enrollment status.
History: On July 17, 2015, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) informed First United Life Insurance Company and United American Insurance Company, both owned by parent organization Torchmark Corporation (Torchmark), that CMS made a determination to impose intermediate sanctions on Prescription Drug Plan Contract Numbers: S5580, S5755, effective August 1, 2015.
These intermediate sanctions consisted of the suspension of the enrollment of Medicare beneficiaries and the suspension of all marketing activities to Medicare beneficiaries. The sanction would remain in effect until CMS is satisfied that the deficiencies upon which the determination was based have been corrected and are not likely to recur.
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CMS Imposes Sanctions - Suspension of Enrollment - on First United Life Insurance Company and United American Insurance Company, both owned by parent organization Torchmark Corporation (S5580, S5755)
The official CMS Torchmark sanction letter