Healthcare Insights

In a competitive Medicare market, member retention has become a top priority. By using data to personalize outreach based on health needs, demographics and preferences, health plans can significantly increase engagement and loyalty. Download our tip sheet to keep best practices handy as we head into 2025 and the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period.

During this 2025 Medicare AEP, beneficiaries face a complex landscape marked by marketing "noise," election-year rhetoric and significant changes due to new CMS regulations and carrier responses. To get a beat on anticipated behavior and motivations for change ahead of October 15, Media Logic conducted a survey that revealed a complex landscape of factors that may drive shopping and interest in considering a plan change, including financial considerations, benefit structure, network changes and involuntary plan terminations.

In healthcare marketing, identifying and understanding your audience is the cornerstone on which nearly all other aspects of strategy and planning are built. We helped a Medicare Advantage (MA) payer enhance their marketing efforts by applying segmentation to the prospect universe, creating rich, actionable personas and delivering more personalized, effective messaging across multiple channels. Read the case study and download our Audience ID and Segmentation tip sheet.

We connected with Medicare members across the U.S. to dive deep into their experiences — uncovering what they love about their plan benefits, what's holding them back from using them fully and how payers can better communicate to keep them informed and engaged. Our latest Consumer In Sight survey reveals important takeaways that can help healthcare marketers refine their strategies to improve member satisfaction and retention.

In the competitive Medicare market, the D-SNP segment is growing faster than general Medicare Advantage in terms of the number of new plans offered, but there are barriers to enrollment and engagement among the dual-eligible population. Awareness of the challenges of enrolling D-SNP members and innovative partnerships with community-based organizations can help plans engage effectively and authentically with the communities they serve.

Enrolling in Medicare is a significant milestone for older adults, but the process often feels overwhelming due to the complexity of choices, cost considerations and changing regulations. Our second annual NTM survey looks at what truly matters to consumers just entering Medicare, and how those insights can impact marketing strategies. Responses from adults ages 64-68 highlighted the importance of clear, digestible educational resources and direct support from plan reps and brokers. Check out all of our findings.

Marketing teams may take on tracking and measurement with the best of intentions, but too often they find themselves with missing or inactionable data. The key is to have conversations early to ensure the team is aligned on a process for capturing and interpreting relevant data. Check out our detailed best practices for tracking and reporting healthcare marketing analytics.

For-profit national health insurers have long dominated the market. And yet, there are hundreds of regional and local health insurers that continue to find success. How and why both co-exist is driven by the mindsets of the consumers they serve. We looked into how consumers view national and regional/local insurers – their perceptions, expectations and preferences. Here's how plans can leverage those when positioning their brands.

Understanding the characteristics and needs of the dual-eligible population is crucial for developing effective marketing strategies for D-SNPs. Market-specific data reveals nuances and variations in demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics, which can be helpful for tailoring outreach and engagement strategies. Here are interesting demographic data and some marketing considerations based on these findings.