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AEP hub: Reminders, tips, known issues

See below for AEP tips, known issues, and resolved issues.


Known issues

This is where you’ll find any current issues impacting the platform.

Having an issue not shown here? Contact support at (855) 521-4984 or medicare-agents@healthsherpa.com – or try the AI chatbot below.


​Oct 15

#1 issue: Some forms are not loading

Some enrollment forms are not loading – you'll just see the header and footer, like this, with the "CMS Appointment of Representative Form" link:

🚨 Our enrollment form vendor Connecture is working urgently on this. If this happened to you earlier in the day, try again and it might be fixed – or use this temporary workaround:

1) Add a new Contact record for the client

2) Don't run an eligibility lookup

3) Then enroll in the plan, it will load

4) Afterward, to keep your records and tracking clean, you can manually add the enrollment to client's original Contact record.

We will send an email when this is resolved – which should be late tonight 10/15 ℹ️

Other issues

Some regional carriers won't appear in 2027 quoting until AEP begins

At the start of each plan year, our plan data provider loads small regional carrier plans last. These usually arrive shortly after October 15th. If you don't see a regional carrier in the quoter yet, check back then. See that list of regional carriers.

Some Humana HRA links aren't loading

Until this is fixed, you can complete these in your Humana broker portal

Some carriers uploaded Spanish documents

We've gotten reports that some carriers have uploaded Spanish documents (Summary of Benefits PDFs, etc) – we're working with them to fix this.

Eligibility lookup - address

Since October 8, eligibility lookups do not include a street address. We've made an update to prevent a lack of address from clearing an address you have on the client record. We also updated our Medicaid eligibility lookup so that you won't see errors for not having an address.

Priority Health Supp

10/2 - Priority Health has not yet loaded 2027 Med Supp products

Aetna checkbox

10/1 - At the end of some Aetna eSignature forms, the final disclosure checkbox (this) can't be selected. That's expected: it's optional and Aetna doesn't need it checked. Leave it unchecked and continue. Your client can check it, if they choose.

United LIS premium 2026

For plan year 2026 plans, United plans are not showing the premium reduction when Extra Help / LIS is selected. United is aware of this issue and working on it. This is not an issue for plan year 2027 plans – they are displaying LIS premium correctly.


Resolved issues

Medicaid lookup

Fixed 10/15: Medicaid lookup was returning an "address required" error. You'll now see an address field appear, where you can enter an address and perform the lookup.

Quoting was down 10/15 morning

Fixed 10/15: Our data provider Connecture was down, and quotes were not loading – this was fixed

Night of AEP Humana rollout issues

Fixed 10/15 4:00am – Humana errors lasting from midnight through 5:00am ET are resolved. If you saw "Unable to process application..." (this popup) – that error is now fixed – Humana enrollment can be submitted now.

Maintenance complete

Our site was be down for 30 mins the night of Oct 14th, from 9:30–10:00 ET.

Devoted accidental suppressed plans

Fixed 10/14: Some Devoted plans were incorrectly showing as suppressed. This is fixed, they're showing as enrollabe now.

Part B giveback data

Fixed 10/11: All carriers have now loaded their Part B giveback data. If you encounter any cases where you're not finding Part B giveback data, please report it to our support team.

Plan documents

Fixed 10/11: Some carriers, like Humana, have just now loaded in plan documents (Summary of Benefits PDFs, etc).

Wellcare & Humana commissions

Fixed: Wellcare and Humana are now showing commissionable vs. non-commissionable statuses correctly.

United premium bug fixed

Fixed: On 10/1 from 5:00am–5:00pm EST, United premiums were not displaying correctly. This is now fixed. You will see corrected premiums now, and any quotes you shared during this time will also reflect corrected premiums

Wellabe/Medico plans are now showing again

Fixed: Wellabe/Medico plans are now showing again in the MedSup Quoter. Previously, for some cases where guaranteed issue was set to true, they weren't appearing. Now they're appearing in all cases.

Anthem drugs

In Ohio, some covered drugs were showing as not covered for Anthem. This is fixed.


AEP tips

AEP prep

Get help

  • Live trainings – we’re hosting trainings throughout AEP. Register here

  • 1:1 sessions – book time for troubleshooting. Book a session

  • AI chat – click the chat icon in the bottom corner for instant answers 24/7.

  • Contact support – weekdays 6:00–4:00 PT + Dec 5–6 + extended hours Dec 7.

Tips

  • AEP selection – Select the AEP option for any Jan 1 effective date enrollments. Make sure you don't submit an enrollment with AEP selected and an SEP selected – that will prevent the enrollment from being submitted.

  • Wellcare notes – this year, Wellcare has suppressed enrollment in all Part D plans and some MAPD plans. This means the only way to enroll in these plans is via their site or Medicare.gov – consider using our Medicare.gov enroll links for any clients who would wants one of these plans. Also, if you write Wellcare, make sure to add both Wellcare and Centene to your carriers.
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  • Drug pricing – drug prices looking off? Click Edit to confirm that none are missing a package selection like this – drug pricing issues don't happen often, but when it does, this is the most common cause.

  • Humana RTS – do you have a state license expiring in 2026? If so, Humana won't consider that state to be RTS for 2027 until you renew that license.


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Frequently asked questions

What is Connecture?

Connecture is the vendor we use for plan data and enrollment application forms. Some of the issues listed here are issues that they'll need to fix.
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I don't see my issue listed here?

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