A covering medication you receive while in the hospital. While your benefits won’t cover drugs at a pharmacy, Part A will cover the cost of your medication while you are admitted. Additional coverage you’ll receive with Medicare Part A includes operations, recovery rooms, rehab, meals, etc...
If you are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, your plan must go through the same process as Original Medicare to determine the necessity of the service you are receiving. As you know, Medicare Advantage plans must cover the same services as Original Medicare. However, that does not mean...
Medicare pays for doctors, hospitals, medication and short-term rehab after hospitalization—but not for independent or assisted living. And a long-term care event has wide-ranging emotional, financial and physical consequences that can be mitigated with a well-defined plan. Planning ahead can ...
A beachside treatment center generally costs much more than one in an urban setting. For example, the Loft, a sober-living facility in Brooklyn, New York, runs around $8,500 per month. Promises, a luxury rehab center nestled on the beaches of Malibu, California, can cost as much as $12...
The current surge in health care policy reform in favor of telehealth can be expected to continue with many of the COVID-19 waivers and exceptions finding a permanent status in Medicare, Medicaid and other payers. This will allow for a better use of professional resources in homecare at a ...
Emergency medicine and hospitalist physicians may not realize that a patient who has had a “three-day” stay as an inpatient can be admitted to a skilled nursing facility within 30 days of that hospitalization; it need not be a direct discharge from the hospital to the facility. Medicare ...