Explore our most recent articles, thoughtfully crafted to offer straightforward and accessible information about Medicare. How to transfer your Medicare coverage policies to another state Easily transfer your Medicare coverage when moving to a new state. Learn the steps to keep your healthcare ...
Patients with TM experienced more hospitalizations in the last 90 days of life (1.54 vs 1.35 in the life-limiting conditions group), and when hospitalized were more likely to be discharged to another acute or long-term hospital or skilled nursing facility (35% vs 30%), which ...
Additionally, SilverScript monthly premiums may vary by ZIP Code, which means you may pay more or less than your relative on the same plan in another town or even another state. However, SilverScript Medicare Part D plans historically have low to average monthly premiums for their plan options...
A few states do not allow doctors to charge part B Excess Charges. Plan N can be another $20 or so less than G on a monthly basis. When deciding between the two, our clients who don’t often see the doctor usually choose Plan N. It offers great value when comparing benefits and ...
So, that may be why they don’t want to take the walker back. Ideally, if they do not have the appropriate size walker for you, they should take it back. Then you and/or your doctor would find another supplier near you that does have the appropriate size walker for your needs. Have...
(ACOs) are another attempt to place providers at greater risk for the cost of care. One difficulty with the ACO approach in the traditional FFS Medicare program is that beneficiaries remain free to see any provider they like, despite the ACO provider being at some risk for the cost of ...
A CHOW typically occurs when a Medicare provider or supplier has been purchased (or leased) by another organization. The CHOW results in the transfer of the previous owner's Medicare Identification Number and provider agreement (including the previous owner's outstanding Medicare debts) to the new...
Okay, back to reality (oh no….) Hospital closures and cutbacks Another hospital in a non-Medicaid expansion state is closing its ER and shuttering its inpatient care facility. The facility was acquired by a competitor a mile away a few years back…if this goes like most acquisitions folks...
If you simply cannot afford to stick with your doctor, ask them to recommend the next best doctor in town who does accept Medicare. Your current doctor has probably already prepared for this eventuality and arranged to transfer Medicare patients to another physician's care. Just because you are...
two years—not including costs for those newly eligible, disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, and some other expenses—to help defray state matching costs. More valuable, they would also gain the ACA’s 90% federal matching funds to pay for the costs of covering newly eligible adults...