Reviewed By: Ashlee ZarecznySummary: If you choose to delay your Medicare coverage, you’ll want to ensure you have creditable coverage. Creditable coverage must provide you with benefits that are as good as or better than Medicare’s coverage. Below, we’ll go into detail about which covera...
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is in charge of setting not only the rules that apply to the program but the standards in place for how Medicare operates. This includes conducting national coverage determinations (NCDs), which use research to determine which healthcare...
male hormones. And in fact, according to a report commissioned by the National Osteoporosis Foundation, 381,000 men on Medicaid suffered bone fractures due to osteoporosis in 2016, the most recent year for which there is data. Body Frame While your weight may fluctuate (more on that below),...
SSI is a “means-based” program, placing strict limits on a recipient’s income and assets. In most states, someone receiving SSI who gets even $1 from the program also qualifies for Medicaid health coverage. This can in fact prove far more valuable than the SSI benefit itself. Because t...
I did not even mention it in my post on New Year’s Day 2017. Maybe I got tired of predicting a breakout year for crypto as I had mentioned it in my 2015 and 2016 predictions, but whatever the cause, I completely missed the biggest story of the year in tech. If you look at the...
Below we’ll discuss what qualifies as medically necessary and what doesn’t meet the requirement. Then, you can better navigate your Medicare coverage and understand when certain services may be covered and when they may not. What is a Medically Necessary Service? According to healthcare.gov,...