According to the AARP Medicare Supplements website article “More Than 100 Charged Nationwide With Medicare Fraud” obtained from the Los Angeles Times, 111 people in 9 cities across the US had criminal charges brought against them for Medicare fraud. The charges were brought by the federal government’s Medicare Fraud Task Force, and officials are saying [...]
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Medicare Checklist
Medicare.gov offers a convenient checklist of six things you should do once you become eligible for Medicare. This is very useful for newly eligible Medicare recipients who do not know where to start. Here is a brief overview of the recommended steps: Fill out the Initial Enrollment Questionnaire Fill out an Authorization form Make a [...]
Medicare Basics for the New Year
With the new health care law soon to fully be in effect, there is a tighter control on private health plans offering Medicare coverage to beneficiaries. According to the article “Medicare Health Insurance is a Basic Necessity: Here are the Basics” by Pam Foster from The Atom Stack Tribune, there are 12 standard medicare supplemental [...]
Deadline for Selecting Medicare Plans Approaching
Many American senior citizens are meeting with Medicare specialists through their senior center or nursing home to get help sifting through all of the Medicare options according to the article “Dec 31 is Deadline for Selecting Medicare Plans” by Richard Salit on ProJo.com. Medicare counselors are readily available to go over plans in details with [...]
Medicare Changes In Place for 2011
2011 marks the beginning of big changes for Medicare recipients according to the article “Medicare Changes Set for 2011″ by The Times-Standard. There are four major changes affecting beneficiaries which include: Annual wellness visits Paying less into the “donut hole” New annual open enrollment period for Medicare Advantage Medicare prescription drug plan updates The National [...]
What’s Going to Happen to Medicare Advantage?
Many health care experts are concerned about the affect health care reform will have on current Medicare Advantage plans across the nation. According to the article “Obamacare Could Shut Out Medicare Advantage” by Marcia Davis-Seale on DailyTribune.com, about 50% of all seniors with Medicare Advantage will lose their plans because of payment cuts that will [...]
Medicare Fraud
According to the article “Largest Ever Medicare Fraud Scheme By Single Criminal Enterprise Busted” by Christian Nordqvist on MedicalNewsToday.com, a nation wide scheme has conned the system out of $160 million. Over 52 arrests have already occurred with possibly more to come. Security forces claim that this crime is the largest Medicare fraud scheme ever [...]
Medicare Supplement Insurance and Drug Plans
According to the article “More Than 3M Seniors Many Have to Switch Drug Plans” by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar on Yahoo News, even if seniors are perfectly happy with their drug prescription plan they may have to switch plans. Many consumers are finding this very frustrating. This is due to an attempt by government to simplify seniors’ [...]
Secure Horizons and Their Medicare Plans
UPDATE 3/17/2012 – As of January 2012, all Secure Horizons Medicare Advantage plans are all going to be re-branded as United Healthcare Medicare Advantage plans. This decision was made by United Healthcare since less people are familiar with the Secure Horizons name. You can see the updated Medicare options through United Healthcare on their wesbite. [...]
Medicare and Smoking
UPDATE 3/10/2012 – Medicare will once again be offering tobacco cessation counseling as part of their coverage for 2012 according to the Medicare.gov website. They will cover up to 8 face-to-face visits during a 12-month period and the visits must be administered by a Medicare recognized practitioner. Recipients of this benefit pay nothing to receive [...]
