You may be surprised to hear that elective surgery in the United States varies greatly based on where you live, and which doctors they are seeing according to the article “When it Comes to Elective Surgery, Where You Live Matters” on Kaiser Health News. A recent study from Reuters finds a large regional variation in [...]
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Over a Hundred Charged for Medicare Fraud
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 [...]
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 [...]
San Diego Medicare Health Plans
Medicarenewswatch.com ranked the top value in Medicare Health Plans in each of the major metropolitan cities in the United States. Over the last few weeks we have posted about a handful of these city rankings including; Cleveland Medicare health plans, Raleigh Medicare health plans, an Denver Medicare health plans. the best value in Medicare health [...]
Denver Medicare Health Plans
According to MedicareNewsWatch.com, the following are the top Medicare Health Plans (based solely on value) in Denver Colorado, depending on the applicants health status: For applicants in good health, the Denver Medicare plans were ranked as follows: Anthem Sure Value Basic (Annual estimated out of pocket costs $431) Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage Core ($460) Secure [...]
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 Health Plans in Raleigh NC
Continuing a series of posts that will recognize the best value in Medicare health plans in major metropolitan areas across the country, Medicarenewswatch.com rated the following plans as tops in Raleigh North Carolina. Yesterday’s post gives some background on the methodology used. For Healthy Seniors, the Medicare Plans judged to be the best value were: [...]
Top Cleveland Medicare Health Plans
Medicarenewswatch.com recently recognized the top Medicare Health Plans in 94 of the largest metropolitan areas based on overall value. The “Senior Choice Gold Awards” were based on independent cost sharing comparison research conducted by Healthmetrix research. The comparison research estimate Annual out-of-pocket costs based on health status Utilization of the most common health benefits (including [...]
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 [...]
