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Coordinating Medicare and Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance As Baby Boomers work past the traditional retirement age or go back to work after retiring, more and more people over 65 are trying to figure out how to coordinate Medicare with group health plan coverage through an employer
Medicare Coverage of Vaccines knowing if and when Medicare pays for vaccines can be confusing. Most vaccines that your doctor recommends will be covered by your Medicare prescription drug plan. Medicare prescription drug plans are required to cover most commercially available vaccines.
Medicare Hospice Benefits Hospice care focuses on comfort, symptom control, and pain relief for patients with a life-limiting illness. Services provided by the hospice team relate to caring for the individual, rather than curing a condition or disease. Support is available to the patient as well as family members and caregivers.
Medicare Provides Annual Doctor Visits, But Not Regular Physicals Did you know that Medicare pays for a “Welcome to Medicare Visit” and an “Annual Wellness Visit?” It is important to recognize that neither of these visits are physical exams.
Medicare Supplements Vs. Advantage Plans People on Medicare have options as to how they want to receive their Medicare coverage and whether they want to buy supplemental coverage to fill in any gaps left behind after payment by Medicare Parts A and B
Need Help with Medicare Costs? Need Help with Medicare Costs?
New Medicare ID'S On The Way! The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will start mailing the new Medicare cards with the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) in April 2018.
The Latest Medicare Scam Watch out for the latest Medicare scam— DNA/genetic testing schemes! Each year, the Medicare program loses $60 billion to fraud. The best way to reduce this figure is beneficiary education to prevent and reduce known pathways to fraudulent activities and unethical billing practices. The Wisconsin Senior Medicare Patrol staff have been hearing about DNA and genetic testing schemes in other parts of the country, and we recently learned that they are starting here in Wisconsin.