Some Medicare Advantage networks are large and some are small. Some Medicare Advantage networks change often while others rarely lose doctors. About once each month, someone calls me to say they are moving from California to Arizona and they need…
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Your Primary Care Physician
If you are enrolled in an Medicare Advantage plan HMO, your primary care physician is very important.
Medicare Advantage Network Law Proposed
Medicare Advantage enrollees in Florida and Connecticut have been faced with losing their doctors or local hospital when their Advantage plan cut its network. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut is proposing a Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act that…
What’s the future for Medicare Advantage?
The New York Times has an article about how payment cuts to Medicare Advantage plans are raising questions about the future of Medicare Advantage.
Medicare Advantage Cuts: Bad news or not?
The Obama administration has proposed payment cuts for Medicare Advantage plans in 2015. This could mean big changes for $0 premium plans in Arizona and around the country – or maybe not.
Medicare Advantage Changes Coming for 2014
Changes are coming to Medicare Advantage plans. I’ve been attending meetings for independent brokers who represent Medicare Advantage plans in Southern Arizona and my head is spinning with news of changes big and small. I need to contact my clients…
What home health services does Medicare cover?
An article by David Sayen, Medicare Regional Administrator: Medicare covers a variety of heath care services that you can receive in the comfort and privacy of your home. These include intermittent skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, and…