Posts Tagged ‘ medicare advantage ’

Do You Know the Difference Between Medigap and Medicare Advantage?

02/10/2011
By ElizabethGHoward
Do You Know the Difference Between Medigap and Medicare Advantage?

Both “medigap” and Medicare Advantage plans are often referred to as “supplemental insurance” plans in Medicare articles and literature. This language is confusing and somewhat misleading. Do you understand the difference?
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Time to Make the Switch!

12/15/2010
By ElizabethGHoward
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Medicare Advantage health plan members can disenroll and return to Original Medicare from January 1 to February 14, 2011.
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Ride the Medicare Advantage Roller Coaster

09/23/2010
By KatieParker

This is good for the consumers, short-term, for sure. They get more services for less money. But in the long run, will it last?
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Fighting Medicare Fraud

07/15/2010
By Lucy Dylan
Fighting Medicare Fraud

Every year, both seniors and the government lose quality health care and billions of dollars to corrupt providers. Medicare fraud isn’t new, but as the new health care reforms have passed, fraud has been in the spotlight. Medicare fraud affects everyone, from the government to seniors to taxpayers.
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Crackdown on Medicare Fraud

02/24/2010
By Bill Stapleton

Medicare fraud is among the most common types of health care fraud. The Obama administration has requested a funding increase in an effort to cut down the Medicare fraud. These efforts have been successful in the Miami area, which has the highest rates of both Medicare fraud and prosecutions.
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CMS and MIPPA Rules

01/27/2010
By Bill Stapleton

After going through another Medicare Annual Enrollment season, it is hard to believe just how many rules are listed and enforced by CMS.
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Medicare Buzz Words Everyone Should Know

01/16/2009
By Annie Finneran

Medicare, like standard health insurance can be very confusing, especially if you don’t know what half the words mean. Part A: Hospital insurance- helps pay for hospice care, inpatient hospital care, and skilled nursing facility care. Individuals are entitled to Part A if they contributed payroll taxes for 10 years or more while they...
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