The Top 4 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Medicare Advantage Plan
Once you turn 65, you’re generally entitled to Medicare coverage. But you don’t have to stick with original Medicare (Parts A ...
Medicare Advantage Plans: Prior Authorization Denial Rates
Will your care be denied? Medicare Advantage insurers use prior authorization to manage utilization and lower costs. How to compare plans during open enrollment.
3 Reasons to Consider Switching Your Medicare Advantage Plan Before March 31
Once you've selected a new Medicare Advantage plan, it will take effect in the month following your request to change. For ...
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Do Medicare Advantage Provider Networks Change the Way Beneficiaries Use Health Care?
Medicare Advantage plans are popular, but some have limited provider networks, while and others require high cost sharing for ...
Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less
(THE CONVERSATION) Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 ...
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Keeping Watch on Medicare as the IRA is Implemented: Formulary Management Practices
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed in 2022, made changes to the way drugs are covered and reimbursed in Medicare.
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Keeping Watch on Medicare: Access Prescription Drug Plans and Premiums
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) significantly changed the popular Medicare drug programs. While an IRA policy goal is to reduce the ...
Unhappy with your Medicare Advantage plan? Now's the time to make a switch.
If you’re steamed to discover your favorite doctor is no longer in your Medicare Advantage plan’s network, now is the time to make a change. Medicare Advantage enrollees can switch plans or transfer ...
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6 Medicare mistakes to avoid if you’re working past age 65
That’s made things tricky for Americans working past age 65. Unlike Social Security, you still become eligible for full ...
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Medicare Part D: What’s the Deductible?
To compare Part D or Medicare Advantage with prescription drug plans near you, visit Medicare’s Find a Plan tool. The information on this website may assist you in making personal decisions ...
e-Telequote Insurance signals mass layoff at Tampa facility
Clearwater-based e-Telequote Insurance will soon lay off employees from its Tampa branch, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Notice on Feb. 3 to Tampa Mayor Jane ...
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Do Localized Disasters Impact Clinical Measures of Health Care Quality?
This study examines the impact of geographically limited disasters on health care quality performance scores of Medicare Advantage contracts, finding limited impact on performance scores.