Published by: PGIA Sometimes you might visit your doctor, and learn that you must seek something called “prior authorization” for a medication or procedure. What is this, and why do you need it? Without prior authorization, your healthcare plan might not pay for the service, so it’s important to pay attention if your doctor or […]
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Published by: Medicare Rights Center Led by Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Todd Young (R-IN), this important bill would require the federal government to provide advance notice to people approaching Medicare eligibility about basic enrollment rules, filling a longstanding gap in outreach and education. While most older adults and people with disabilities are automatically enrolled
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Published by: Medicare Rights Center Medicare covers home health care if you qualify. One of the requirements to qualify is that you be homebound. But what exactly does this mean? Medicare considers you homebound if both of the following apply to you: You need the help of another person or medical equipment to leave your
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Published by: Medicare Rights Center Medicare does not cover all healthcare services. Services excluded from Medicare coverage include but are not limited to: Alternative medicine, including experimental procedures and treatments, acupuncture, and chiropractic services, except when manipulation of the spine is medically necessary to fix a subluxation of the spine (when one or more of
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Join us for a weekly discussion about various holistic wellness practices! A different topic will be covered each week. Come ready to share what you know about holistic wellness and how it has affected your health. Please note that this is not a lecture. These discussion groups are designed to be collaborative and help us
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Some chronic conditions tend to start cropping up in midlife. Here’s what to do about them Published by: AARP There’s a lot to celebrate when you hit the big five-oh. Discounts start to kick in, investments begin to mature, and — how does the saying go? — with age comes wisdom. But for all the
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Published by: Presley General Insurance Agency, Inc. For those enrolled in high-deductible healthcare plans, the low premiums often keep monthly expenses manageable. But what happens when a large medical expense occurs? The result is often a heavy burden on family budgets. A health savings account (HSA) provides an answer, along with additional tax benefits. What
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