The alphabet soup of Medicare — multiple parts and plans, starting with A all the way through N — can be bewildering, especially for those who are newly eligible for Medicare. In this guide, we break ...
After a doctor's visit, it's typical for your insurance company to send an Explanation of Benefits​ (EOB), which is an ...
For the government to provide Medicare to 67.4 million people per month, it has to get the money from somewhere. That funding, totaling $1 trillion in 2023, comes from a combination of government ...
Learn about Medicare and Medicaid fraud, key examples, and how these unethical practices affect taxpayers and healthcare programs, costing billions annually.
Epilepsy is a chronic condition that causes you to have unpredictable seizures. Medicare provides coverage for the care you need to manage your epilepsy. Epilepsy is managed with medications, devices, ...
Many decisions older workers must make when contemplating retirement are so fraught that facing them might seem like more work than staying on the job. But Medicare doesn’t have to be one of them.
If you’re over the age of 65, we probably don’t need to tell you that we are currently in the midst of Medicare’s Open Enrollment period for the 2025 coverage year. We also probably don’t need to tell ...
There are several reasons for the falling Medicare projections, including lower estimates for health care cost growth, lower-than-expected costs for the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, and ...
Explore PECOS, the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System, a streamlined online tool for healthcare providers to manage Medicare enrollments.
Dear Toni: I turn 65 in May and am covered by my wife’s employer group health insurance. I’m fighting stage 3 kidney cancer, and the prognosis is good since I am participating in a clinical trial for ...
Hello Toni: I turned 65 in March 2009. I continued to work full time with excellent company benefits, and I decided to delay Part B until February 2012. I enrolled in a Medicare Advantage HMO plan ...