The Guaranteed Issue Rights (also known as Medigap Protections) are your rights when insurance companies are required to offer you certain Medigap policies. In these
Mental illness and substance abuse disorders are covered by Medicare, but special rules limit coverage and reimbursement. Mental health, behavioral health, and substance abuse disorders
A flex card is a debit card beneficiaries can use to purchase medical items and equipment. The cards are typically associated with flexible spending accounts
Kristin Martinelli began her workday at 7:30 a.m. on a recent Monday, completing an online Medicaid recertification form for a client in a nursing home
“Skinny labeling” is a practice by which follow-on drug manufacturers seek approval for some but not all indications for which branded drugs are approved. Medicare
The Federal Coordinated Health Care Office (Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office) serves people who are dually enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, also known as dually eligible
A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and rapid campaign to persuade Americans
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As Americans grow increasingly frustrated with their healthcare system, a proposal that has long been kicked around on the Democratic periphery is showing up in
Medicare beneficiaries are generally not required to submit claims to get reimbursed. You may, however, need to pay for medical services at the time of
LANSING, Mich. — Christina Starks-Clay doesn’t know how “Medicare for All” would work exactly, but she’s willing to bet it’d be better than what she
Using the Medicaid 5-year lookback, the government ensures that you have not given away your resources or money. The law attempts to prevent schemes in
