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Additional programs administered by state Medicaid agencies offer financial assistance to low-income Medicare recipients. These include Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) , with eligibility ...
A person may need a referral from a primary care doctor to access some of the services that Medicare covers. Various parts of Medicare have different rules about referrals.
Stark Law is a set of United States federal laws that prohibit physician self-referral, specifically a referral by a physician of a Medicare or Medicaid patient to an entity for the provision of designated health services ("DHS") if the physician (or an immediate family member) has a financial relationship with that entity.
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
The Medicare Rights Center is a nonprofit organization founded in June 1989 as the Medicare Beneficiaries Defense Fund (MBDF) by Diane Archer. The organization's self-declared mission is to "ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs, and public policy initiatives."
If you choose the Part C Medicare Advantage route, check if your doctors are in the insurer's network. Similarly, make a list of your prescription drugs to help you evaluate Part D drug plans.
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), (H.R. 2, Pub. L. 114–10 (text)) commonly called the Permanent Doc Fix, is a United States statute.. Revising the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Bipartisan Act was the largest scale change to the American health care system following the Affordable Care Act
Medicare is a health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, younger people with certain disabilities, and people who have permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant.