The annual enrollment period to change your current Medicare Advantage or Part D plan or to switch from Original Medicare to Medicare Advantage runs from October 1st to December 7th every year. Even if you're not sure if you want to switch plans, the annual enrollment...
Most people avoid being hospitalized like the plague and rightfully so, medical mistakes in hospitals is the leading cause of death in the United States each year. According to the Health Grades Report, there were over 40,000 incidences of medical harm or death every...
Non Profit Institute of Medicine Panel Says Change is Urgently Needed A series of reports dating back from 2000 to September of 2015, from the prestigious panel at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has been drawing attention to the serious under reporting of...
For the nation's 54 million Medicare beneficiaries, 2016 should see some very positive financial news. Thanks to the recent bipartisan budget deal passing in the U.S. House of Representatives, enrollees may avoid a proposed 52 percent increase in Medicare Part B...
What Science Says About Running After Hip Replacement Surgery This is a question with no right or wrong answer unfortunately, and it primarily depends on varying individual factors as to what type of answer you might receive from your doctor. Typically in a laboratory...
When the Affordable Care Act became law in 2012, one of its goals was to make Medicare more efficient and more financially stable for future generations. According to data released by the Department of Health and Human Services or HHS, the ACA is accomplishing this...
The Open Enrollment Period (OEP) for both Medicare Advantage (private plans) and Part D (prescription drug) Plans began on Oct. 15. Through Dec. 7, more than 39 million PDP enrollees have the opportunity – and responsibility – to purchase prescription drug coverage....
For the nation’s 54 million Medicare beneficiaries, 2016 should see some very positive financial news. Thanks to the recent bipartisan budget deal passing in the U.S. House of Representatives, enrollees may avoid a proposed 52 percent increase in Medicare Part B...
Examine Your Medicare Part C & D Plan Now Before The Dec. 7th Deadline Don’t miss your once a year opportunity to switch plans if you need to, the open enrollment period begins Oct. 15th through Dec. 7th. People on Medicare should carefully examine their Medicare...
When you think of psychotherapy most people get a mental picture in their head, perhaps even the stereotypical one of lying on a psychiatrists tufted leather couch while telling the doctor their deepest, darkest thoughts. I certainly doubt a telephone would have been...
