Important Time Sensitive Information for Medicare Patients
We are currently in the open enrollment period for Medicare, both choosing a supplement plan if you wish and picking your part D (medication) plan. I have recently begun to accept a limited number of Medicare patients. If you are a patient of mine or wish to become a patient of mine, be sure to check that any supplemental insurance plan for Part B expenses does not have a specific panel of doctors that you must see in order to receive benefits. I do not participate in any of the panels. If you have a plan with a specific panel (such as Secure Horizons), you will not be reimbursed for your visit with me so please be sure to check your plan carefully. The same is true with the Part D plans. Each plan covers different drugs so make a point of either taking your medication list to a pharmacy to find out which plans cover the medications you take (especially if they are not generic) or go on line and check out the plans.
Our office is a little bit different than many since we require that our patients pay at the time of service. We charge standard Medicare rates and then bill Medicare for you and they will bill any secondary insurance you have. All of those checks will then be sent to you. Again, if you are in an HMO plan, you must see a provider that is part of the HMO to receive any reimbursement at all.
We also require a free 10-15 minute “meet and greet” appointment before entering into a relationship to be sure that we are compatible.
If my practice sounds like it might be of interest to you, look at your current supplemental plan and see if you are locked in to specific provider panels. If so, you have until December 7thto change plans. If you are thinking of doing this, I would recommend scheduling a “meet and greet” appt now so you can meet me and see if you want to switch to a plan that accepts me as a provider. I look forward to meeting you.