Medicare Advantage prior authorization rates keep on climbing!

In "Your Medicare Benefits 2024" we read about how Medicare might cover Cosmetic Surery

Finally, Bill's wife Susan has hatched a plan to enroll in an MA plan while she is healthy and switch to Medicare + a supplement if she gets sick.

Why would it work? They live in New York with no health questions asked of applicants for a supplement plan.

Why might it fail? There are only certain times of the year during which one can disenroll from an MA plan and those are the only times one can make the switch to original Medicare and then purchase a supplement.

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In the Medicare Advantage Minute, we learn that the Dept. of Justice is investigating United Healthcare billing practices. Billions of dollars of fraudulent government payments suspected for questionable diagnoses.

In the "Your Medicare Benefits 2024" segment we learn how Medicare covers CPM (Continuous Passive Motion) and CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machines.

Finally, Bill asks a series of questions about Medicare for the benefit of his friend Cathy who may need to leave her job and make the switch very soon.

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Medicare Advantage Minute, content provided by Diane Omdahl:

MA plans typically have two caps on out-of-pocket, unreimbursed costs; one on the drug benefits and one on the medical expenses.

Your Medicare Benefits 2024:

How does Medicare cover Concierge Care? Not at all.

How does Medicare cover Continuous Glucose Monitors? Very likely if your doctor asserts that you meet the criteria for eligibility.

Some purchasers of Medicare supplement plans are risk averse and afraid of the very limited cost sharing imposed by the low priced High Deductible "High Value" Plan G. State birthday rules to the rescue!

More and more states are mandating rights to change Medicare supplement plans under certain circumstances without having to show evidence of good health.

This removes much of the perceived risk of this best of all Medicare choices.

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