How to Get a Medicare Provider Number

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A Medicare provider number is known as a "national provider identifier," a ten-digit identification number for covered health care providers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services state that covered health care providers, health care plans and health care clearinghouses are required to have

How to Get Medicare Prescription Gap Insurance

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Medicare prescription gap occurs when a beneficiary is covered under a Medicare drug plan up to a maximum amount for the year. Once this amount is spent the coverage stops creating a gap until the following year or until the beneficiary spends a specified amount the same year. The out of pocket expe

How to Obtain Canadian Health Insurance Quotes

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Canadian health insurance quotes can be easily obtained, thanks to the Internet. But getting the rates of each and every provider is not the only thing you should consider. In fact, there are a number ...

How Does the Medicare DME PPS Work?

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid established the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health agencies (HHAs). Medicare pays an HHA each month for home health services provided to qualified patients. The services covered through PPS include nursing and therapy services, medical supplies, ho

Importance of serious illness insurance for women

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Regardless of whether you are a single career woman, recently married or even a mother to your children, the importance of serious illness Insurance for Women remains the same. No matter what stage of life ...

The Criteria for Medicare Admission

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Medicare is available in four parts: Original Medicare, Parts A and B, offer benefits for hospital services, preventive care, home health and hospice. Part C, Medicare Advantage, allows Medicare users to buy their Original Medicare benefits from a private insurance company. Part D is also bought fro

North Carolina Health Insurance Information

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Contact information for state offices and resources for obtaining and keeping health insurance in North Carolina

About Long-Term Care Insurance

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Living longer means there are likely more costs associated with nursing home and home health care. When there is a need for additional insurance for this type of care, long-term care insurance is the solution.

Oxford Health Plans

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Oxford Health Plans are categorized into different categories; Oxford Benefit Management is a name category which aims to provide a one-stop purchase employers, brokers and associates of Oxford health plans. Participants, can, through OBM manage ...

About Eligible Expenses for a Health Savings Account

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A health savings account, or HSA, is a a tax-free savings program used to cover medical expenses that your medical insurance provider would not otherwise pay. To qualify for an HSA, you must be enrolled in an HSA program as well as be enrolled in a high-deductable insurance plan. HSAs reduce taxable

How to Find Affordable Student Health Insurance

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As a student, having health insurance is very important. But it can be hard to secure because you may not be working full time and you may not be able to afford the high premiums that independent individuals pay for insurance. It is possible to get health insurance as a student, but it could take so

How to Get an Affordable Health Insurance OH

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The best investment that any person can make is that in health. Health is the most important asset in a person’s life. If this asset is threatened in any way, your life can be ruined. ...

Tricare Vs. Medicare

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Tricare and Medicare are two different federal health care programs. Tricare provides health care for active military member and their immediate families. Medicare is a health care program designed to provide benefits for those 65 and older or those with specific disabilities.

Retirement Planner: How much will you need?

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With the advent of the internet a number of tools have come up that help people to plan as well as manage their finances efficiently and retirement calculators are one of them. A retirement calculator ...

Small-Business Planning Software

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Business planning software can make the process of starting a business and securing funding much more straightforward. Software programs can perform automatic calculations to create financial projections and provide guidance on how to complete the many components of a business plan. They can be help

How to Submit a Claim to United Healthcare Vision

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UnitedHealth Group is the largest single health carrier in the United States. The UnitedHealthcare Vision program website offers comprehensive information to help with general questions, benefit plans and vision care providers. However, unlike some other UnitedHealth Group plans, the Vision program

What Are Resident Assessment Protocols?

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Resident assessment protocols (RAPs) are a component of a Minimum Data Set (MDS), the clinical assessment tool that nursing facilities certified by Medicare and Medicaid use.

Code Correctly with Medical Coding Study Guidelines

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The medical coding industry goes through rapid changes round the year. A lot of procedure and diagnosis codes get changed or modified, which usually get announced in the month of January every year. As a ...

Family health insurance policies

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When you’re young and in good health, you often live for the now. Some have the qualifications to find employment including health insurance in the compensation package, but most take what is available and let ...

Description of The AARP Medicare Rx Plan

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The AARP Medicare Part D MedicareRx coverage plans are designed to provide assistance for people who have very high drug costs or to take preventive measures against extremely high prescription drug bills that may come later in life. These plans are designed for patients with little or no income. Th