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Medicare’s "BLUE BUTTON" Can Help You Track Care
Medicare’s Blue Button provides you an easy way to download your personal health information to a file. You can download the file of your personal data and save the file on your own personal computer. After you have saved it, you can import that same file into other computer-based personal...
Medicare Website Overhaul
Medicare beneficiaries now can research nursing homes and determine their coverage options from their smartphones or tablets, thanks to a Medicare website redesign.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it spent two years researching user trends of its notoriously difficult-to-navigate website in order to make it easier for beneficiaries,...
Simplified Benefit Statements Coming from Medicare
Medicare recipients soon will see simplified benefit statements with added protections against Medicare fraud. CMS has revamped its Medicare Summary Notices, which are the billing statements beneficiaries receive in the mail every three months. Larger type and explanations of services in plain English make these easier to read and understand....
DonÛªt Wait to Enroll in Medicare
The following is a guest post from Ross Blair, President and CEO of Plan Prescriber, Inc., a provider of comparison tools and educational materials for Medicare-related insurance products. In 2011, a record 2.8 million Americans turned 65 and became eligible for Medicare. If youÛªre a newcomer to Medicare this year...
Caregivers Health a Concern in New Study
Caregiving Costs: Declining Health in the Alzheimeräó»s Caregiver as Dementia Increases in the Care Recipient released by the National Alliance for Caregiving shows a significant decrease in family caregiver health over time and increased personal healthcare costs, as their care recipientäó»s dementia increases.æ The study was conducted by examining the...