by BBGAdmin | Sep 17, 2024 | Announcements, Featured, Medicare
(First things first. For those who take expensive brand name or specialty medications, make it a point to check your 2025 plan’s published formulary/covered drug list for inclusion of your brand or specialty meds when the 2025 plan information is released in...
by BBGAdmin | Feb 6, 2024 | Announcements, Featured, Medicare
Understanding Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan in 2024 For anyone enrolled in Medicare, it’s advantageous to be familiar with the various stages of prescription drug coverage. This is especially true for those taking the most expensive medications. Here’s what I...
by BBGAdmin | Apr 21, 2023 | Medicare
I recently helped a Medicare client who was facing the prospect of a pretty significant surgery and wanted to pursue getting a second opinion. Thought I’d share some of the basics of what we learned about Medicare’s Coverage of Second Opinions……. Let’s start by...
by BBGAdmin | Jun 4, 2022 | Announcements, Medicare, Medicare Medicaid, National News
From The Ripley’s Believe-It-Or-Not Department: You May Actually Pay Less for Medicare Part B in 2023 That headline, folks, is surprisingly not a typo. I truly had to do a double-take when I read this in last week’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
by BBGAdmin | Jun 8, 2021 | Healthcare Costs, Medicare, Medicare Medicaid
There are four basic parts of Medicare: A, B, C, and D. Each part helps pay for certain medical services. Medicare Part C, better known as “Medicare Advantage”, comprises an “all in one” alternative to Original Medicare. These “bundled” health plans include Part A,...
