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When Medicare recipients visit their doctors, the medical office will typically ask for a portion of the payment due that is not covered by Medicare. After meeting the Part B deductible, patients will usually pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount for most services delivered by a physician. That is also…

More than 6.3 million people living in California currently use Medicare as their healthcare insurance provider. In addition, over 2.7 million individuals utilize Medicare Advantage Plans through private insurers, and a further 2.3 million people utilize prescription drug plans through Medicare. Medicare offers a number of different plans to their…

The concern over getting shingles tends to grow as we age. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises people 60 years old and over to be vaccinated against shingles whether or not they remember ever having suffered from chickenpox, which is caused by the identical virus as shingles….

Robotic technology has come a long way in recent decades, and today, the medical industry is able to utilize robotics for a large variety of services that require pinpoint accuracy and attention to detail. This is evident in the rise of robotics being used in surgical settings, and combined with…

While Medicare benefits under Original Medicare fall short for certain types of coverage, there are ways to plug the gaps. Even if the coverage is sufficient today, there may be a need for more in the future. Waiting to look at all the options runs the risk of missing the…

Recent studies show that in the United States, 50 percent of people taking prescription drugs, or other types of medications, forget to take them on time, or forget to take them at all. For many people, keeping track of taking prescription drugs can be confusing, especially when there are different…

If you are closing in on 65 years old, it may be time to start thinking about enrolling in Medicare. For people who are receiving Social Security benefits, the Social Security Administration (SSA) automatically enrolls you in Original Medicare Part A (hospital insurance), and Part B (medical insurance) three months…

If you or a loved one is retiring form the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), you may be wondering how your benefits will work with Medicare. The RRB administers insurance and retirement benefits to all railroad workers in the country. Instead of getting retirement benefits from the U.S. Social Security…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the entity that manages the Medicare insurance program. In partnership with CMS, Social Security manages enrollment in Medicare whether or not the beneficiary is collecting Social Security payments. Application for Medicare coverage only To sign up online, the first step is…