medicare

  1. Jhettinger

    Home healthcare with VA and MEDICARE + TRICARE 4LIFE

    VA says that they max out at 58. has anyone tried combining with other insurance benefit ?
  2. Tomswife

    How physician services are billed under Hospice

    There is a thread under the Current Caregivers - Hospice Pros and Cons. This thread is about billing. Medical care is a business. If you are in Hospice care, the services are billed under original Medicare and paid 100 percent. You don't need to be end stage of a disease to use Hospice...
  3. D

    Nursing home coverage

    What will Medicare do for nursing home?
  4. D

    Palliative Care

    Does pallative Care, like hospice, disqualify one from Medicare paying for certain items like a power wheelchair?
  5. K

    Optimal living situation- financially, emotionally, spiritually etc

    My pALS is my mom. She is newly diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS. As of now her mobility is not impacted too much, just her speech, swallowing and breathing. We have been discussing living arrangements as her mobility and breathing decline. Other pALS out there, what did you decide? Did you...
    • Kellbellab
    • Thread
    • artist breathing bulbar bulbar onset decline diagnosed disability family hospice insurance medicare mobility newly diagnosed onset social security speech swallowing va benefits work
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: General discussion about ALS/MND
  6. J

    Medicare-Can I Apply While on Sick Leave?

    I am a federal employee who recently started using my accumulated sick leave after working for the first two plus years after diagnosis. In my preparations for filing for Medicare/SSDI, I cant tell if I have to wait until I have exhausted my accumulated leave before I apply since I will still...
  7. lgelb

    Medicare "What's Covered" app

    Free, now available for iOS and Android.
  8. J

    Insurance/Medicare Coverage for Shower-Commode Chair

    I’m a little over two years post diagnosis and was recently denied insurance coverage for a shower/commode chair. I am a federal employee and have been very happy with coverage thusfar (GEHA). As I prepare to appeal the denial, I’m wondering what others’ experiences have been with insurance...
    • Jay Q
    • Thread
    • chair denial diagnosis equipment info insurance medical medical equipment medicare shower
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Tips, tricks, and gadgets
  9. Ken15

    Medicare & Multidisciplinary Clinic

    My PALS has had her first 2 MDC's @ Mayo Clinic (FL) and Medicare has approved all associated claims except for her neurologist's charges. Naturally, these are the most expensive charges ($305). The procedure codes submitted by the Mayo are 99215 and 99354, with a diagnosis code of Z82.0. In...
  10. KimT

    Keep Constipation in check

    As a result of chronic constipation and going off psyllium for a few months, I developed hemorrhoids. Recently, I discovered bright red blood so I went in for an exam. The gastro found an anal fissure and scheduled me for a procedure to have a closer look and treat the hemorrhoids at the same...
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