Medicare vs. Medicaid: Which One Do I Have?
The differences between Medicare and Medicaid are not simple. Each has many different plan options, including: Fee-For-Service, QMB, SLMB, Managed Care, and QI. So how do you know which one you have?
The differences between Medicare and Medicaid are not simple. Each has many different plan options, including: Fee-For-Service, QMB, SLMB, Managed Care, and QI. So how do you know which one you have?
Ready to experience a faster, simpler, and more reliable way to get medical supplies with your insurance benefits? You’re in the right place.
Virginia Medicaid expansion has arrived, and that means more people could receive benefits and use them to get medical supplies.
For many people, receiving products from a medical supplier is new territory, and that leads to an important question: How do I know if my medical supplier is doing a good job?
If you’ve ever tried to use your health insurance benefits to cover medical supplies, you may have been told that you first need a Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMN). That begs two questions: What is it, and how do I get one?
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The word compliance doesn’t usually bring fun and games to mind. We tend to think of things like “Doing it by the book,” “Just the facts,” and “To the Letter of the Law.” In the medical supply industry, compliance is often associated with the latest news in fraud or privacy breach. We hear about major busts involving large networks and billions of stolen funds, and it gives the impression that compliance is only there to keep the law off your back. It’s an unfortunate perspective, because it misses the two best outcomes that compliance provides: improved customer experience, and greater benefits to providers working on behalf of a customer.
For people in the Virginia area who are now part of the Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus (CCC+) Medicaid program, we have good news: our medical supply services are continuing uninterrupted.
As part of our mission to bring peace of mind to the people in our community, we at Home Care Delivered recently contributed a large donation of technology equipment to T4TP, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping veterans enter the technology job market.
So you just received a prescription for medical supplies, and it’s time to file the insurance claim. But now you face a new challenge: Understanding all the insurance requirements you need to meet. Physican’s orders, CMNs, LOMNs…what do these all mean?