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		<title>How to Stop Supplier Fraud on Medicare:  Use the Senior Medical Patrol (SMP) Office</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to health insurance (especially those that are federal government regulated) many people don’t know what they are looking at or what they should do. Local groups help the citizens of the area learn about their Social Security and Medicare benefits and much of this is done through the Senior Medicare Patrol) SMP. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Stop Supplier Fraud on Medicare:  Using Medicare to Confirm Participation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When your supplier is acting strangely like they aren’t doing everything on the “up and up” you should do a little checking to make sure everything is ok. You can check with Medicare and/or the Social Security office so that you know if everything is ok with them in their world. Medicare also has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Stop Supplier Fraud on Medicare:  Contact Your Health Insurance Provider</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contacting your health insurance provider should be the first thing you do in any of the instances where you believe Medicare fraud is present. Not contacting your insurance company will delay the recovery and identification processes that could affect everyone so deeply. So whenever you receive notice of suspicious activity on your Medicare account you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stopping Medicare Supplier Fraud:  Getting Charged for Items Not Provided by Medicare</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are on Medicare or any other health insurance program that provides you assistance you should always know when you are about to be charged for something. Any service you have agreed to and any piece of equipment you have been told about so when you don’t get notified you should be suspicious. Any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding, Switching or Dropping Medicare Advantage Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some rarely known rules apply when you are wanting to drop, add or switch a Medicare Advantage Plan that you currently have. Only certain enrollment times are allowed, like most insurance company plans. There are the basic rules for adding, dropping and switching Medicare Advantage Plans listed below. • When you first become eligible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternate Options for Medicare Advantage Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Enrollment Questions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Different providers and plans are available on a multiple level if you are looking for other options for your Medicare coverage. The coverage itself may be basically the same, but with a Medicare Advantage Plan you are getting coverage through a private company instead of Medicare. This is to say that your Original Medicare coverage, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Advantage Plans: What are the Options?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a private company covers your Medicare Part A and B coverage it is called a Medicare Advantage Plan. There are several options for this coverage and they are listed below. Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Plans: Except in an emergency situation you must go to the doctors or health care providers listed when you use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Contracts and Your Medicare Coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare providers must agree to the terms that Medicare sets and be approved through Medicare to provide you service. A private contract is something that you have the right to do, but it is possible that you will not get some of the coverage afforded to you by your Medicare policy. Some things are worth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Now Uses Electronic Prescribing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Now Uses Electronic Prescribing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Communication between healthcare providers and doctors has been horrid in recent years for Medicare. New ways to share information were few and far between for Medicare, however, they are starting to step up their game. With electronic prescribing between healthcare providers and your pharmacy Medicare has been able to step into modern electronic times. Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Medicare Changes: 5-Star Special Enrollment Period for Medicare Advantage Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Enrollment Questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Medicare Changes: 5-Star Special Enrollment Period for Medicare Advantage Plans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Generally with Medicare, like any other insurance entity, there are only certain times of the year that you are allowed to enroll in a new insurance plan. In order to make better plans available to subscribers year-round Medicare has instituted the 5-star Special Enrollment Period for Medicare Advantage Plans to allow people access to the [...]]]></description>
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