Senior Alert: Don’t get stranded with a Medicare Advantage plan
I’m too young for Medicare, and my elderly family members don’t live in the local area, so I’m no expert on this matter, but I do want to pass along this “word to the wise”…
Covenant Health (the operators of Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Fort Sanders, and several other major Knoxville-area hospitals) will no longer accept “Medicare Advantage” insurance from any provider except Cariten Senior Health and the company that used to be called John Deere, now called United HealthCare of the River Valley (also called “Secure Horizons”*). Apparently March 31 is the deadline for changing plans. Seniors who carry Medicare Advantage insurance from any company other than these two and might need nonemergency care at MMCOR would be advised to change insurors.
The best advice is “Don’t sign up for a Medicare Advantage plan—if you can avoid it,” since these plans can change providers at the drop of hat.
*Note also that there are other Medicare Advantage plans called “Secure Horizons,” but only plans from United HealthCare of the River Valley in Moline, Illinois, will be accepted at these hospitals.
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