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This 6 page paper discusses Medicare, as well as medical coding and billing, and the risks involved therein. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Medicare and Medical Billing and Coding Research Compiled for The
Paper Store, Inc. by K. Von Huben 4/2010 Please Introduction Medicare is a federal program that provides health care for those
over 65. For many people, it is their only means of obtaining a doctors care. This paper discusses Medicare as well as medical codes and billing. Discussion Medicare insures the
following: people 65 and over; people under 65 with "certain disabilities"; and people who have End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), which is "permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant,"
no matter what age they are (Sebelius, 2010). There are four parts to Medicare; Part A is hospital insurance and Part B is medical insurance (Sebelius, 2010). Part A helps
cover the following: care of hospital inpatients; skill nursing facility care; hospice care and "home health care" (Sebelius, 2010). Part B helps to cover "doctors services, outpatient care, and home
health care"; it also cover "some preventive services to help maintain your health and to keep certain illnesses from getting worse (Sebelius, 2010). Medicare Part C is "Medicare Advantage
Plans" such as PPOs and HMOs; it is a "health coverage option run by private insurance companies approved by and under contract with Medicare" (Sebelius, 2010). It includes both Parts
A and B, and often other coverage such as that provided for prescription drugs (Sebelius, 2010). Medicare Part D is the infamous prescription drug coverage section: it too features a
prescription drug plan run by private insurers "approved by and under contract with Medicare" (Sebelius, 2010). This is the part of the Medicare structure with the "donut hole," where coverage
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