Current enrollment rules can leave late enrollees liable for doc visits Medicare usually covers
By Susan Jaffe | Contributing Writer | MedPageToday | January 20, 2020
Some 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day and become eligible for Medicare, but enrollment mistakes can subject them to a lifetime of late penalties, as well as a months-long coverage gap.
Legislation that would fix these problems was one of the bills discussed at a hearing held by the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee…. Although the panel focused on how the bipartisan Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act impacts Medicare patients, it also affects their physicians. [Continued here and PDF here]
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