Can I use my Medicare coverage to utilize telehealth services?

If you have original Medicare, Part B will cover telehealth services, and you will have to pay a 20% coinsurance of the Medicare-approved amount for your doctor or other health care provider’s services after you pay the Part B deductible. You will have to pay the same amount for most telehealth services as if you […]

What does “step therapy” mean in Medicare drug coverage?

Each Medicare Part D plan has a list of covered drugs that are called a formulary.  Within every formulary, there are a set of rules applied to the prescription drugs covered by the plan. One of those rules is called step-therapy.  If you get a prescription for a medication that has step-therapy rules, there is […]