Today, we are going to be covering how you can find out if your doctor takes Original Medicare.
If you have Original Medicare as your primary insurance and have added on a Medicare Supplement plan (regardless of what insurance carrier you have), there are two ways that I’m aware of that you can find out if your doctors take original Medicare.
The first way would be to simply call your doctors office and ask, “Does Dr. SoAndSo contract with Original Medicare?”
Many times the receptionists will be able to tell you or you can be passed along to someone in the billing or the insurance department.
The other way that you can find out if you doctor is contracted with Medicare would be to search for them on the Medicare site.
You simply go to www.Medicare.gov
Scroll down to and click, “Find Doctors and Other Health Professionals.”
Then enter your city and state and the name of your doctor.
The next page, you should see your doctors name and if there’s a green check-mark that says, “Accepts Medicare-approved payment amounts,” then your doctor is contracted with Medicare and accepts Medicare assignment.
If you have a Medicare Advantage plan (Part C), there will be a totally separate provider directory that you could request from the insurance carrier that handles your Medicare Advantage plan.
I hope this is helpful. Leave any comments and questions down below.
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