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Understanding private, fee-for-service Medicare plans.(Q & A)

Publication: Family Practice Management
Publication Date: 01-MAY-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Q A patient recently presented to our office with a Medicare health plan we had not seen before. It was neither traditional Medicare nor a Medicare HMO. When we explored it further, we discovered it was a private, fee-for-service plan, but we're not sure what that means or what the are for is...

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...implications our practice. Can you help alleviate our confusion?

A Your patient's private, fee-for-service (PFFS) plan a type of...

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