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ibm medicare options: IBM Extend Health Questions and Answers

WEB1. Are all the Extend Health plans traditional CMS Medicare plans that are currently in the marketplace? Will there be any unique offerings like the IBM secondary medical plan …

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IBM Medicare Via Benefits Medicare costs for 2021 relating to Fall

WEBCMS has not published the 2021 fee for Medicare part B enrollment yet (this is the amount you must pay to the government irrespective of the structure of your …

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ibm medicare options: IBM Medicare OneExchange

WEB4/6/14 - I edited this post because of the name of the health insurance service Towers Watson provides as an IBM contractor for Medicare eligible retirees is …

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IBM Medicare Via Benefits OneExchange Extend Health Fall Open

WEBI have said several times in this blog that Via Benefits (aka Extend Health or OneExchange) does not sell all the Medicare plans available in your zip code.

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ibm medicare options: IBM Medicare Via Benefits Medicare …

WEBIn the last post I provided a link to a specific Medicare brochure about Medicare coverage of "Home Care". There are 97 more brochures available on www.medicare.gov describing …

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IBM Medicare Advantage Enrollment Directive for 2023

WEBEdited on 9/18/2022: Yesterday, IBM had two major announcements for retiree benefits. The US retiree pension fund that supports 100,000 retirees are now annuities …

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IBM Medicare Towers Watson, Extend Health, One Exchange, Via …

WEBI do know the turn around on claims has gone way up from the same time last year. In January 2017, my Medicare supplement claim was paid 2 weeks after I …

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IBM Medicare Via Benefits Reimbursement Problems and Errors …

WEBSeveral days after I talked to the rep at VIA Benefits, I received an email from them asking me to take a survey in regard to my call. Needless to say, I didn't give them high marks. …

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IBM Medicare Via Benefits Medicare Fall Enrollment for 2020

WEBThis is the time of year when you are being inundated with sales literature from private insurance companies trying to sell you Medicare Advantage plans and part D …

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IBM Medicare "About Your Benefits" Reference Book

WEBA while ago I mentioned a reference book that IBM sent out in the beginning of 2014. It is called "About Your Benefits: Post-Employment" and has a subtitle …

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ibm medicare options

WEBIBM Medicare Advantage AI algorithms decide when to deny medical care. The following article, published on March 13,2023, describes how the insurance industry …

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IBM Medicare OneExchange Medicare Supplement F & F-HD …

WEBIn 2015 there was a "Doc Fix" law passed by congress to improve the fees paid to doctors (which hadn't been raised in years so doctors were starting to opt out of Medicare).

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ibm medicare options: IBM Medicare www.extendhealth.com/ibm …

WEBVery important information received from Dr. Kyu Rhee, IBM Chief Health Director with more detailed information about IBM's subsidy funding Health …

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ibm medicare options: IBM Extend Health HRA accounts

WEBAgain, nice post! The $3500/3000 depended on when you retired. Those who retired before 1992 get the $3500 - this was in lieu of the reneging on the promise if you retired by the …

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IBM Extend Health Reimbursement Account Rebate Process

WEBThe gods do not want me to have an easy time with Extend Heath for either enrollment or for HRA claims. I just successfully submitted my first claim request to Extend Health …

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ibm medicare options: 2011 Health Care Reform for Part D plans

WEBIf you decide to use the Aetna Integration Plan as you supplemental medical coverage then you will need to buy a Part D prescription drug plan from a private insurer.

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ibm medicare options: IBM's latest HRA Beneficiary letter is laugh …

WEBI missed one word in the following sentence: My goal has always been to spend energy fighting the new way of obtaining health care for IBM retirees It should read: My goal …

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Why are the Aetna Integration plans so cheap

WEBWhen you compare the coverage and monthly premiums for the Aetna Integration plans versus official medigap plans such as A, C or F, the Aetna plans seem …

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IBM Medicare Extend Health Does NOT Negotiate Insurance …

WEBIt has been confirmed a couple of times that the Extend Health Medicare insurance products we will be offered are a subset of the SAME products in the general …

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