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Originally Posted by BrianL99
Hopefully someone knows way more about this, than I.
Per the Medicare Database, UF Health The Villages Hospital (NPI #1275902124, NPI #1912317538, NPI #1275902124) has NOT opted out of accepting Medicare.
Which leads me to believe the exclusion of non-Advantage plan patients, isn't really an exclusion of Medicare patients, but a refusal to accept their supplemental insurance.
I'm curious if anyone can enlighten me.
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Not true. The Villages Hospital accepts original Medicare and the supplemental insurance. Supplemental insurance pays the 20 percent coinsurance that is associated with original Medicare Part B, and the hospital coinsurance associated with Medicare Part A. So, if you go to the Villages Hospital and you have original Medicare and a supplement, you will be covered in full.
The Villages Health system does not accept original Medicare for their primary care providers. They only accept the United Health advantage plan and a few other advantage plans. So, if you only have original Medicare and the associated supplemental insurance, you cannot use the primary care doctors who work at the Villages Health care facilities. This has nothing to do with the Villages Hospital.