My understanding of how the medicare advantage plane work is that the plan has a contract with medicare to provide care to me. Medicare pays the plan (Preferred Care Partners in my case) an annual sum to provide services to me. I don't know what that amount is but I have heard that is is in excess of $12,000 a year. So the provider is making a lot of money as all I have had during the past few years is six month checkups and a few steroid injections.
So, I guess there might be an incentive for the provider to provide minimum services?
Anyone else know how it works?
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