[Carla B]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Yes, there are many. But, you may not need to change doctors, except for your primary care provider. The Villages health only requires that you use their primary care providers. You still may be able to use the specialists who are in The Villages health system if they accept original Medicare. I think that one of the reasons that The Villages health requires certain Medicare advantage plans to see their primary care doctors is to limit access to their Villages owned facilities, so that Villagers can get convenient access to health care. If they accepted original Medicare, they would be required to treat anyone within the Villages surrounding areas who has original Medicare. That could defeat the purpose of having Villages owned facilities within The Villages.

You may sometimes use The Villages Health specialists, it's up to them. As a Medicare patient, I was denied access to one group of specialists last week. It probably depends on how much business they have from those enrolled in their primary health system.

[Michael 61]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Yes, there are many. But, you may not need to change doctors, except for your primary care provider. The Villages health only requires that you use their primary care providers. You still may be able to use the specialists who are in The Villages health system if they accept original Medicare. I think that one of the reasons that The Villages health requires certain Medicare advantage plans to see their primary care doctors is to limit access to their Villages owned facilities, so that Villagers can get convenient access to health care. If they accepted original Medicare, they would be required to treat anyone within the Villages surrounding areas who has original Medicare. That could defeat the purpose of having Villages owned facilities within The Villages.

I was unaware of that - thank you for responding