[Kkbart4@gmail.com]

I'm so confused. If I have Medicare and United healthcare supplemental plan, can I go to a doc in the villages? I'm new to all this!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Kkbart4@gmail.com

I'm so confused. If I have Medicare and United healthcare supplemental plan, can I go to a doc in the villages? I'm new to all this!

There are many doctors in The Villages that were here before The Villages tried to institute something really nice here that apparently isn't working out. We have a PCP, a dermatologist, a gastroenterologist, an endocrinologist and a foot doctor and they are accessed in the ordinary way and they take the usual kinds of insurance.

[Villageswimmer]

Originally Posted by rubicon

villageswimmer: Ask those residents who were members of the Wellness Center, especially those using the indoor pool if Gary Morse handled that business transaction with sensitivity. Ask the residents who were upset that the bison disappeared if that situation was handled with sensitivity by Gary Morse. Ask the residents who bought at the height of the home market if Gary Morse handled selling of homes with sensitivity. Ask residents if those securing bridge loans from citizens received that sensitivity
Point of fact I had more than ample funds to qualify for a loan and so they stopped asking about my finances after leaning of two accounts. Yet when i sent them my 20% down payment much to my surprise and chagrin that sensitivity company owned by Gary Morse demanded to know where that 20% came from. I asked if they thought I was a terrorist...and the beat goes on

I am not complaining because i know its all about business I just want to clarify the sensitive point

and by the way i paid the full amount before the loan came due and they still grabbed me for a full months payment so i paid expenses never used the loan and they still made a handsome profit

Cést la vie

You, obviously, have far more history with TV than I. I heard about the old Wellness Center for the first time a couple of days ago and know nothing of the bison. Maybe my comments were more emotional than factual. I don't know. I started coming down in 2010 and bought in 2012. My history is limited. Still, though, I feel like things are changing in a lot of ways and it's kind of sad. Maybe it's me. I still love TV and wouldn't live anywhere else. I feel like you're very upset and I apologize if my post contributed to that.

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by Kkbart4@gmail.com

I'm so confused. If I have Medicare and United healthcare supplemental plan, can I go to a doc in the villages? I'm new to all this!

With any supplemental plan, i.e., "A," "C", "F" etc., you will not be allowed to see a salaried doctor in The Villages' Health System after December 31, 2016. That doesn't mean you can't find primary care physicians located in The Villages who have their own practices. There are many of them.

[goodtimesintv]

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[VApeople]

Originally Posted by Kkbart4@gmail.com

I'm so confused. If I have Medicare and United healthcare supplemental plan, can I go to a doc in the villages? I'm new to all this!

We just got here three months ago.

Start checking with doctors to see if they will accept your insurance. Do not just make phone calls. Visit the doctor's office or hospital IN PERSON to get your answers.

The Villages Health Care system has some beautiful new buildings with the friendly Villages logo on them, but we were very surprised to find that they would not accept our insurance.

After checking around, we found some doctors and hospitals that would take our insurance. I had a physical exam and had a basil cell skin cancer removed, and I was very pleased with the treatment I received.

[PTennismom0202]

It has been suggested that this is a concierge practice. In a way it is. Instead of paying your annual concierge fee of $1000-$4000, you join a specific Medicare Advantage program. It can also be viewed as a group model HMO a la Kaiser Permanente. The Villages Health provides the doctors (Permanente Medical Group, in an exclusive arrangement) and United Healthcare provides the insurance (the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan piece). Any way you look at it, those of us who are not free or who would lose a lot to opt for the United Healthcare products that The Villages Health will accept are not going to be able to use The Villages Health primary care. This is the only NCQA Level 3 (the top level) Patient Centered Medical Home in this area. That's too bad because Patient Centered Medical Homes are awesome. NCQA > Programs > Recognition > Practices > PCMH Evidence