by Lori | May 26, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
The benefit of choosing an indemnity plan as your type of health insurance plan, otherwise known as a fee-for-service plan, is that it doesn’t bog you down into a single network of physicians. Indemnity plan holders are given the freedom to choose/visit the...
by Lori | Apr 19, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) Health maintenance organizations are prepaid health plans. As an HMO member, insured pay a monthly premium. In exchange, the HMO provides comprehensive care for the insured & his family, including doctors’ visits,...
by Lori | Apr 19, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
What Is a HMO Insurance Policy? HMOs, or health maintenance organizations, are one of many types of health insurances available to help cover health-related expenses. Identification A health maintenance organization pays for health care provided by members of a...
by Lori | Apr 19, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
Difference between HMO and PPO A health maintenance organization (HMO) and a preferred provider organization (PPO) have several differences. However, many of them offer quite similar services. Often the PPO will cost a little more because it provides greater...
by Lori | Apr 19, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
What is an HMO? Health Maintenance Organization – HMO’s are both insurers and health care providers. They accept responsibility for a specific set of health care benefits offered to customers and provide those benefits through a network of physicians and...
