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Melissa Andel on Adding Dental, Hearing, Vision Benefits to Medicare
It’s right to acknowledge that dental, hearing, and vision are important for total health care for Medicare beneficiaries, said Melissa Andel, MPP, vice president of health policy at CommonHealth Solutions.
It’s right to acknowledge that dental, hearing, and vision are important for total health care for Medicare beneficiaries, said Melissa Andel, MPP, vice president of health policy at CommonHealth Solutions.
There are considerations to add dental, hearing, and vision benefits to Medicare: what impact might that have on seniors’ health?
I don't think anybody disputes the importance of dental health as part of a person's overall physical health. And then, obviously, vision and hearing is just as important. And so, to make sure that the component are available to all Medicare beneficiaries, not just those beneficiaries who are in Medicare Advantage plans, you know, and now that about 40% of Medicare beneficiaries do have those benefits through Medicare Advantage plans. But I do think that it's a good idea to add that.
The process of adding it and how you go about doing that and how you set the fee schedule and payments and work that out with the dentist and the audiologists and the optometrists, you know, that is a whole other discussion. But I do think it is right to acknowledge that those 3 things are important for total health care.
Overcoming Employment Barriers for Lasting Social Impact: Freedom House 2.0 and Pathways to Work
April 16th 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our second episode, in which we learn all about Freedom House 2.0 and the Pathways to Work program.
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Making Giant Strides in Maternity Health Through Baby Steps
April 9th 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are kicking off a special month-long podcast series with our strategic alliance partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our first episode, which is all about the Baby Steps Maternity Program and its mission to support women throughout every step of their pregnancy journey.
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Dr Michael Farwell on FDG PET/CT Imaging to Predict Immunotherapy Response in Advanced Melanoma
April 15th 2024Michael Farwell, MD, associate professor of radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, provides insights into a study on the benefits of using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging to detect metabolic tumor changes in skin cancer.
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