A Medicare Special Needs Plan (SNP) is a special type of Medicare Advantage Plan (Part C) that gives more focused and specialized health care for certain groups of people. For example, those who have both Medicaid & Medicare, have certain chronic medical conditions, or who reside in a nursing home.

The Medicare Select plan is a kind of Medigap policy that may require you to use hospitals and, in some situations, physicians within its network in order to be eligible for full benefits.

The Medicare Private Fee-For-Service (PFFS) Plan is a type of Medicare Advantage Plan (Part C). This type of MAPD plan typically allows you to see any doctor or hospital you could go to if you had Original Medicare, if the doctor or hospital agrees to treat you. This plan will determine how much it will…

A Medicare Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Plan is a type of MAPD plan (Part C) which is available in some areas of the country. With a PPO, you pay less if you use the hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers that are on the plan’s network. For an additional cost, you may use physicians,…

A Long-term care hospital is an acute care hospital that provides treatments for people who stay, on average, more than 25 days. Services provided include comprehensive rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, head trauma treatment, and pain management. Most patients are transferred from an intensive or critical care unit.

Long-term care (or LTC) are services that include medical and non-medical care provided to people who are unable to perform basic activities of daily living. Examples of these activities include dressing, bathing, feeding. LTC services can be provided in the community, at home, in assisted living, or in nursing homes. People may need LTC at…