Asking Doctors if they Accept Medicare Supplements

Have you been asking a prospective client's doctor if they accept your proposed Medicare Supplement plan? This is something we used to do all the time, via a three-way call with the client, and it would help us to enroll the senior on the better cost plan, every time. The doctor's office would say, "Oh yes, we accept that Medicare Supplement plan!" Now, though, things have changed. With doctor practices folding within hospital plans and other independent practices outsourcing their electronic health records and billing to third-parties, the folks within the doctor's office are often very confused by health insurance, and Medicare plans especially. A far better, new tool, allows you to look up any doctor that accepts Medicare and instantly be able to see if they accept Medicare Assignment or not (meaning they don't charge excess charges). Here it is: http://www.medicare.gov/physiciancompare/ See Chris' video explanation of why you don't want to call doctor's offices:

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