{"id":16432,"date":"2020-07-13T12:50:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16432"},"modified":"2020-07-13T12:50:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:50:57","slug":"how-to-file-an-appeal-if-your-medicare-advantage-plan-doesnt-cover-an-item-or-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16432","title":{"rendered":"How to file an appeal if your Medicare Advantage Plan doesn\u2019t cover an item or service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; medicare.gov\/blog)<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\">If you have a Medicare Advantage Plan, you know it covers a lot of items and services, like prescription drugs, diabetic test supplies, cardiovascular screenings, and hospital visits. But, what should you do if your plan won\u2019t cost an item or service you need?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_gjdgxs\" name=\"_gjdgxs\"><\/a><span lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\">You have the right to ask your Medicare Advantage Plan to provide or pay for items or services you think should be covered, provided, or continued. To resolve these differences with your plan, learn how to file an appeal.\u00a0 Continue reading blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/blog\/how-to-file-medicare-appeal-2020\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11503\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog-300x32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog-300x32.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; medicare.gov\/blog) If you have a Medicare Advantage Plan, you know it covers a lot of items and services,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16433,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16432\/revisions\/16433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}