{"id":6337,"date":"2022-10-05T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/?p=6337"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:19:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T09:19:08","slug":"medicare-plus-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/medicare-plus-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Care Launching New Dual-Eligible Medicare Plus Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>L.A. Care, a publicly operated health plan in Los Angeles County, will offer a new Medicare Plus plan for dual-eligible beneficiaries, the insurer&nbsp;said&nbsp;Oct. 4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan will have no monthly premiums and $0 copays on certain prescription drugs, according to a news release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dual-eligible members are Medicare beneficiaries who also qualify for Medicaid on the basis of income. The Medicare Plus plan will replace L.A. Care&#8217;s previous dual-eligible plan, Cal MediConnect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/35-e1665062769311.jpg\" alt=\"L.A. Care Launching New Dual-Eligible Medicare Plus Plan\" class=\"wp-image-6339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/35-e1665062769311.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/35-e1665062769311-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/35-e1665062769311-768x405.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are excited about this transition from our Cal MediConnect plan, which demonstrated the value of coordinated care for our dual-eligible members,&#8221; L.A. Care CEO John Baackes said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan includes other supplemental benefits like allowances for over-the-counter <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/magnacare-and-international-association-of-fire-fighters-health-wellness-trust-grow-benefits-administration-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">medications and fitness benefits<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&#8220;L.A. Care Medicare Plus will build upon the lessons learned in CMC and will help our members gain access to resources like housing and food,&#8221; Mr. Baackes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSource: <span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/l-a-care-launching-new-dual-eligible-medicare-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beckers Payer<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L.A. Care, a publicly operated health plan in Los Angeles County, will offer a new Medicare Plus plan for dual-eligible&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/medicare-plus-plan\/\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">Continue Reading <i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,172,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-6337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-distilinfo-originals","8":"tag-healthcare","9":"tag-medicare-plus-plan","10":"tag-payer-provider","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6337"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6367,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6337\/revisions\/6367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}