A Benefits Reminder*
Posted on March 2, 2016
In addition to meeting your health care needs if you get sick, Health New England (HNE) Medicare
Advantage plans also offer other benefits that can help you maintain or improve your overall health. We want to help you make healthy lifestyle choices.
- $150 Fitness center/Weight Watchers®/over-the-counter items annual allowance
You can use this allowance toward a gym membership or Weight Watchers program. Or you can also be reimbursed for the following over-the-counter items:
• Shower chairs, grab bars, raised toilet seats, bathtub benches/stools
• Automatic blood pressure cuffs
• Compression stockings - $150 Dental annual allowance (may not apply to all plans)1
- $100 Allowance for prescription eyewear every two calendar years
- $350 Allowance for a wig if you are on or recently have undergone chemotherapy
- Hearing exams – HNE covers one supplemental routine hearing exam per calendar year with a copay. You can obtain this service from a network provider and they will bill HNE for the service.
- Hearing aid program – Through a special arrangement with Hearing Care Solutions, our Medicare Advantage members are eligible for hearing aids at a discounted price and a hearing aid evaluation at no charge. For more information or to schedule an evaluation, please call Hearing Care Solutions at (866) 344-7756.
- Vision exams and refraction – HNE covers one supplemental routine vision exam per calendar year at no cost to you. The cost of refraction testing (an exam that measures how well you can see at specific distances) is also covered. You can obtain this service from any network provider and they will bill HNE for the service.
- Access to care – As part of Health New England, you do not need referrals for in-network specialists. We have an extensive local network of providers. You have access to Baystate Medical Center and all hospitals within Western Massachusetts; access to Hartford HealthCare physicians and hospitals, including Hartford Hospital; and access to emergency room care world-wide when you travel.
If you have any questions about an allowance or about any of our plan options, please call our Member Services Department.
1 The Premier 1 plan does not include dental allowance.
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*Health New England Medicare Advantage is an HMO Plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in Health New England Medicare Advantage depends on contract renewal. This information is not a complete description of benefits. Contact the plan for more information. Limitations, copays and restrictions may apply. Benefits, premiums and/or copays/coinsurance may change on January 1 of each year. You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium.
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