{"id":8800,"date":"2025-11-07T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/?p=8800"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:06:21","slug":"medicare-advantage-plan-change-new-vendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/medicare-advantage-plan-change-new-vendor\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Advantage Plan Change \u2013 New Vendor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Health New England to Partner with NationsBenefits\u00ae for 2026 Medicare Vision and Hearing Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are excited to announce that Health New England is partnering with a new vendor \u2013 <strong>NationsBenefits\u00ae<\/strong> \u2013 to administer supplemental Vision and Hearing benefits for Medicare Advantage plans, <strong>effective January 1, 2026,<\/strong> specifically for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Routine vision exams<\/li>\n<li>Prescription eyewear<\/li>\n<li>Routine hearing exams<\/li>\n<li>Hearing aids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Health New England will no longer offer EyeMed or TruHearing benefits for our Medicare Advantage members after Dec. 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Not Changing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Health New England will still administer the medical benefit related to eye and hearing care for Medicare members.<\/li>\n<li>EyeMed will continue being a benefit option for Health New England\u2019s Commercial line of business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About NationsBenefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NationsBenefits is one of the nation\u2019s largest and most trusted supplemental benefit providers and our relationship represents a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to elevate the standard of care for our Medicare Advantage members. As a vision and hearing benefit provider, NationsBenefits brings unparalleled expertise, extensive reach and a proven track record of success in providing Medicare members with enhanced support and expanded access to crucial supplemental benefits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Steps<\/strong><br \/>\nIf not already contracted with NationsBenefits, we encourage all Vision and Hearing providers to take immediate steps to contract with NationsBenefits. By doing so, you will play a crucial role in delivering comprehensive, high-quality care and support to the members and patients we serve together. This will ensure there is no disruption in care.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about contracting with NationsVision and how this partnership can benefit both you and your patients, please contact the NationsVision Vendor Contracting Specialist at (877) 414-7379 or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/nationsbenefits.com\/NationsVision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NationsBenefits.com\/NationsVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For NationsHearing contracting information, please email <a href=\"mailto:providers@nationshearing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">providers@nationshearing.com<\/a> or call (800) 921-4559.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions specific to Health New England, please reach out to our Provider Experience team at (800) 842-4464, extension 5000. A representative is available Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health New England to Partner with NationsBenefits\u00ae for 2026 Medicare Vision and Hearing Benefits We are excited to announce that Health New England is partnering with a new vendor \u2013 NationsBenefits\u00ae \u2013 to administer supplemental Vision and Hearing benefits for Medicare Advantage plans, effective January 1, 2026, specifically for: Routine vision exams Prescription eyewear Routine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provider-newsletter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZHB-2hW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8802,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8800\/revisions\/8802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}