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Does the Mayo Clinic Accept Medicare Supplement Plans?

Can you use your Medicare Supplement plan at the Mayo Clinic? Yes.
Depending on which Medicare Supplement plan letter you have, you may or may not be responsible for paying “Excess Charges”.

As of 2020, Mayo Clinic in Florida accepts full Medicare Assignment.
This means that they will not bill Excess Charges. Those on Medicare Supplement Plan N will not see an additional bill for Excess Charges when visiting the Mayo Clinic in Florida.

The Arizona Mayo Clinic facility does not (yet) accept Medicare Assignment, so those on Plan N might see an Excess Charge billed from Mayo in Arizona.

Medicare Supplement plans only supplement what is APPROVED by original Medicare. If Medicare approves the procedure and pays their 80%, the Supplement plan, also known as Medigap, will fill in the remaining portion, subject to your deductible and possible co-payment, depending again on which Medicare Supplement plan letter you signed up for.

In this video, we go over the details of how Medicare and Medicare Supplements are accepted at the Mayo Clinic. Also, for those on a Medicare Advantage plan, you must look very closely at your plan and communicate with Mayo on it, as these private plans are most often not accepted at centers of excellence like the Mayo Clinic.

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What are Excess Charges with Medicare?

Are you concerned with how excess charges might impact your Medicare plan? This video answers that:

Important to note, in addition to this video, that Medicare Advantage plans have nothing at all to do with these billing scenarios. The scenarios, including everything having to do with Excess Charges, only apply to original Medicare and/or Medicare with a Medicare Supplement policy. Medicare Advantage participants are not free to see any original Medicare provider and have restrictions, exclusions, co-pays, etc. in addition to original Medicare.

Mentioned in the video:
https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/paying-a-visit-to-the-doctor-current-financial-protections-for-medicare-patients-when-receiving-physician-services/

Physician Compare at Medicare:
https://www.medicare.gov/physiciancompare/

Getting the most out of Physician Compare tool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI91Cp2Xwu4

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