PHP, Florida

Robert Heglar
AHF Provider

Medical Benefits and Costs

Next year, PHP (HMO SNP) is changing coverage for the medical services listed below. The information below describes these changes. For more details about the coverage and costs for these services, see Chapter 4, Medical Benefits Chart (what is covered and what you pay), in your 2021 Evidence of Coverage.

IHSS include the following non-medical personal care and domestic services: bathing, grooming and dressing assistance, bowel and bladder care, accompaniment to medical appointments, light housecleaning, meal preparation, laundry, and grocery shopping.
Authorization required.

Benefit

2020 (this year)

2021 (next year)
Acupuncture

Acupuncture is not covered.

 You pay nothing for up to 24 treatments every year.

Referral and authorization required.
In-Home Support Services (IHSS) IHSS is not covered. You pay nothing for up to 16 hours a week of IHSS for up to two (2) weeks. IHSS is available to members after inpatient discharge from an acute hospital or skilled nursing facility.

IHSS include the following non-medical personal care and domestic services: bathing, grooming and dressing assistance, bowel and bladder care, accompaniment to medical appointments, light housecleaning, meal preparation, laundry, and grocery shopping.

Authorization required.
Transportation You pay nothing for up to 15 round trips to plan-approved locations.

Plan must authorize and book transportation and will verify that transportation requested is to and from provider offices or facilities.

 You pay nothing for unlimited round trips to plan-approved locations.

Plan must authorize and book transportation and will verify that transportation requested is to and from provider offices or facilities.
Vision Care You pay nothing for Medicare-covered vision care services. Referral and authorization required for the following:

  • Diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of the eye, including treatment for age-related macular degeneration
  • For members who at high risk for glaucoma, one glaucoma screening each year
  • For members with diabetes, one diabetic retinopathy screening each year
  • One (1) pair of eyeglasses or contact lenses after cataract surgery that includes insertion of an intraocular lens

You pay nothing for supplemental vision care benefits. No referral or authorization required for the following:

  • One (1) routine eye exam ever year
  • One (1) pair of eyeglasses (lenses and frames or lenses) or contact lenses every year

$100 plan coverage limit for eye wear every year.

 You pay nothing for Medicare-covered vision care services. Referral and authorization required for the following:

  • Diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of the eye, including treatment for age-related macular degeneration
  • For members who at high risk for glaucoma, one glaucoma screening each year
  • For members with diabetes, one diabetic retinopathy screening each year
  • One (1) pair of eyeglasses or contact lenses after cataract surgery that includes insertion of an intraocular lens

You pay nothing for supplemental vision care benefits. No referral or authorization required for the following:

  • One (1) routine eye exam ever year
  • One (1) pair of eyeglasses (lenses and frames or lenses) or contact lenses every year

$150 plan coverage limit for eye wear every year.

 


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