When looking for a primary care provider, what matters most? Is the choice of doctor important, or do accessibility and convenience matter? And what about how you’re treated? We all prefer to be treated with compassion, dignity and understanding.

CMS’ Medicare Part C (health plan) and Part D (drug plan) star rating system is designed to allow Medicare-eligible individuals to compare Medicare health plans based on quality and performance.

With today’s world as it is, it can be hard to feel positive. For many older people, the impact of the pandemic and its requirement for self-isolation has been difficult,...

Thankfully, just a few months later, emergency approval for not one, but two vaccines occurred, and mass inoculations began. By late February, a third vaccine also received emergency use authorization, giving people the option of receiving either a one- or two-shot vaccine.

As one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, SCAN Health Plan has been keeping seniors healthy and independent for over 44 years.

During a difficult year and a half to begin the 2020s, we’ve learned much about the way we interact with our health care provider.

Women often take on the role of caregivers in our society. Unfortunately, they often neglect their own healthcare needs in the process. The pandemic only made things worse as many women postponed important health screenings in 2020 and into 2021 because of safety concerns.

The coverage for U.S. seniors, implemented in 1965 by the Social Security Act’s Title XVIII, provides hospital care, doctor’s visits and more. Since Medicare can present itself as confusing and overwhelming, four simple letters provide an overview to the system and what it provides.