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Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office

Also known as the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office, this office serves people who are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid to ensure full access to seamless, cost-effective, high quality health care. The MMCO works with the Medicaid and Medicare programs,...

Medicare+Choice

Originated from passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), Medicare+Choice offered Medicare beneficiaries the option to receive their benefits through a private insurer. The 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) overhauled...

Medigap Insurance

Medigap insurance policies are sold by private insurance companies to fill “gaps” in fee-for-service Medicare. Except in Minnesota, Massachusetts and Wisconsin, there are 10 standardized policy designs, known as Plans A through J. Plans H, I and J include...