Medicare Part C Means More Choices

Abstract

The types of health plans that may contract with Medicare have been expanded significantly. Medicare beneficiaries will have to make a determined effort to decipher the assortment of choices they now face. Health plans are required to take prescribed steps to educate Medicare beneficiaries about their choices and must contribute to costs the federal government incurs for related outreach efforts. [Nurs Manage 1997:28(11):30–31,33]