What do Medicare Advantage Plans cover?
Medicare Advantage is the new name for Medicare + Choice. Medicare Advantage Plans are available in many areas of the country. They currently include Medicare Managed Care Plans, Medicare Preferred Provider Organization Plans, Medicare Private Fee-for-Service Plans, and Medicare Specialty Plans. If you receive your Medicare health care from one of these types of plans, you receive all the Medicare-covered hospital services as shown above. However, what you pay may be different, you may have limits on which hospitals you can go to, and you may have extra coverage. Check your Medicare plan materials, or contact a plan administrator to receive more information about hospital coverage. For more information about Medicare coverage of hospital care, read the Medicare & You 2010 handbook. This handbook is mailed to all Medicare households every fall.
