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Medicare Beneficiaries - Tohickon Internal Medicine is participating in a new program to enhance your care: Primary Care First
Starting January 1, 2022
Primary Care First is an innovative healthcare payment program that aims to improve our patients' care experience.
Giving doctors extra support to help you get better care
Our goal has always been to provide you with the highest quality of care. Through Primary Care First, we will receive additional resources from Medicare and other health insurance companies to help us enhance our work and provid you the best quality patient-centered care.
More information for patients with original Medicare
As part of this program, Medicare will start sharing some of your personal health information with us, such as when youreceive care at hospitals, emergency departments, and specialist offices. This will help provide us with a more complete picture of your health and allow us to better coordinate your care.
If you want to stop Medicare from sharing this information, you should call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-663-4227).
TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048.
Your Medicare benefits are not changing, and this program is only intended to enhance the healtchare you receive at Tohickon Internal Medicine. You still have the right to use or visit any doctor or hospital that accepts Medicare, at any time. Your doctor may continue to recommend that you see particular doctors for your specific health needs, but it is always your choice which doctors you use or hospital you visit.
Questions?
If you have questions or concerns, you can call our office manager at 267-880-6350 or bring it up at your next appointment.
For more information about this new Medicare program, please:
- Visit the Primary Care First Webpage; or
- Call 1-800-MEDICARE
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html
Helpful information can be found at Centers for Disease Control by clicking on this link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
COVID VACCINATION INFORMATION
To find a vaccine location near you, follow the link below:
www.buckscounty.gov/1251/COVID-19-TestingVaccination-Information
For more information about Covid Vaccines visit:
www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html
To find a vaccine location near you, follow the link below:
www.buckscounty.gov/1251/COVID-19-TestingVaccination-Information
For more information about Covid Vaccines visit:
www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html
FREE MEDICARE INSURANCE COUNSELING SERVICES
Offered by- BUCKS COUNTY Area Agency on Aging
APPRISE - Insurance Counseling
What is APPRISE ?
- APPRISE is a free health insurance counseling program designed to help Pennsylvanians age 60 and over with health insurance concerns.
- APPRISE counselors are specially trained volunteers who can answer your questions about Medicare, provide you with objective, easy-to-understand information about health insurance.
- APPRISE services are free and all information is kept completely confidential.
- Decide if a Medicare HMO is right for you by explaining the way Medicare HMOs work
- Understand your Medicare benefits by explaining what services are covered under Medicare Parts A and B and your Medicare Summary Notice
- Select a Medigap insurance policy by explaining the benefits offered under each plan and by providing you with a list of companies that sell medigap plans
- Obtain assistance to pay for your prescription drugs by telling you about the government and private programs that offer this service, the eligibility requirements and how to apply;
- Find government programs that will pay your Medicare deductibles, co-payments and part B premiums and assist you in filling out the paper work
- Understand long-term care by explaining which government programs pay for long-term care and the eligibility requirements and private long-term care insurance and how to select the best policy for you.
Area Agency on Aging
30 E. Oakland Ave.
Doylestown, Pa. 18901
Phone: 267-880-5700
Fax: 215-348-9253
Email: aging@buckscounty.org
Spirometry Testing- Now Available at Tohickon
Established patients will now be able to receive spirometry testing in our office. This procedure is used to evaluate breathing issues and help establish optimal medication dosing when needed. When medically necessary, spirometry testing is covered under most insurance plans.
Established patients will now be able to receive spirometry testing in our office. This procedure is used to evaluate breathing issues and help establish optimal medication dosing when needed. When medically necessary, spirometry testing is covered under most insurance plans.
Tohickon Recognized as Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home.
Tohickon Internal Medicine is proud to announce recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home.
NCQA identifies practices that promote partnerships between individual patients and their personal clinicians, instead of treating patient care as the sum of several episodic office visits. Medical home clinicians demonstrate the benchmarks of patient-centered care.
For more information see Links tab.
04/01/2016
NCQA identifies practices that promote partnerships between individual patients and their personal clinicians, instead of treating patient care as the sum of several episodic office visits. Medical home clinicians demonstrate the benchmarks of patient-centered care.
For more information see Links tab.
04/01/2016
FREE SHINGLES (ZOSTER) VACCINE- Offered to uninsured and underinsured adults 50 years and older.
AVAILABLE AT THE BUCKS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
For information and eligibility please call the Bucks County Health Depatrment in your area.
Upper Bucks- 215-529-7000
Central Bucks- 215-345-3344 Lower Bucks- 267-580-3510
AVAILABLE AT THE BUCKS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
For information and eligibility please call the Bucks County Health Depatrment in your area.
Upper Bucks- 215-529-7000
Central Bucks- 215-345-3344 Lower Bucks- 267-580-3510