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We are a team.<br />
Taking care of her comes first. Her<br />
happiness. Her health. It’s nice to<br />
finally have a healthcare provider<br />
who feels the same way. At P3, they<br />
treat us like family because that’s<br />
the Care We Deserve.<br />
Medicare Annual<br />
Election Period<br />
OCT 15 - DEC 7<br />
Get The Care You Deserve<br />
(702) 334-4700 | P3NV.org<br />
Are You Getting the Care You Deserve?<br />
This time of year, thousands of Southern Nevada’s seniors are mulling<br />
their options for their healthcare in 2019. Should they stay with traditional<br />
Medicare?<br />
Add a Medicare supplement plan? Will Medicare Advantage give you<br />
better coverage? Do you need to pay more to get better care? It’s easy to<br />
get confused by the clutter in your mailbox, touting one plan’s benefits<br />
over another.<br />
Cut through the confusion by focusing on the most important<br />
healthcare relationship: the relationship between you and your primary<br />
care provider. Your primary care provider should be at the center of your<br />
care with a focus on helping you reach, meet and maintain your wellness<br />
goals.<br />
Here are some things to consider when evaluating your current or<br />
prospective primary care provider:<br />
• How long does it take to get an appointment when you’re sick?<br />
• When you visit the office, how long are you waiting to be seen?<br />
• During your visit, do you feel rushed?<br />
• Do you get answers to your questions during and after your visit?<br />
• Does your provider reach out to you and remind you about annual<br />
screenings and well checks?<br />
• Who is responsible for making sure reports and results from your<br />
specialist appointments, labs and tests get back to your primary care<br />
team?<br />
• Are you having to track everything down yourself?<br />
If your answers have you questioning the quality of care you’re<br />
currently getting, the Medicare Annual Election Period is the ideal time to<br />
make a change to a provider team<br />
that can give you the access, quality<br />
and care coordination you need to<br />
get and stay healthy.<br />
“Coordinating care results in better healthcare,” said Dr. Ana<br />
Karamanides of P3 Medical Group’s Pecos clinic. “In my nine years of<br />
practice in Southern Nevada, I find patients in Medicare Advantage plans<br />
get superior care when they have a primary care provider they know and<br />
trust.”<br />
When it comes to picking the right Medicare Advantage plan for you,<br />
start by picking<br />
a primary care<br />
provider who will<br />
give you the care<br />
you deserve and<br />
then working with<br />
your broker to<br />
determine which<br />
plans have that<br />
provider in their<br />
network. Then,<br />
look at each<br />
plan’s costs and<br />
benefits to pick<br />
the one that’s best<br />
for you.<br />
Dr. Ana Karamanides<br />
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