Mass Advantage Premiere PPO Summary of Benefits (2024)
The Mass Advantage Premiere PPO plan is designed so you can enjoy the freedom and flexibility of access to health care where and when you want it.
With Mass Advantage Premiere (PPO) plan, you’ll enjoy the freedom and flexibility to access your health care where you want it and when you want it. You may seek care from any Medicare provider in the country who agrees to see you as a Medicare member, but you’ll generally pay less when you use contracting providers in our network. Either way, doctor visits, hospital stays and many other services have a simple copayment, which helps make health care costs more predictable.
This Mass Advantage Medicare plan also includes Part D coverage, which provides you with the ease of having both your medical and prescription drug needs coordinated through a single convenient source.
Mass Advantage Premiere PPO Summary of Benefits
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Mass Advantage Premiere PPO Evidence of Coverage
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Monthly Premium, Deductible, and Limits on how much you pay for covered services
Monthly Plan Premium |
$0 You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium. |
Medical Deductible |
This plan does not have a deductible. |
Maximum Out-of Pocket Responsibility |
Your yearly limit(s) in this plan:
This is the most you will pay in copays and coinsurance for covered medical services for the year. Please note that you will still need to pay your monthly premiums and cost-sharing for Part D prescription drugs. Not all services apply to the Maximum Out-of-Pocket. Please refer to the Evidence of Coverage for more information. |
Covered Medical and Hospital Benefits
Inpatient Hospital Coverage* |
In-network: Days 1 – 5: $370 copay per day Days 6 – beyond: $0 copay per day Out-of-network: 35% coinsurance per stay |
Outpatient Hospital Coverage* |
In-network: Outpatient Hospital: $300 copay per stay Observation Services: $300 copay per stay Out-of-network: 40% coinsurance per stay |
Ambulatory Surgical Center* |
In-network: $275 copay per visit Out-of-network: 40% coinsurance per visit |
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)* |
In-network: Days 1-20: $0 copay per day Days 21-51: $190 copay per day Days 52-100: $0 copay per day Out-of-network: 20% coinsurance per day |
Preventive Care |
In-network and Out-of-network: There is no coinsurance, copayment, or deductible for Medicarecovered preventive services. |
Doctor Visits |
In-network: Primary Care: $0 copay per visit Specialist: $45 copay per visit Out-of-network: Primary Care: $0 copay per visit Specialist: $65 copay per visit |
Telehealth Services |
In-network: Primary Care Physician Services: $0 copay per visit Physician Specialist Services: $45 copay per visit Individual Sessions for Mental Health Specialty Services: $0 Individual Sessions for Outpatient Substance Abuse: $0 Out-of-network: Not covered |
Diagnostic Services/ Labs/Imaging* |
In-network: Lab services: $0 copay Diagnostic tests and procedures: $20 copay Outpatient X-ray services: $0 copay Diagnostic Radiology services (such as, MRI, MRA, CT, PET): Out-of-network: Lab services: 40% coinsurance Diagnostic tests and procedures: 40% coinsurance Outpatient X-ray services: 40% coinsurance Diagnostic Radiology services (such as, MRI, MRA, CT, PET): 40% coinsurance |
Chiropractic Care |
In-network: Chiropractic Care (Medicare-covered): $15 copay per visit Out-of-network: Chiropractic Care (Medicare-covered): $65 copay per visit |
Outpatient Rehabilitation* |
In-network: Occupational therapy: $30 copay per visit Speech and language therapy: $30 copay per visit Physical therapy: $30 copay per visit Out-of-network: Occupational therapy: $65 copay per visit Speech and language therapy: $65 copay per visit Physical therapy: $65 copay per visit |
Mental Health Services* |
In-network: Outpatient group therapy: $30 copay per visit Outpatient individual therapy: $30 copay per visit Inpatient Mental Health Care:
Out-of-network: Outpatient group therapy: 40% copay per visit Outpatient individual therapy: 40% copay per visit Inpatient Psychiatric Care: 40% coinsurance per visit |
Emergency Care |
In-network and Out-of-network: $90 copay per visit If you are admitted to the hospital within 24 hours, you do not have to pay your emergency care copay. Worldwide Emergency Coverage: $90 copay per visit |
Urgently Needed Services |
In-network and Out-of-network: $40 copay per visit |
Ambulance* |
In-network and Out-of-network: Ground Ambulance: $275 copay (per one-way trip) Air Ambulance: $275 copay (per one-way trip) If you are admitted to the hospital, you do not have to pay your ambulance services copay. |
Medicare Part B Drugs* |
In-network and Out-of-network: Chemotherapy drugs: Up to 20% coinsurance Other Part B drugs: Up to 20% coinsurance |
Medical Equipment/ Supplies* |
In-network: Durable Medical Equipment (e.g., wheelchairs, oxygen): 20% coinsurance Prosthetics (e.g., braces, artificial limbs): 20% coinsurance Diabetic supplies:
Out-of-network: Durable Medical Equipment (e.g., wheelchairs, oxygen): 40% coinsurance Prosthetics (e.g., braces, artificial limbs): 40% coinsurance Diabetic supplies: 40% coinsurance |
Services with an * (asterisk) may require prior authorization from your doctor.
Additional Benefits
Dental Services* |
In-network: Dental services (Medicare-covered): $45 copay per visit Preventive and comprehensive dental services outlined below Preventive dental services include the following: $0 copay
Comprehensive dental services including restorative services, Out-of-network: Dental services (Medicare-covered): $65 copay per visit Preventive Dental Services include the following: 20% coinsurance for each service outlined below
Comprehensive dental services including restorative services, periodontics, and extractions*: 20% coinsurance for each service *You should review your Evidence of Coverage (EOC) for additional details and coverage limits. There is an in-network and out-of-network combined plan benefit maximum of $2,000 each calendar year for comprehensive dental services. |
Hearing Services |
In-network: Hearing exam (Medicare-covered): $45 copay Routine and Hearing Aids services outlined below must be received from a NationsBenefits Hearing Health Care provider. Routine hearing exam: $0 copay (1 every calendar year) Entry Hearing Aids: $500 per hearing aid Basic Hearing Aids: $675 per hearing aid Prime Hearing Aids: $975 per hearing aid Preferred Hearing Aids: $1,275 per hearing aid Advanced Hearing Aids: $1,575 per hearing aid Premium Hearing Aids: $1,975 per hearing aid Limit of two hearing aids per calendar year (one per ear). Out-of-network: Hearing exam (Medicare-covered): $65 copay Routine and Hearing Aids services must be received from a NationsBenefits Hearing Health Care provider. Routine hearing exam: $65 copay (1 every calendar year) Hearing Aids: The same as in-network copays for the different types of hearing aids (as indicated above). |
Vision Services |
In-network: Vision exam (Medicare-covered): $45 copay per visit Routine and vision services outlined below must be received by an EyeQuest provider. Routine eye exam: $0 copay per visit (up to 1 every calendar year) Out-of-network: Vision exam (Medicare-covered): $65 copay per visit Routine eye exam: $65 copay per visit (up to 1 every calendar year)
$200 combined in and out-of-network allowance every calendar year to use towards the purchase of contact lenses, eyeglass lenses, and eyeglass frames. |
Flex Card |
In-network and Out-of-network: Wallet: $400 – Fitness, weight management, nutritional/dietary, eyewear, mindfulness programs The flex card is preloaded with the full benefit amount and members choose where to use it. Members may pay a portion or the full cost of an item or buy a combination of items up to the allotted limit. Flex card is not eligible for cost sharing for covered benefits. |
Transportation* |
In-network and Out-of-network: $0 copay for 6 one-way rides per year for plan approved health-related locations. Members can use taxi, ridesharing, and medical transportation services under this benefit. |
Over-the-Counter (OTC) Items |
In-network and Out-of-network: You have $90 every quarter to spend on plan approved OTC Any unused money will carry over to the next quarter but will not |
Services with an * (asterisk) may require prior authorization from your doctor.
Part D Prescription Drugs
Deductible Stage |
$250 deductible for drugs on Tiers 3, 4 and 5 |
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Initial Coverage Stage |
You pay the following until your total yearly drug costs reach $5,030. Total yearly drug costs are the drug costs paid by both you and our Part D plan. Standard Retail Cost-Sharing
Standard Mail Order
Your cost-sharing may be different if you use a Long-Term Care pharmacy, or an out-of-network pharmacy. Insulin: Although all of the insulins covered by our plan are on Tier 3, what you pay is lower than our plan’s Tier 3 copay. You pay $35 for a one-month supply of insulin. You pay this amount all year long until the Catastrophic Coverage stage. Vaccines: You pay $0 for your vaccines that are covered under Part B (e.g. flu vaccine, COVID vaccine) and Part D (e.g. Shingrix) all year long. |
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Coverage Gap Stage |
Tiers 1 and 2 drugs: You continue to pay the copay amounts that apply during the Initial Coverage Stage. Tiers 3, 4, and 5 drugs: After you enter the coverage gap, you pay 25% of the plan’s cost for covered brand name drugs (plus a portion of the dispensing fee) and 25% of the plan’s cost for covered generic drugs until your costs total $8,000 which is the end of the coverage gap. |
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Catastrophic Stage |
After your yearly out-of-pocket drug costs reach $8,000, you pay $0 for all covered Part D drugs for the remainder of the calendar year. |