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For the fourth straight year, Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi has received five out of five stars from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its 2021 Medicare plan.

Doctors On Call will be offering drive-up rapid COVID-19 testing on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Shops At Wailea. Patients are asked to remain in their cars where a nurse will conduct the rapid COVID-19 test.

Hawaiʻi residents who are turning 65 and be eligible for Medicare or people who are 65+ and about to retire or lose employer medical coverage, or anyone planning for early retirement and want to learn more about how Medicare works, what it covers, when to enroll and how to avoid late enrollment penalties can benefit from these exclusive “Medicare 101” workshops.

The Trump Administration today announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage that will enable Medicare beneficiaries to receive a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility.

Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and 36 of their colleagues sent a letter to President Trump demanding he retract comments he made about being open to cutting earned benefits like Medicare or Social Security to pay for his tax giveaway to corporations.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi’s Medicare plan performed in the top 10 nationally on several measures of quality care, according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance Quality Compass report.

The first workshop will be held on Oct. 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and the other will be held on Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 

Fraudulent genetic testing representatives are scamming Medicare beneficiaries statewide and across the nation, according to the Hawaiʻi Executive Office on Aging. 

A South Maui doctor has been charged with two counts of healthcare fraud and one count of “Acquiring or Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Fraud, Forgery, Deception, and Subterfuge”

Since opening its doors in 1968, Home Health by Hale Makua has cared for over 25,000 individuals and provided over one million home visits

The proposal would expand virtual care visits. Sen. Schatz said this will help people stay healthy, lower costs and make the health care system more convenient.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Russell Suzuki joins Medicare officials to discuss the rollout of new Medicare cards to 262,000 beneficiaries in Hawaiʻi.

A new bill would allow for Medicare to negotiate the best possible price of prescription drugs, and potentially cut costs for nearly 70,000 Hawaiʻi seniors.

US Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaiʻi has been named the Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs.

AARP Hawaiʻi is holding a “Protect Medicare” Community Meeting on Monday, Feb. 27, in Wailuku to talk about proposals in Congress to change Medicare in ways that could dramatically increase health care costs and risks for current and future retirees.

AARP says the proposal would put 218,975 Hawaiʻi seniors’ benefits at risk and threaten the guarantee of benefits for 268,118 workers in Hawaiʻi, ages 50-64…

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi awarded $205,000 in community benefit grants to local nonprofits working to improve health and wellness in Hawaiʻi.

Kaiser’s “Basic” and “Enhanced” senior plans on Maui will be discontinued. The Basic ($38) and Enhanced ($180) plans will be replaced with the Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage Maui (HMO), which has a $194 premium.

The workshop was part of Sen. Schatz’s efforts to promote the adoption and expansion of telehealth technology nationwide, and to highlight his upcoming legislation regarding reimbursement for telehealth services in Medicare.

Hawaii is establishing a state-certified health insurance exchange set to open January 1, 2014.