New Medicare Cards & Medicare Beneficiary Identifier
By April 2019, Medicare Beneficiaries will have received a new Medicare Card that utilizes a new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier instead of their Social Security Numbers.
VibrantUSA Donates $1,370 for local Meals on Wheels Program
Throughout November 2017, VibrantUSA pledged to donate $5 to the local Meals on Wheels program in Whatcom County for each client referral we received during the month. Now that we have had a [...]
Increased Medicare benefits are part of the newly approved budget
Under much fanfare, Congress passed a new budget on a bi-partisan basis. With the nature of how Washington seems to “work” these days, you can either view “bi-partisan” as a good thing or a bad [...]
Some seniors will see significant increased Part B premiums in 2018
In an effort to slow down rising costs to the government, Congress passed the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. This included a provision where Medicare Part B enrollees whose income fell [...]