Local providers, staff warn network changes could disrupt care for Vernon and Crawford County patients
Board members and local providers discussed notices that Medicare Advantage plans may change networks effective Jan. 1, potentially forcing many Vernon and Crawford County patients to travel farther for care; staff said human services offices have been flooded with calls and estimated at least a couple thousand people could be affected.
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Board members spent a sustained portion of the meeting discussing a notice that some Medicare Advantage plans will change their provider networks, a shift staff said could limit local residents’ access to in-county providers.
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