Why are the charges for office services and the access fee not reimbursed by Medicare or Medicare supplemental insurance?

Patients with Medicare are welcome to join the practice, but effective August 1st, 2008, Dr. Lewis is no longer contracted with Medicare. Any services provided by Dr. Lewis are not covered by Medicare due to federal regulations. Services ordered by me, such as your prescriptions, oxygen therapy, physical therapy, home health care and the like, will continue to be covered by Medicare, as long as you are not enrolled in a Medicare HMO plan. You must find out the rules of your particular agreement.

As long as your Medicare service provider is not an HMO, services provided by other facilities and physicians who are contracted with Medicare will continue to be covered by Medicare, even if you are a member of my practice.