Are you looking for guidance in
preparing your Advance Directives? We have put together a list of pages that
may be helpful to you. To go to the Patients Resources page, click
HERE.
You can now communicate with our office at anytime, from anywhere. All you
need is a Web browser and a connection to the Internet. You can "visit" your
doctor, get lab results, schedule your next appointment, and request refills
for your medications using our new Patient Portal called RelayHealth. Click
on the RelayHealth icon above to get started.
Pride Medical will be closed on the following days:
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Monday, May 25, 2009 - Memorial Day
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Friday, July 3, 2009- Independence Day
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Monday, September 7, 2009 - Labor Day
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Thursday, November 26, 2009- Thanksgiving
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Friday, December 25, 2009 - Christmas Day
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Friday, January 1, 2010 - New Year's Day
As part of the economic stimulus package passed by Congress, the federal
government is going to step in and pay some of your health insurance premium
if you were recently laid off from a job that is covered by COBRA.
Companies with at least 20 employees are required to offer health insurance
for up to 18 months to former employees. The way it works though is that the
ex-employee must pay 100% of the entire premium bill, and often can also be
hit with a 2% administrative fee. That makes staying on your ex-employer’s
plan financially tough. Under the new economic stimulus legislation, your
employer will pick up 65% of the cost for the first nine months that you use
COBRA coverage, leaving you to cover a more manageable 35%. (Your employer
will then be able to recoup its cost through tax credits.)
The government coverage is available to anyone who was laid off between Sept
1, 2008 through the end of 2009, and whose employer does in fact provide
COBRA health coverage for former employees. If you were laid off since Sept
1, but you turned down your employers COBRA offer, you now have 60 days to
contact your old company and ask to enroll in the insurance program. You
will be charged for 35% of the cost and your employer will recoup the other
65% directly from the government.
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