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Our guides provide you with the skills, checklists and tips for caring for your loved one. Our content is authored by highly qualified registered nurses with a combined total of 60 years of expertise in various healthcare settings such as acute, community and home care.

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  • Wellcare CalViva Health Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Outpatient Hospital Services

    Many services and procedures today are provided as outpatient in ambulatory service areas of the hospital or at freestanding health services centers.

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  • Wellcare CalViva Health Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Inpatient Stay: Covered Services Received in a Hospital or SNF during a Non-Covered Inpatient Stay

    If inpatient benefits are exhausted or the inpatient stay is not reasonable and necessary, the stay will not be covered - but certain services may.

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  • Wellcare CalViva Health Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Outpatient Hospital Observation

    Observation is typically 23 hours and initiated to determine whether the patient needs admitted to the hospital (inpatient) or can be discharged.

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  • Wellcare CalViva Health Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Outpatient Diagnostic Tests and Therapeutic Services and Supplies

    Includes therapeutic radiology services, diagnostic radiology services, diagnostic procedures and tests, surgical and splinting supplies, and lab services.

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  • Wellcare CalViva Health Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Prosthetic Devices and Related Supplies

    Prosthetics replace or restore lost functionality and include everything from orthotic shoes to implants to artificial limbs.

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  • Wellcare CalViva Health Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain

    Acupuncture for long-term back pain relief. Even those with a fear of needles are able to embrace this ancient procedure.

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  • Wellcare CalViva Health Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Worldwide Emergency/Urgently Needed Services

    Worldwide emergency coverage for emergency care and urgently needed services. Feel free to move about the world with up to $50,000 in coverage.

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  • Wellcare CalViva Health Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Emergency Care

    Emergencies are occurrences that require immediate and complex medical attention (this benefit does not include ambulance services).

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  • Wellcare CalViva Health Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Wellcare Spendables™: Over-the-Counter (OTC) Card with $48 Every Month

    A preloaded spending card for qualified OTC items from network retailers. $48 loaded every month. Your monthly allowance rolls over to the following month if unused and expires at the end of the plan year

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  • Wellcare Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP)

    A diabetes prevention program using structured health behavior change. 9 in 10 cases of diabetes can be avoided by making key lifestyle changes.

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  • Wellcare Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Cervical and Vaginal Cancer Screening (Pap Smear and Pelvic Exam)

    Many older women do not realize that other problematic vaginal and pelvic issues can be addressed during these exams, not just cancer screening.

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  • Wellcare Dual Align (HMO D-SNP): Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation (Counseling to stop)

    Tobacco use causes cancers throughout the body, not just in the lungs of smokers. Tobacco users spend $70 per week ($280/month) on tobacco products.

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Helpful is an app to make caregiving easier. We integrate your loved one’s insurance benefits, medical records and caregiving guides into an immediate, accessible and user-friendly experience. Helpful supports your care needs by eliminating administrative tasks and providing technology to support your caregiving experience.

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