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Arlington Heights, IL (PRWEB) December 21, 2012

Effective January 1, 2013, Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH) will expand the northwest suburban system?s Blue Cross/Blue Shield (BC/BS) coverage to include ?Medicare Select Plan F. ? ( NCH also accepts the new BC/BS Medicare Advantage plan.)

In the Medicare Select plan, seniors pay 15-20% less in premiums than in the standard BC/BS Medicare supplemental insurance plan. They receive their healthcare services from providers in a defined network of hospitals within a geographic area. Hospitals in the Medicare Select network waive the deductible on inpatient admissions. BC/BS also explains on their website (http://www.bcbsil.com): ?Medicare Select is not an HMO. With Medicare Select, you are fully covered for emergency care at any hospital, and you can choose your own doctors and specialists.?

This plan not only benefits seniors for inpatient hospital care, but also provides them access to NCH physicians and other healthcare service providers in the NCH System, such as lab, home health, rehabilitation services, and diagnostic imaging.

According to Stephen Scogna, Chief Operating Officer at NCH, ?We are very pleased to be able to enhance and further strengthen our support of seniors in our community by offering this additional Medicare Select plan option. This plan makes coverage affordable to many seniors who may otherwise not be able to afford supplemental insurance.?

NCH offers many other preventive care and wellness programs for seniors. NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) acknowledged NCH?s alignment with the needs of the community?s older adult population by recently awarding the hospital their ?Senior Friendly? designation.

Seniors interested in more information on NCH?s Medicare Select Plan F option should call the toll free number for Blue Cross/Blue Shield: 800.646.3000

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About Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH)

Serving Chicago?s northwest suburbs since 1959, NCH is a comprehensive, patient-centered system of care that serves more than 350,000 outpatients each year, as well as nearly 30,000 inpatients treated annually at the 496-bed acute care hospital in Arlington Heights. The award-winning hospital holds the prestigious Magnet designation for nursing excellence, is designated as a Primary Stroke Center earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval in 2011, and was awarded the Leapfrog Group?s designation as one of the nation?s Top Hospitals based on quality and safety criteria. NCH has four Immediate Care locations in the northwest suburbs and operates a FastCare Clinic in Palatine. NCH has a medical staff of more than 1,000 physicians, which includes the board-certified primary care doctors and specialists of the NCH Medical Group. For more information or to find a doctor on the NCH Medical staff, visit http://www.nch.org.

Potomac, Maryland (PRWEB) November 08, 2012

Ever heard that saying, ?If I had a nickel??? What if one had a nickel for every time one held the door open for a senior? What about helping a senior put groceries in the car? Potomac Seniors Village wants to help individuals get those nickels with the new ?Refer-A-Friend? program. In this program, for every resident that is referred and placed in one of Potomac Seniors Village?s premier assisted living facilities in Maryland, a referral incentive is given.

The program originally began when Potomac Seniors Village wanted to establish relationships with surrounding organizations. This assisted living facility in Maryland is centrally nestled among many health care facilities. Instead of working on a competitive basis, Potomac Seniors Village works to establish a good rapport with the health care facilities so that they can collaboratively help seniors at any level of care. The ?Refer-A-Friend? program is a great option because it brings the community together in providing support for seniors.

Many organizations and affiliations can take advantage of this program. Hospitals, for example, discharge seniors every day. Discharge planners work with seniors to find a place when home is not an option anymore. Potomac Seniors Village can work with hospitals to place seniors in its assisted living facility in Maryland.

Potomac Seniors Village also works closely with many hospice agencies, providing immediate care on a short-term notice. This makes the assisted living community unique because not all facilities provide hospice care. In addition, families who have seniors living at home have the option of applying their loved ones for assisted living or hospice care.

In addition, other assisted living facilities in Maryland can take advantage of this program as well. The demand for senior care can be so high that many seniors are put on waiting lists, not knowing when it they can move into the assisted living facility. Potomac Seniors Village works with assisted living facilities in Maryland who have waiting lists by placing seniors immediately in one of its homes.

Who else is this program offered to? Anyone who wants to participate! Mom?s friend needs reminders and help administering medication? A co-worker?s father is immobile and needs help with activities of daily living? Take advantage of the new ?Refer-A-Friend? program with Potomac Seniors Village!

The greatest advantage of this program is that seniors receive the help that they deserve. Potomac Seniors Village understands that it is hard for families to accept that a loved one needs to move into an assisted living. Concerns such as cost, care and comfort arise. Thus, knowledge of how an assisted living facility in Maryland operates is the key to alleviating all the concerns that families have. Potomac Seniors Village wants to spread this knowledge among the community so that families and friends can seek out those that need these services most. The ?Refer-A-Friend? program is just a little incentive to have families and friends spread this knowledge among the community.

To participate in the new ?Refer-A-Friend? program, first take a tour of Potomac Seniors Village. Explore the facility and learn about the different services provided. Think of any friends who are in need of assistance in daily living. Refer that friend to Potomac Seniors Village and if that senior moves into the facility, the referral incentive goes into effect.

The ?Refer-A-Friend? program is a great way to have friends and the community involved in helping seniors find an assisted living facility in Maryland. So why not get that nickel from Potomac Seniors Village? By working together, seniors can find a home which is the best fit.

Carmel, Ind. (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Embittered homeowners looking for good news in the May home sales report were disappointed by the National Association of Realtors? recent finding that home sales fell 1.9% during the month.

But the report did contain a silver lining ? when compared to May 2011, sales were up 9.6%.

Sam Carrillo who is the executive director of The Stratford, a retirement community in Carmel, Ind., says the report is consistent with the experiences of many of the older adults who finance a move into his community through the sale of their home.

?We have noticed a significant increase in traffic this spring as compared to last year at this time,? Carrillo said. ?Overall, we are finding that when a home is staged and priced appropriately, it is selling in a timeframe that is shorter than the national average.?

According to a National Housing report developed by real estate firm Remax