Medicare Advantage and You

We want you to know that Soundpath Health constantly monitors proposed changes to the Medicare program. We believe the Medicare Advantage program will continue in the foreseeable future and we’ll do everything we can, within our control, to minimize the impact of changes on beneficiaries. If you’d like to read more about health care reform and Medicare Advantage, we recommend two non-profit, non-partisan sources of information:  Kaiser Family Foundation (completely unrelated to Kaiser Permanente the HMO), www.kff.org  and The Commonwealth Fund, www.commonwealthfund.org. [..]
 

Soundpath Health Wins Award of Distinction

The International Academy of the Visual Arts announced their 18th Annual Communicator Award winners, presenting Soundpath Health an Award of Distinction for their Partners in Health Member Magazine. The magazine is published four times a year and includes information regarding health, nutrition, wellness and other important business related topics designed to help members. “Soundpath Health is dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our members. Our magazine is one way we try to reach our members and provide them with information that is useful and specific to them. We are excited to [..]
 

Know Before You Go: Pertussis Vaccine Covered Under Part D Only

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory disease. It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Pertussis is known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it hard to breathe. After fits of many coughs, someone with pertussis often needs to take deep breathes which result in a "whooping" sound. Pertussis most commonly affects infants and young children and can be fatal, especially in babies less than 1 year of age. On April 3, a whooping cough epidemic was declared for Washington State. Due to this, many are visiting their healthcare prov[..]