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• Medicare cost plans are a type of HMO that contracts as a Medicare Health Plan. As with other HMOs, the Medicare Cost plan only pays for services outside its service area when they are emergency or urgently needed services. If a Medicare beneficiary enrolled in a Medicare Cost Plan gets any routine services outside of the plan's network without a referral, the Medicare-covered services will be paid for under Original Medicare, and the patient will be responsible for the Original Medicare deductibles and coinsurance.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Medicare Cost Plans. (n.d.). Glossary of Health Insurance Terms. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/medicare-cost-plans.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Medicare Cost Plans. mn.gov. Glossary of Health Insurance Terms. Minnesota Department of Commerce, Insurance. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/medicare-cost-plans (accessed: January 29, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Medicare Cost Plans." Glossary of Health Insurance Terms. Minnesota Department of Commerce, Insurance. 29 January. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/medicare-cost-plans.

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