The insurance benefits information provided to you by USMD Hospital at Arlington is for your hospital bill only. It is your responsibility to verify with any other providers and your insurance carrier whether your insurance plan will pay in-network or out-of-network benefits. USMD Hospital at Arlington admits and treats all patients regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, age, or handicap.
Below is a list of some of the major insurance companies that have contracts with USMD Hospital at Arlington. Please contact our business office at 817-472-3400 to verify participation with your specific employer's health plan. Medicare patients should review this important information about non-covered tests and services.
PPO
CHIP, HMO, PPO, POS, Aetna Signature Administrators, Behavioral Health, Medicare Advantage PPO, Medicare Advantage HMO, Medicaid STAR HMO (Tarrant County Only), STARKids
Medicare Advantage HMO, Medicare Medicaid Plan, Medicaid STAR HMO, STAR+PLUS, STARKids, CHIP
Behavioral Health (Medicaid)
Behavioral Health (Commercial)
POS/PPO, HMO, Traditional, Blue Card, Medicare Advantage PPO, Medicare Advantage HMO, Medicaid, Behavioral Health
Blue Cross Marketplace Plan (Health Care Exchange)
Medicare Advantage PPO, Medicare Advantage HMO
PPO, EPO
PPO, HMO, Network/FLexcare, Open Access Plus (OAP), LocalPlus, Indemnity
Behavioral Health
Medicare Advantage PPO, Medicare Advantage HMO, Medicaid STAR+PLUS
Employer Group
Employer Health Center Plan, Consumer Choice Plan
CHIP, Medicaid STAR HMO, STARKids
PPO
PPO
OAD w/HRA
PPO
Employer Group
PPO
PPO, POS, GEPO, EPO, ACCEL
Medicare Advantage PPO, Medicare Advantage HMO
TRICARE – Military Medical
TRICARE – Military Behavioral
CHIP RSA, Medicaid, STAR+PLUS, Medicare Advantage HMO-SNP, MMP
PPO
CHIP, STAR, Medicaid
PPO
Medicare Advantage I-SNP
Employer Group
CHIP RSA, Foster Care, Medicaid STAR, Medicaid STAR+PLUS, Medicare Advantage HMO; MMP
Behavioral Health
PPO, Options PPO, EOP, HMO, POS, Nexus ACO
(Texas Health Stephenville ONLY)
PPO, HMO, EPO
Medicare Advantage PPO, Medicare Advantage HMO
PPO
All patients should familiarize themselves with the terms of their insurance coverage. This will help you understand the hospital's billing procedures and charges.
Original Medicare only covers tests/services it determines are reasonable and necessary for your care. We will tell you in writing if your doctor orders tests that Medicare may not pay for. However, you may not be told in writing if the test/service is already listed in your Medicare Handbook as a test that Medicare does not cover.
Look in your Medicare Handbook for information on tests/services that are not covered by Medicare. If you choose to receive the tests/services, you will have to pay for tests/services that are not covered and for tests/services that Medicare feels are not needed for your care.
An ABN is an Advance Beneficiary Notice form. The ABN form tells you in advance that Medicare may not pay for your test/service. This form tells you which tests Medicare may decide are not reasonable and necessary for your care and tells you that you will have to pay for those services. When we give you the form, you will be asked to sign it before the tests/services are done.
You have three options when an ABN form is given to you: (1) agree to pay for the tests/services that Medicare may not cover. The hospital will still bill Medicare and you will be responsible for payment if Medicare denies payment; (2) agree to pay for the tests/services that Medicare may not cover and the hospital does not bill Medicare; or (3) not get them done. If you meet the hospital's charity care rules, you may ask for help in paying for the test/service.
As a Medicare patient, you have rights. These rights protect you and help see that you get needed health care tests/services. Your rights include:
Your doctor will bill Medicare when you get tests in his or her office. But when your doctor orders tests from someone outside of his or her office, that person or facility bills Medicare for the test.
No. Your doctor decides what tests/services you need based on a wide range of factors like your prior medical care, and drugs you might be taking. Even if your doctor feels a test/service is "good medicine," Medicare may not consider it to be medically necessary for patients with your diagnosis. When this happens, Medicare will not pay for the test/service; we will ask you to sign an ABN form, and will bill you for the test.
