Says they take CHAMPVAHospitalEmergency room
Athol Hospital
2033 Main Street, Athol, MA, 013312 out of 5 from Medicare
Doctors that take CHAMPVA in Athol, MA
1 place in Athol say it on their own website. Each one shows the exact sentence we read and a link to the page it is printed on, so you can check it yourself before you call.
Hospitals that have to take CHAMPVA
These are the Medicare hospitals nearest you. None of them prints CHAMPVA on their website, so they are not on the list above. They are here because a hospital that takes part in Medicare is required to take CHAMPVA as well and to accept what CHAMPVA pays as payment in full. Call the billing department, say you have CHAMPVA, and ask them to bill it.
- Medicare hospitalEmergency room4 mi away
Athol Memorial Hospital
2033 Main Street, Athol, MA, 01331
2 out of 5 from Medicare
- Medicare hospitalEmergency room12 mi away
Heywood Hospital -
242 Green Street, Gardner, MA, 01440
2 out of 5 from Medicare
- Medicare hospitalEmergency room20 mi away
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
164 High Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301
3 out of 5 from Medicare
- Medicare hospitalEmergency room23 mi away
UMASS Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA, 01655
3 out of 5 from Medicare
- Medicare hospitalEmergency room24 mi away
UMASS Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
60 Hospital Road, Leominster, MA, 01453
3 out of 5 from Medicare
- Medicare hospitalEmergency room25 mi away
Monadnock Community Hospital
452 Old Street Road, Peterborough, NH, 03458
2 out of 5 from Medicare
- Medicare hospitalEmergency room26 mi away
Cheshire Medical Center
580 Court Street, Keene, NH, 03431
4 out of 5 from Medicare
- Medicare hospitalEmergency room26 mi away
Cooley Dickinson Hospital INC,the
30 Locust Street, Northampton, MA, 01061
2 out of 5 from Medicare
The names, addresses, phone numbers and star ratings on this list come from Medicare’s own public hospital records. The rule about Medicare hospitals having to take CHAMPVA is in the federal regulations at 42 CFR 489.25.
After the appointment comes the bill
CHAMPVA pays most of it and you pay the rest, and the pieces arrive weeks apart from the clinic, the doctor and the lab. Orangita keeps every receipt, what was paid and what is still owed in one place your whole family can see. Free to start, and it works the same in Athol as anywhere else.
Start tracking your medical billsQuestions people ask about CHAMPVA in Athol
- Does CHAMPVA have a network of approved doctors?
- No. CHAMPVA has no network. A hospital that takes part in Medicare is required to take CHAMPVA as well, and to accept what CHAMPVA pays as payment in full. Most places simply never print that, which is why this list is only the ones who say it out loud, and why the hospitals above are worth calling too.
- How do I check a Athol doctor takes CHAMPVA before I go?
- Call the number on their listing and ask for the billing department, not the front desk. Say you have CHAMPVA and ask whether they will bill it directly. Ask as well whether the doctor you are being sent to bills separately from the clinic, because that bill can come from somewhere else.
- Why is this list not longer?
- Because nothing goes on it without proof. We read a place’s own website and only list it when their own words say they take CHAMPVA. A site we could not read is never counted as a yes, and we never guess.