Primary Care Clinics in Carrier Mills, IL Accepting Medicare

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Sloan Medical Clinic
Family Medicine
Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare
Practice Location: 7211 Us Highway 45 S, Suite C, Carrier Mills, IL 62917
Phone: 618-994-2321    Fax: 618-994-2030
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Carrier Mills Community Health Center
Clinic/Center - Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: 7211 Us 45 S, Carrier Mills, IL 62917
Phone: 618-294-8246    Fax: 618-294-8247


Primary Care Clinics: Primary care clinics provide day-to-day healthcare services to patients. Primary care acts as the principal point of continuous healthcare for patients and also coordinates specialist care as may be required by the patient. Primary care is usually provided by general practitioners, family medicine doctors.


Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

Medicare Assignment: Assignment means that your doctor, provider, or supplier agrees (or is required by law) to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services. Most doctors, providers, and suppliers accept assignment, but you should always check to make sure. Participating providers have signed an agreement to accept assignment for all Medicare-covered services.

NPI Number: The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique identification number for covered health care providers. The NPI must be used in lieu of legacy provider identifiers in the HIPAA standards transactions. Covered health care providers and all health plans and health care clearinghouses must use the NPIs in the administrative and financial transactions adopted under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Our Data: Information on www.medicarelist.com is built using data sources published by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The information disclosed on the NPI Registry are FOIA-disclosable and are required to be disclosed under the FOIA and the eFOIA amendments to the FOIA. There is no way to 'opt out' or 'suppress' the NPPES record data for health care providers with active NPIs.