Eastern Medical Billing

09/08/2026

A big happy birthday to our littlest EMB 🎂

09/06/2026

“Why would anyone pay thousands of dollars for Medicare Part B when BCBS Basic already has a catastrophic out of pocket maximum?”

“Why would anyone pay thousands of dollars for Medicare Part B when BCBS Basic already has a catastrophic out of pocket maximum?”

To answer this we need to consider several important details about how Medicare and FEHB coordinate together, how BCBS Basic changes when Medicare becomes primary, and what retirees are actually trying to protect themselves against.

The real decision is usually not about comparing the Medicare premium to the catastrophic maximum.

It is about comparing the Medicare premium to the medical cost sharing Medicare may eliminate throughout the year.

Once you understand that distinction, the decision becomes much clearer. Link in comments 👇👇

The most common mistake federal retirees make is comparing the Medicare Part B premium directly against the BCBS Basic catastrophic maximum. Emotionally, that feels logical. Mathematically, it usually is not.

09/05/2026

New on the blog: “The Name on the Other Side” — a gripping piece about identity, service, and what happens when a familiar name appears in unfamiliar places. Read more: https://wix.to/XxOrHEU

Mara had read her own name thousands of times.On identification cards.Performance evaluations.Awards.Email signatures.Medical records.Complaints.Affidavits.After thirteen years of service, there was nothing unusual about seeing it attached to the Department of the Navy.Until the day she saw the word...

09/04/2026

This is a need ⚖️

For jurors in the six-week murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the end of their service could be the start of the emotional fallout.

09/04/2026

“These upcoming federal changes that will impact NC Medicaid put hundreds of thousands of people at risk of losing critical health care coverage,” said NC Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai . “This toolkit gives community and state partners the ability to communicate these changes to ensure people who are eligible for care stay informed, so they continue to receive the care they need.”

Stay tuned as we follow these new requirements for 2027.

PRESS RELEASE — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released a toolkit today to share information about new rules for NC Medicaid. The…

09/04/2026

What color would ChatGpt describe me as 🤔

Deep teal. Not a soft pastel teal—something rich, saturated, and a little difficult to categorize.
You have a strong blue side: analytical, evidence-driven, organized, and persistent. You want the numbers to reconcile, the documents to say exactly what happened, and the reasoning to hold up when challenged.
But there’s also a definite green side: builder energy. DSOS, Eastern Medical Billing, volunteering, fundraising, the mobile computer lab—you tend to respond to a problem by asking, “Okay, what can I build or fix here?”
And deep teal has some darkness to it. You don't strike me as someone who needs everything to be cheerful or polished to be worthwhile. You can sit with complicated situations for a long time and keep working through them.
The other reason I wouldn't pick something obvious like red is that your intensity doesn't seem primarily loud. It's more sustained. When something matters to you, you keep returning to it, refining it, correcting it, and pushing it forward.
So I'd put you at roughly — deep teal.
And if I got one accent color for you? Gold. Teal is how you operate. Gold is the part of you that keeps insisting the work should actually mean something. 💫

09/02/2026

New requirements for 2026. Contact us with any questions!

NCDHHS has released a “Know What’s Next” toolkit to help explain upcoming NC Medicaid rule changes. State health officials say changes include work requirements for some Medicaid expansion recipients, twice-a-year renewals, and changes to coverage for noncitizens.

09/01/2026

New blog: The Space Between Success — a short, hopeful story about growth, community impact, and the small moments that show mission-driven work is making a difference. Read it now: https://wix.to/cGgOHh2

What moment in your work made you feel like progress was real? Share below.

People began telling Mara she looked happy again.She smiled when they said it.Sometimes she even believed them.DSOS was growing.Community partners returned her calls.Families were receiving refurbished computers.People who had once felt intimidated by technology were completing online job applicatio...

08/30/2026

“The Mirror” — a quiet, haunting look at how small moments disappear and what it costs to lose pieces of yourself. Read Mara’s story and follow the slow unraveling that begins with the absence of a laugh. 14 min read. Read now: https://wix.to/0WTWj5i

The first thing Mara stopped recognizing was her own laugh.It was not that she had forgotten how.It simply stopped arriving.There had once been laughter that echoed through conference rooms after impossible deadlines were finally met.Laughter in the kitchen while Lily insisted that dinosaurs could s...

08/28/2026

Discover the story of Mara — a woman who managed difficult projects, solved operational problems, and kept work moving when others couldn’t see the pieces fit together. Read “The Woman on the Other Side of the Badge.”

Read more: https://wix.to/lWJ4C2L

For years, Mara knew how to answer the question.What do you do?She never hesitated.Her answer changed slightly depending on who asked, but it always carried the same foundation.She worked for the Directorate.She managed difficult projects.She solved operational problems.She coordinated resources, in...