FROM THE RADIO NEWS DEPARTMENT

A Local Health Care System In The Tri Cities Is Now Offering Benefits To Medicare Patients. Wellmont Integrated Network Was Chosen By The Federal Government As One Of 106 New Accountable Care Organizations In Medicare. Medicare Is A Federal Program Aimed At Creating Affordable Health Care For People 65 Or Older. Doctors Say Working With Medicare Doesn’t Limit The Patients To Just Seeing Wellmont Physicians.