Medicare Advantage Plan Without Prescription Drugs
Network Type
PFFS
Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) is a Medicare Advantage Plan Without Prescription Drugs, which is available in New York and offered by the health insurance company Wellcare. This plan’s network type is PFFS which determines in-network doctors who accept the health plan and whether a referral is needed.
Cost Summary
Monthly Premium
$32
Annual Deductible
$0
Max Out-of-Pocket
$6,700 In and Out-of-network
Primary doctor visit
$0 copay
Specialist visit
$20 copay per visit
ER visit
$125 copay per visit (always covered)
Ambulance
$300 copay
Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) has a monthly premium cost of $32 per month, with an annual deductible of $0 and a maximum out of pocket cost sharing of $6,700 In and Out-of-network. The most common benefit costs which people evaluate when choosing a plan are costs for a primary doctor visit, specialist doctor visit, emergency room visit, and ambulance. These costs are listed in this summary section and a full list of benefit costs for Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) are defined below.
Additional Benefits and Coverage
No
Part D Prescription Drug Coverage
Yes
Dental
Yes
Vision
Yes
Hearing
Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) is a Medicare Advantage plan which does not include Medicare Part D Prescription Drug coverage. Other common benefits included with Medicare Advantage plans are coverage for dental, vision, and hearing. Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) includes coverage for hearing, vision, dental.
Medicare Advantage health plans can offer even more additional benefits. Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) includes coverage for the following additional benefits:
Other benefits
Fitness benefit
Limited coverage
Over the counter drug benefits
Not covered
In-home support services
Not covered
Home and bathroom safety devices
Not covered
Meals for short duration
Limited coverage
Annual physical exams
Limited coverage
Telehealth
Limited coverage
Comparing the Quality Score of Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) to Other Plans in New York
Each year the federal government evaluates the quality of Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug plans based on a 5-star scoring system. For 2025, Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) received an overall government quality rating of 3.5 stars out of 5 stars.
Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) performed worse than New York’s State average overall quality score of 3.7 stars.
This Plan’s 5-star Gov’t Quality Score
New York State Average Score
Overall Government 5 Star Quality Rating
3.5
3.7
Summary rating of health plan quality
3.5
3.7
Staying healthy: screenings, tests, & vaccines
3
3.8
Managing chronic (long term) conditions
2
3.3
Member experience with health plan
4
3.6
Member complaints & changes in the health plan's performance
4
4.3
Health plan customer service
(coming soon)
3.9
The government calculates an “Overall star rating” based on ratings for sub components including “Health plan star rating” and “Drug plan star rating”, which includes further subcomponents of each.
Wellcare Advantage Premium Enhanced (PFFS) received 3.5 stars for its health plan quality score which is worse than the New York State average health plan quality score of 3.7 stars.
In-network: $650 per stay
Out-of-network: $388 per day for days 1 through 7
$0 per day for days 8 through 90
Outpatient hospital coverage
In-network: $0-200 copay per visit
Out-of-network: 30% coinsurance per visit
Skilled nursing facility
Skilled nursing facility
In-network: $0 per day for days 1 through 20
$203 per day for days 21 through 70
$0 per day for days 71 through 100
Out-of-network: $0 per day for days 1 through 20
$214 per day for days 21 through 100
In this article we rank New York Medicare Advantage plans based on our evaluation of government 5-star quality scores. Each year the government rates the quality of Medicare Advantage health insurance plans with a 5-star quality score. An overall quality score is assigned to each plan which is based on the scores of various quality metrics.
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