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Watch For Your New Medicare Card

Starting this April, Medicare will be issuing new Medicare Cards. The new cards will no longer have a Social Security Number on them. Each card now will have a unique Medicare Number instead. The best part is, you do not have to do anything. You should probably make sure your address is correct for your Medicare account but that is about it.

Medicare Card Facts

As stated earlier, the card will automatically come to you. Now please remember there are millions of members to Medicare, so please have patience. Also, the new card will no longer have your Social Security Number on it. In addition, your Medicare Coverage and benefits will remain the same. The new card will be paper and once you receive your card, please destroy your old one right away.

For Medicare Advantage Plan, your primary card is your Medicare Advantage Plan ID card, so please keep that card in addition to the new card. Westland Clinic and other facilities are aware of the new cards and will ask to see your new card, so make sure to carry it with you. Your new Medicare number, only share it with doctors, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers. If you happen to forget your new card, healthcare providers can look up your Medicare Number online.

Your card will be sent to the address that the Social Security office has on file. So again, make sure your contact address is correct. To change your information you can visit the Social Security website here. At Westland Clinic, we are always accepting new Medicare patients every day. Give us a call today at 734.728.2130 and we can explain what your coverage covers. If you would like to schedule an appointment with Westland Clinic please fill out our form and one of helpful staff will contact you right away.

National Public Health Week April 4th-10th

Get Committed To Your Health!

The first full weekend in April (4th-10th) is National Public Health Week, a week dedicated to improving the health and wellness of our local communities and beyond. According to statistics in America we are living 20 years more than our grandparents, but still not as long as other wealthier countries. Here at Millennium Medical Group West in Westland and Livonia our Medical Clinics strive to improve the health of everyone who walks through our door. We want you to leave feeling better, or be on the right track to feeling better.

In honor of the National Public Health week, we want to help you create your health goals for 2016 and beyond.

General Check ups/ Yearly Physicals:

When was your last general check up or yearly physical? Do you have any aches or pains that you need to get checked out? Any yearly exams that you’ve been putting off? Early detection is is one of the best preventative medicines out there, and getting your annual screenings and checkups should be a top priority!

Getting in and getting tested!

They say that knowledge is power, and that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The best way to prevent issues or complications is knowing what’s going on. We offer testing services at each of our locations that will give you peace of mind on your health.

Creating a health plan

Smiles, apples — Little changes in routine can help improve your health. Let us help you create your health plan!

Once you make an appointment to see one of our doctors and complete your recommendations and all your tests, next we will help you create a plan that will get you on the route to health. We will pinpoint where your goals are, and help create steps for you to achieve them. We can help with your long-term health goals, pain management, and much more.

We here at Millennium Medical Group West offer services in Livonia, Farmington Hills, and the greater Westland area. We’re here to improve your quality of life and get you back on your feet.

So for this National Public Health Week, take some time and give yourself the gift of health and make an appointment! Contact us to set up an appointment in Westland, or consult with our Livonia Facilities

No Shave November

Also known as Movember

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Support Men’s Health Awareness

No Shave November is a campaign created to grow awareness by letting your hair grow for 30 days. Men are challenged to grow out their facial hair, beard, mustache, whatever they can stand! This movement was created to raise awareness of Men’s Health issues, including a number of diseases and illnesses;

Prostate Cancer
Testicular Cancer
Poor Mental Health – Depression
Physical inactivity

The goal of the Movember

The campaign is to spread awareness by men growing out their hair and letting it grow wild and free. (With minimal trimming except for professional dress code reasons of course) This being something cancer patients do not have the opportunity to do.

Two Most Common Cancers in Men

Testicular Cancer and Prostate Cancer are seen to be the two most common cancers among men. The No Shave November (no-shave.org) campaign has risen over $650 million helping fund over 1,000 programs on these issues affecting men. The campaign also focuses on benefiting all cancer research.

No Shave November Facts

This is a web-based, non-profit organization, devoted to raising cancer awareness and raise money to support cancer prevention, education and research. Partnered with; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Prevent Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society.

Men who participate in Movember are encouraged to donate the money they would have spent on razors, shaving utensils and barber shops.

Make your appointment today at our Westland Medical clinic to schedule your exam. Spread awareness of Men’s health and the most common cancers in men, encourage the men in your life to see their doctor.

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Westland Medical Clinic Is Participating In National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is the annual national campaign to increase the awareness of breast cancer. Also called NBCAM, October is the month were women, men, public service organizations, professional medical associations and government agencies work together to promote breast cancer awareness all over Michigan and the Nation.

Early detection is imperative, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Individuals who detect this disease early in the localized stage, the 5-year survival rate is 98%. Said by the ‘National Cancer Institute’. Westland Medical offices are actively participating in your early detection and mammography testing for your breast health.

Our Westland Michigan Medical clinic offers mammography exam also called a mammogram. This is a low-cost screening location. Call our office close to you, to schedule your mammogram and take these preventative early detection breast cancer awareness steps. One of the best ways to detect breast cancer early is to plan and practice these steps;

1. Self-breast exam

2. Schedule a Westland clinic breast exam or mammogram

Breast cancer affects millions of women, families and even men, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month raises awareness and is a type of health advocacy to give knowledge and services to individuals and families. Millennium Medical Group in Westland Michigan provides and encourages health care to families, communities and the public. Let us inform and help you this October and any time to early detect, diagnose and find treatment for breast cancer.

Do You Have Insurance Yet? With The ACA It’s Almost Time…

We have many patients asking about the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, also called “Obamacare”. The date is approaching in which all American citizens will be required to have health insurance. We hope that your employers have already delivered their notices telling you whether they will be offering Healthcare Coverage or not. This notice must be handed to you or first class mailed to all employees by October 1st, 2013. If you haven’t heard anything from your employer yet, it won’t hurt to ask. We want all our patients and citizens of Westland and Livonia Michigan being aware of their options.

If your employer is not offering healthcare coverage, you can find healthcare in the government approved healthcare marketplace. All individuals must be covered with healthcare insurance by March 31st, 2014, if you don not have it, you must buy it. (Open enrollment starts October 1st, 2013.) If a citizen of Westland or Livonia or any other city in Michigan does not obtain health care coverage by then, they will face a fine.

We know there are many more facts out there about this new Affordable Healthcare Act, information on if your employer is offering it, to spousal insurance, mandates, subsidies and more. At Millenium Medical Group West; the Westland Clinic center can help guide you through what you need to do to get healthcare coverage for you and your family before the time is up. Call our offices today or go to WWW.DOL.GOV/EBSA/HEALTHREFORM to find more detailed information from the government pertaining to the Affordable Care Act.