The Berliners started Amyâs Kitchen, named for their daughter, with a frozen pot pie in 1987. The Petaluma-based company now employs nearly 1,600 people and sells about 140 vegetarian products, as well as Kosher, gluten-free and other special diet products.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) was approved to offer, effective Jan. 1, 2013, a Medicare Advantage preferred provider plan that offers improved health benefits for Medicare beneficiaries.
Medicare PPO Plans Cover Extra Benefits. In addition to covering Parts A and B insurance (the same as Original Medicare), Preferred Provider Options (PPOs), a form of Medicare Advantage Plans, also cover additional benefits. Some types of extra benefits that are often covered are vision, dental, hearing, chiropractic, prescription drugs, etc.