1 Objectives communicate and guide development of assessment, instructional methods, and content materials. 2  Objectives communicate the focus of learning that enables instructors and students to work toward a common goal.  The teacher can use objectives to make sure goals are reached.
Medicare Part A benefits begin the first day of the month you turn 65. If your birthday is on the first day of the month, your benefits will begin the month before you turn 65. If you enrolled in Medicare Part B when you applied for retirement, your Part B coverage will begin at the same time.
As Medicare providers panic about going off the fiscal cliff, Medicaid doctors are awaiting a pretty giant Christmas present: A 73 percent raise for their primary-care services. The health-care law will, starting in 2013, boost the salaries of Medicaid primary-care doctors to match those of Medicare providers.