What is Medicare Open Enrollment?

What is Medicare Open Enrollment?

What is a Recovery Audit Contractor Program for Medicare?

Review the Medicare Chartbook

 

Review topics for Medicare beneficiaries including;

• the program's benefits, utilization, and access to care; prescription drugs;
• the Medicare Advantage program;
• the role of Medicaid for Medicare beneficiaries;
• supplemental insurance coverage;
• out-of-pocket spending;
• Medicare spending and financing.

Medicare Chartbook, Fourth edition, 2010

Reference:

The Kaiser Family Foundation

Medicare Advantage Review

Medicare Advantage Plans are health plan options that are part of the Medicare program. If you join one of these plans, you generally get all your Medicare-covered health care through that plan. This coverage can include prescription drug coverage. Medicare Advantage Plans include:

• Medicare Health Maintenance Organization (HMOs)
• Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO)
• Private Fee-for-Service Plans
• Medicare Special Needs Plans

• A careful review of options before making any decision.
• Medicare Advantage Fact Sheet

Reference:

Kaiser Family Foundation Web sites

What’s the Difference between Medicare and Medicaid

Medicaid is for low income:

• Pregnant women
• Children under the age of 19
• People 65 and over
• People who are blind
• People who are disabled
• People who need nursing home care

Application for Medicaid is at the State's Medicaid agency.

Medicare is for:

• People 65 and over
• People of any age who have kidney failure or long term kidney disease
• People who are permanently disabled and cannot work

Medicare is applied for at the local Social Security office