CMS’ Medicare Provider Directories Have High Levels of Inaccuracies
Read moreWhile Medicare’s open enrollment completed last Friday, December 7, beneficiaries who enrolled into or switched Medicare Advantage plans in order to stay with their current providers may be in for a surprise come January 1, 2019. A third report this season has come out stating gross inaccuracies in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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Service Coordinators’ Suspicions of Healthcare Fraud Lead to SMP Cases
Read moreWondering what some of the recent fraud trends are? One of our best gauges on what’s “hot” in fraud is by what our partners, volunteers, staff, service coordinators, providers, and community members at large report to us each month. Below are a few highlights from three different service coordinators’ fraud reports in the last...
Medicare’s Open Enrollment Ends Friday, Dec 7 ~ Now’s the Time to Make Your Coverage Choices for 2019
Read moreHave you made your health care coverage choices for 2019? If so, great! If not, now is the time, as Medicare’s open enrollment ends this Friday, December 7. Each year this open enrollment period, also known as the Annual Election Period (AEP) is from October 15 – December 7. It’s a time where you...
CMS Provides Additional Protection Measures for California Beneficiaries Affected by Wildfires
Read moreWith a growing number of Medicare beneficiaries affected by California wildfires and other natural and manmade disasters across the country, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has provided additional protection measures to ensure these beneficiaries have access to care, prescription drugs and durable medical equipment. These measures are in addition to the Special Enrollment...
Important Information for Medicare Beneficiaries Affected by California Wild Fire Disasters
Read moreCMS is providing a Special Enrollment Period available for Medicare beneficiaries not able to make their health care choices during Medicare's Open Enrollment due to California's wildfire disasters.
Protect Yourself from Marketing Misconduct ~ Know What Plans & Agents Cannot Do
Read moreAs we’re now over three weeks into Medicare’s open enrollment, it’s important to review your coverage options, AND to be aware of marketing and enrollment scams! Here’s a new novella that shares what Medicare health plans and their agents CANNOT do in their plan marketing and provides savvy tips on how to protect yourself...
Distraction Alert ~ President’s Drug Proposal is “Much Ado About Nothing”
Read moreWith the election just days away, the president announced a weak proposal to decrease Medicare drug costs. While he claims it will “revolutionize” Medicare drug prices, it in fact would only slowly address the lowering of drug prices for a very small portion of drugs covered under Medicare Part B, NOT the drugs covered...
Watch Out for “Spoofed” Social Security Phone Scams
Read moreHave you received any calls that appear to be from Social Security where the caller asks for your Social Security number in order to “increase your benefits”? Or threatens that your benefits will be cut off if you don’t give your Social Security number? If so, hang up. It’s a scam. The Federal Trade...