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CMS’ Revised Marketing Guidelines for 2020 are Good for Plans, Harmful for Beneficiaries
Each year the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revises it’s Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines (MCMG) for...
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CHA Calls for Eliminating D-SNP “Look-Alikes” & Promotes Further Alignment of Medicare & Medicaid Benefits
Below are the comments California Health Advocates submitted in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Call...
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New Fact Sheet on Medicare Part C & D Plan Enrollment Changes for Dual Eligibles
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new rules limiting enrollment and disenrollment from Medicare Advantage (Part...
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CMS’ Medicare Provider Directories Have High Levels of Inaccuracies
While Medicare’s open enrollment completed last Friday, December 7, beneficiaries who enrolled into or switched Medicare Advantage plans in...
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Be Informed with the Medicare Fully Informed Project
Each year during Medicare’s Open Enrollment (Oct 15- Dec 7), beneficiaries are inundated with marketing materials from growing numbers...
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Medicare’s Open Enrollment Starts Oct 15th ~ Check Your Coverage Options & Your Mail
Medicare’s annual fall Open Enrollment is almost here! Running from October 15 – December 7, this is an important...
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Medicare Cost Plans Ending by 2019 ~ Make Sure Members Know Their Rights
While many people haven’t heard of Medicare Cost plans, those who have often see them as the “best of...
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Be Aware of Agent Misconduct ~ Know Medicare’s Marketing Rules
With Medicare’s fall open enrollment period just a couple months away (Oct 15 – Dec 7), it’s good to...
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Special Election Period Changes for Dual Eligibles & Others with Extra Help, Starting in January 2019
Currently people who have both Medicare and full Medi-Cal coverage and others who have the Extra Help are allowed...
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DHCS Allows Brokers to Market Cal MediConnect Plans
Despite opposition from California Health Advocates and other advocates statewide, California’s Department of Heath Care Services (DHCS) recently approved a new...
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