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Helping Older Immigrants Navigate Medicare
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Did you know that more than 8 million U.S. residents age 65 and older are immigrants, and that 4 million Medicare beneficiaries have limited English proficiency? If you are an English-speaking older adult, or have loved ones who are, you have probably experienced how complex and confusing it is to navigate Medicare and all the…
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An Update on Medi-Cal Share of Cost Reform
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This summer, Governor Newsom and the California State Legislature passed a budget that continues to protect many of the central services older adults and people with disabilities rely on. We applaud these actions and funding to protect these services. For example, the budget maintains In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) for undocumented Californians in the Medi-Cal program,…
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Medicare’s Home Health Aide Coverage: Why It’s Difficult to access & What to do about it
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Home health services, including home health aide care, are critical Medicare benefits that allow many beneficiaries to remain safely in their home and out of institutions, like skilled nursing facilities. As long as a beneficiary needs part-time or intermittent skilled services (such as nursing, physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, and occupational therapy) and are “homebound”,…
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What You Can Do to Protect Your Personal Information
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With several major data breaches having been reported in the media this year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) recently posted an article that reminds people of the importance of protecting their personal information. If someone illegally uses your Social Security number (SSN) and potentially assumes your identity, it can cause many problems. Below is SSA’s article with some important tips on what…
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The Cigna Group Made its Enrollees Appear Sicker to Get More Federal Money
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Did you know the government pays Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) more money to cover sicker enrollees? Knowing this, Cigna deliberately falsified patient records to make them appear sicker and therefore receive more money from the federal government. Specifically, Cigna used in-home health risk assessments (HRAs) to report severe conditions, such as congestive heart failure, without…
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