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CalPERS Update #7: Investigation into CalPERS Long-Term Care Insurance Program

Posted by Karen Fletcher on May 12, 2022

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By Bonnie Burns, Training & Policy Specialist Following CalPERS’s withdrawal from the class action settlement the parties held a joint case conference with the court on May 5th.  CHA does not have the details of that case conference but we are told that the lawsuit will go to a jury in the fall.   In the meantime the executive committee … [Read more...] about CalPERS Update #7: Investigation into CalPERS Long-Term Care Insurance Program

Filed Under: Long-Term Care, Professionals, What's New

Beneficiaries Have a New Way to Get Medicare-Covered Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests

Posted by Karen Fletcher on April 4, 2022

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Did you hear the good news? The Biden-Harris Administration announced today 4/4/22 that all people with Medicare Part B now have access to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved over-the-counter COVID-19 tests at no cost. People with Medicare can get up to eight tests per calendar month from participating pharmacies and health care providers for the duration of the … [Read more...] about Beneficiaries Have a New Way to Get Medicare-Covered Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests

Filed Under: COVID-19, Medicare Basics, Resources, What's New

Have You Been Tricked into Signing Up for Hospice?

Posted by Karen Fletcher on December 3, 2021

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Have you suddenly lost access to your doctor? Are your specialists refusing to see you? Are you unable to get your prescriptions at the pharmacy? If any of these are true, you may have been tricked into signing up for hospice, a program that is medically unnecessary for you. Hospice is an important benefit, covered by Medicare, and it is meant for Medicare beneficiaries … [Read more...] about Have You Been Tricked into Signing Up for Hospice?

Filed Under: Fraud & Abuse, What's New

Let Us Know How Our Website &/or Staff Has Helped You

Posted by Karen Fletcher on November 9, 2020

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Filed Under: What's New

COBRA Warning for People Eligible for Medicare

Posted by Karen Fletcher on January 15, 2019

https://cahealthadvocates.org/cobra-warning-for-people-eligible-for-medicare/

If you are eligible for Medicare, regardless of whether you signed up for it, COBRA can bite you! COBRA - the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - gives you the legal right to continue group health benefits when they might otherwise end due to job loss, divorce or death. They are the same as those you had in the employer plan. Yet, federal rules that apply while you … [Read more...] about COBRA Warning for People Eligible for Medicare

Filed Under: Medicare & Other Health Insurance, What's New

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