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Fact Sheets

Available via an annual subscription, our 32 fact sheets cover 9 different Medicare and other health insurance topics. Those fact sheets pertaining to Medicare Advantage include:

  • Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C): An Overview (C-001)
  • Medicare Advantage: If You Have Problems with Your Medicare Advantage Plan (C-002)
  • When Medicare Advantage Plans Terminate Coverage (C-003)

Websites & Other Resources

California Department of Managed Health Care

1-888-HMO-2219 Complaints about managed care; information on health plans, HMO report cards, and health care laws and regulations.

Livanta

California’s Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), which provides:
California Medicare Appeals Helpline: 1-877-588-1123
Helps beneficiaries appeal discharge from a hospital, skilled nursing facility, home health agency or comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility. Also files complaints regarding quality of Medicare-covered services.

California Medicare News

Variety of current articles on Medicare-related topics, including some on Medicare Advantage plans.

Medicare.gov – The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
1-800-MEDICARE (633-4227) Information on Medicare, Medigap policies, Medicare Advantage plan options, prescription drug assistance programs, nursing homes and home health care, and other Medicare-related issues.
Office of the Patient Advocate
1-866-HMO-8900 Information on the rights and benefits of Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) members in California; information and assistance in filing consumer complaints; access to an HMO Help hotline in multiple languages; consumer publications such as HMO report cards.
Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP)
1-800-434-0222 Free counseling about Medicare, Medigap policies, Medicare Advantage plans, filing an appeal and long-term care insurance.

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Do you have comments or concerns about your Medicare coverage? Issues regarding getting your needed prescriptions from your Part D plan, or a Medicare Advantage plan representative's marketing practices? Let us know at comments@cahealthadvocates.org.

We are dedicated to making Medicare's program work well for all beneficiaries. Your feedback from your own or your client's concerns and experiences with Medicare, will guide our Medicare advocacy efforts with key policy and decision-makers in both California and nationally with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Congress.

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