Part B
Need A and/or B.
Service Area: State
Helps with Drug Costs
PDP
Medicare comes from the state. The requirements for both clients and providers may vary, depending where someone is in the country.
FALSE
Medicare is a Federal Program that will work the same anywhere in the country
If you take off the sour sugar off of the red Sour Patch Kids candy, it may taste familiar because it is identical to this other popular candy.
Swedish Fish
What Part of Medicare covers inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility stay, hospice?
Part A
BONUS: Is there an easy catch phrase to help remember if it will be Part A versus Part B?
May offer additional benefits, lower Out-of-Pocket costs, and include Part D.
Service Area: County
Need to have BOTH A and B to enroll
Medicare Advantage (Part C)
Part A or Part B:
If a beneficiary has paid into Social Security for 10 years, they will not have to pay a premium for ____.
BONUS: Will they need to manually sign up or will it be automatic?
Part A
Automatic if received SS
The voice actors for these two SpongeBob characters have been married since 1995.
Spongebob and Karen (Planktons computer)
What is not covered by Medicare?
(AND MORE MEDICARE.GOV HAS IT ALL)
Helps to completely cover/lower the cost of services on Medicare covered services
Service Area: State
Need to have A and B
Prior Medical history can impact premium (Underwriting)
Medicare Supplement
Part C or Part D:
A client is able to have a Medicare Supplement with this plan.
Part D
While racing, on average a horse will generate this much horsepower:
14-15 horsepower
What is creditable coverage?
Creditable prescription drug coverage is prescription drug coverage that’s expected to pay, on average, at least as much as Medicare drug coverage. This could include drug coverage from a current or former employer or union, TRICARE, the Indian Health Service, or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Your current plan can tell you if your drug coverage is creditable prescription drug coverage.
HMO, HMO-POS, PPO, PFFS
BONUS: Do any of these allow someone to have a PDP along side with it?
Medicare Advantage
BONUS: Only PFFS
True or False:
Some Agents are what is known as a Principal and they own and sell as an Agency.
True
Example-
Stephan Meador who owns Meadorcare
Elephant, Gorilla, Hippo -
Only one of these animals are able to swim. Which one is it?
Elephant
Hippos and Gorillas are too dense.
Hippos are running constantly instead
Can someone sign up for a Medicare Advantage or PDP at anytime of the year?
They need an Election Period
May offer additional benefits, lower Out-of-Pocket costs, and include Part D.
Service Area: County
Need to have BOTH A and B to enroll
Clients qualify when they have Medicaid, Chronic Condition or in a Nursing Facility (There are three types you can name any or the general name)
Special Needs Plan
True or False:
Contacts (someone other than the Agent/Agency owner) are able to call on behalf of an agent to verify Medicare and Medicaid for a prospective client
False
Clients give Permission to Contact to Agents, not someone on behalf of agent
Whitney Houston sang countless hits, one being "I Will Always Love You". Who originally wrote "I Will Always Love You"?
Dolly Parton