Medicare Prepping
The Federal Government uses this to keep track of your lifetime earnings and number of years worked.
What is your Social Security number?!
The three H's that Medicare Part A covers.
What is Hospital, Hospice & Home Health services.
The U.S. Treasury Department monitors a “pot of gold," AKA the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
What is Medicare Part A & Part B Health Insurance.
The United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information.
What is The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA?
While helping a client in the field, the client shares they are financially struggling to eat or get transportation to their doctors appointment; pay for services or prescription drugs; and are confused about recent billing. You would refer this client to:
What is the Elder Helpline - 1-800-963-5337?
A commonly known tax paid by every employee into a social insurance program. Typically seen deducted on your pay stub.
What is the Medicare tax?
If you need home health care, chiropractic or a visit with your doctor, the service provider will bill this Medicare part.
What is Medicare Part B?
Annually, a Medicare beneficiary will be responsible for an initial out of pocket cost for Part B. This cost is commonly referred to as?
What is the deductible.
Medicare Part B deductible for 2020 is $198.00
This government agency will never call you and ask you HIPAA related questions.
What is the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services or CMS?
Throughout the U.S., a team of dedicated volunteers known as SHIP Counselors, provide free, personalized health insurance counseling to those eligible for Medicare.
You can call SHIP Counselors in Florida which are known as this...
What is a SHINE Counselor?
(Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders)
If you do this in your lifetime, you will not have to pay a monthly premium for Part A Medicare Health Insurance.
What is work 40 quarter hours?
Part C also known as alternative Medicare plans such as HMO, PPO, SNP are required to have the same coverage as original Medicare. You can enroll in this plan type by contacting Medicare, SHINE or this entity!
What is the Private Insurance companies?
When you are admitted to a SNF or a hospital, you hope to have this health insurance coverage to help pay for 80% of the bill.
What is Medicare Part A Hospital coverage?
This has happened when someone uses your health insurance to obtain medical care.
What is known as Medical Identity Theft?
You will contact this organization to activate your Medicare Part A & Part B.
Who is the Social Security Administration (SSA)?
The insurance used by U.S. citizens at least 65 years of age OR someone that is younger than 65 years of age and diagnosed with ESRD, ALS or receiving Social Security Disability Insurance.
What is Medicare?
You might use this Medicare part when visiting a pharmacy to fill a prescription.
What is Medicare Part C or Part D Prescription Coverage
This type of optional coverage will cost you a monthly premium ($60-$400) but will help bridge a gap for Medicare costs.
What is a Medigap or Medicare Supplement Plan?
After your recent doctor visit for pain in your back and knee, you receive a call from a durable medical equipment provider letting you know that your doctor prescribed you two braces and wanted to know where to send them. At the end of the week, you received 12 braces for multiple body parts. You realize you have been...
What is scammed?
To find out if the test, service/procedure or item is covered by your health insurance, you may want to visit this website.
What is Medicare.gov?
Please name all 5 items:
Medicare is made up of these 3 parts.
If you purchase this, it will supplement out of pocket costs for two of the three parts.
If you enrolled in this part it may offer extra benefits like dental, vision, etc.
What is Medicare Part A, B & D?
What is a Medigap plan?
What is a Medicare Advantage Plan known as Part C?
Some people will purchase this type of coverage to help pay co-payments, coinsurance and deductibles not covered by Medicare.
What is a Medicare Supplement or Medigap Plan.
A Medicare beneficiary can avoid this if they enroll in the different parts of Medicare in a timely fashion.
What is a penalty?
Every quarter you review your Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) or Explanation of Benefit (EOB) to ensure the services you received are properly billed. Your latest summary reflects an X-ray is being charged but you do not recall having this done at your last doctor visit.
You may be a victim of this.
What is Medicare fraud!
We must all do this to help ensure the pot of gold is not in jeopardy from thieves.
Prevent, Detect & __________.
What is Report?