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PA Health Law Project Toll-Free Helpline - Call: 1-800-274-3258 The PA Health Law Project provides free legal services and advocacy to Pennsylvanians having trouble accessing publicly funded health care coverage or services. For assistance, call the PHLP Helpline at 1-800-274-3258 or 1-866-236-6310 TTY or e-mail the PHLP at staff@phlp.org. Information from the PHLP is also available online at www.phlp.org.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Online Applications, Benefit Screening, Resources and Forms
Mail-in Application for Payment of Medicare Part B Premium (PA 600-M) [PDF]
(Separate Website)
The PA 600M is a mail-in application for payment of the Medicare Part B premium only. It is used to help elderly individuals or individuals with disabilities who are eligible for Medicare to pay some or all of their Medicare Part B premium. A face-to-face interview is not required when using this application. The application cannot be used to apply for Medicaid (Medical Assistance), cash assistance or food stamps.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Medicare Eligibility Tool
(Separate Website)
Screening tool to to provide you with information about your Medicare eligibility and enrollment.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicare Drug Plan Finder
(Separate Website)
The Medicare Drug Plan Finder can help you find and compare Medicare prescription drug plans in your area.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicare Options Compare: Find and Compare Plans- Interactive Tool
(Separate Website)
An interactive tool which helps you narrow down your Medicare health plan choices and choose the plan that's best for you. Choices may include Medicare health plans offering different ways for you to get your Medicare benefits, information about other insurance such as Medigap (Medicare Supplemental Insurance), and ways to pay health care costs.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Benefits Eligibility Screening Tool (B.E.S.T.)
(Separate Website)
The Social Security Adminisitration's Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST) is an online tool that you can use to find out if you could be eligible for benefits from any of the programs Social Security administers. This tool will give you eligibility information based on answers you give on the online form.
By: Social Security Administration
Prescription Drugs and Other Assistance Programs Screening Tool
(Separate Website)
This on-line tool provides information on public and private programs that offer discounted or free medication, programs that provide assistance with other health care costs, and Medicare health plans that include prescription coverage.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
GovBenefits.gov
(Separate Website)
GovBenefits.gov is a free, online confidential tool that helps you find government benefits you may be eligible to receive.
By: GovBenefits.gov, a partnership of many Federal agencies and organizations
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Eldercare Locator
(Separate Website)
The Eldercare Locator connects older Americans and their caregivers with sources of information on senior services. The service links those who need assistance with state and local area agencies on aging and community-based organizations that serve older adults and their caregivers.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Benefits Check Up for Seniors (55+)
(Separate Website)
BenefitsCheckUp is a comprehensive online service to screen for federal, state and some local private and public benefits for older adults (ages 55 and over). BenefitsCheckUp also provides a detailed description of the programs, including the local addresses and phone numbers where to apply.
By: National Council on the Aging
PA Health Insurance Eligibility QuickScreen
(Separate Website)
This is a screening tool that the PA Health Law Project has designed, based upon the State's eligibility rules, to help you to figure out if you may be eligible for free or low-cost health care coverage. It is not an official determination of eligibility nor an application for coverage.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
Medicare Basics
(Separate Website)
Basic outline of the Medicare program.
By: Community Legal Services
Help with Medicare Costs
(Separate Website)
Information on help available to pay for Medicare costs.
By: Community Legal Services
Biling Issues for Consumers with both Medicare and Medical Assistance
(Separate Website)
A guide for Dual Eligible Consumers
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
How Your Medical Assistance Coverage Will Change When You Get Medicare
(Separate Website)
Explanation of what happens to your Medical Assistance when you qualify for Medicare.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy
(Separate Website)
Information on the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (also called ?LIS? or ?Extra Help?) that helps Medicare consumers dramatically lower their prescription drug costs and can help individuals save thousands of dollars per year.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Medicare Part D - A Guide For Advocates and Providers Who Work With Older Adults in Pennsylvania
(Separate Website)
Comprehensive manual written by M. Francesca Chervenak, Esq. and Erin E. Guay, MA, Pennsylvania Health Law Project Pittsburgh Office.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Choosing a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
(Separate Website)
Things to consider when selecting your Medicare prescriptioon drug plan.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Medicare Part D Standard Zero Premium Prescription Drug Plans 2010
(Separate Website)
In Pennsylvania, all dual eligibles and those who receive a full low income subsidy (LIS) will have no premium if they enroll in any of the Part D stand-alone Prescription Drug Plans listed here in 2010. Dual eligibles and those with a full LIS will also have no deductible, no donut hole, and will only have small co-pays for each of their medications.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs)
(Separate Website)
Information on the Medicare Savings Programs that help lower-income seniors and persons with disabilities pay for their Medicare Part B premium.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Important Information: Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Coverage Through Medical Assistance
Important Information for Medicare beneficiaries who also have prescription coverage through Medical Assistance (the ACCESS card) about what you need to do by December 31, 2005.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Important Information: Medicare Beneficiaries Who Have Prescription Coverage Through a Medicaid HMO
Important Information for Medicare Beneficiaries who also have prescription coverage through a Medical Assistance HMO (Gateway, MedPlus+, or UPMC For You) on what you need to do by December 31, 2005.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
The PACE and PACENET Programs Explained
(Separate Website)
Information on PACE and PACENET, as well as PACE plus Medicare, as it is applied to assist eligible seniors who need help paying for prescription drugs.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
2010 Medicare Part D Partner Plans for PACE/PACENET, CRDP and SPBP Members
(Separate Website)
List of Medicare partner plans for PACE/PACENET, CRDP and SPBP Members.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Medicare Benefits: What is Medicare?
(Separate Website)
An overview of Medicare.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Who is Eligible for Medicare? (Medicare Eligibility Tool)
(Separate Website)
Information about who is eligible for Medicare.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicare
(Separate Website)
Booklet providing basic information and overview of the Medicare program.
By: Social Security Administration
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Understanding Medicare: Medicare in Simple Terms (Video)
This video, hosted by Hugh Downs, shows you how to resolve questions or problems with Medicare quickly through toll-free telephone help numbers and provides valuable information on the latest changes to the program. (1994)
By: Health Care Financing Administration
Medicare.gov: Prescription Drug Coverage
(Separate Website)
Information on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit from Medicare.gov
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
What is the Donut Hole?
(Separate Website)
This is one in a series of Health Care Notes posted to help respond to the questions and comments consumers are submitting to www.HealthCare.gov. This one is about the Medicare ?donut hole? in the Part D program.
By: HealthCare.gov
Apprise Health Insurance Counseling Program
(Separate Website)
Information on the Apprise Health Insurance Couseling program for older Pennsylvanians with Medicare.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Aging/APPRISE Program Partners Site
Choosing a Medicare Managed Care Plan - A Guide for Medicare Beneficiaries
(Separate Website)
Report listing Medicare Managed Care Plans in Pennsylvania by region, giving comparisons on monthly premiums and co-payments, how well each plan does on several quality measurements, descriptions of the benefits they offer, and the results of patient satisfaction surveys.
By: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council
Hospital Compare - A quality tool provided by Medicare
(Separate Website)
This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Guide to Medicare Preventive Services [PDF]
(Separate Website)
Information about preventive services that may be covered by Medicare.
By: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
"MOM" Law - Medicare Overcharge Measure
(Separate Website)
Information on the law that was enacted to protect people on Medicare from being overcharged by doctors and other health care practitioners by making it illegal in Pennsylvania to charge a higher fee than that approved by Medicare.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Aging
APPRISE - State Health Insurance Assistance Program
(Separate Website)
Information on APPRAISE, the State Health Insurance Assistance Program. The Pennsylvania Department of Aging created APPRISE to help Pennsylvanians understand their Medicare and other health insurance benefits and assist them in making sound decisions about what is best for them.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Aging
HealthCare.gov
(Separate Website)
HealthCare.gov is a federal government Website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services providing information on health care options that are available.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) Program
(Separate Website)
Information on the PA Health Insurance Premium Payment Program
By: Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Benefits For People With Disabilities
(Separate Website)
Comprehensive listing of the many social security programs available to people with disabilities. Information on how to apply, on-line forms, and a link to the benefit eligibility screening tool.
By: Social Security Administration
The Ticket To Work And Self-Sufficiency Program
(Separate Website)
Information regarding the Ticket To Work And Self-Sufficiecy Program and how more Americans with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in the workforce and lessen their dependence on public benefits.
By: Social Security Administration
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