Medicare and Medicaid
(Medicare y Medicaid)
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Tools
(Herramientas)
- Help With Medicare Prescription Drug Costs: Information for Organizations
Resources for organizations to assist in providing information to Medicare beneficiaries about extra help available for people applying for Medicare Prescription Drug coverage.
Sponsoring organization: Social Security Administration
- Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder
Online tool for identifying and enrolling in Medicare prescription drug plans. Includes information about plans available in each state. Available in Spanish.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Home & Community Based Services
Assists states in improving the overall quality of services provided to Medicaid recipients, provides states with assessment and improvement systems, and helps develop effective methods to utilize implementation and improvement strategies. Allows states to request and provide homemaker/home health aide services, personal care services, adult day health, case management, and respite care.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Medicare RX: National Conversation-Friends and Family First
Aids faith-based and community organizations working with individuals eligible for the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Describes five steps to select a Medicare prescription drug plan.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Medicare Interactive Counselor
A one-stop source for information about health care rights, options and benefits. Helps older and disabled Americans, their caregivers and the professionals who serve them, understand their health care rights and benefits.
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Rights Center
- Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (B.E.S.T.)
A tool to find out if a person could be eligible for benefits from any of the programs Social Security administers.
Sponsoring organization: Social Security Administration
- Su Familia National Hispanic Family Health Helpline
Provides Hispanic consumers free reliable and confidential health information in Spanish and English and helps navigate callers through the health system. Nationwide resources and local referral services are provided depending on the need of the caller.
Sponsoring organization: National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- Social Security Online
Identifies programs and online services of the Social Security Office. Visitors can qualify and apply online for disability and survivorship benefits. Also, replacement Medicare cards can be requested from this website.
Sponsoring organization: Social Security Administration
- State Profiles of Medicaid and SCHIP in Rural and Urban Areas
Provides state-level data from a range of sources on Medicaid and SCHIP, with an emphasis on program characteristics relevant to rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
- Medicare Learning Network
Provides official CMS provider products designed to promote national consistency of Medicare provider information. Developed for CMS initiatives including Medicare fee-for-service providers.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publications
(Publicaciones)
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2006 Medicare Advantage: Benefits and Premiums
Analyzes in detail how premiums and benefits are structured in the Medicare Advantage plans 2006.
Author(s): Marsha Gold, Maria Cupples Hudson, Sarah Davis
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Date: 11 / 2006
Format: PDF
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2007 CMS Statistics
Summary information about health expenditures and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
programs. Includes data on populations served by Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare providers, and expenditures.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 2007
Format: PDF
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Guide to Children's Dental Care in Medicaid
Contains information on clinical practice, evolving technologies, and recommendations in dental care.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
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The Medicaid Program At A Glance
Provides an overview of the Medicaid program, the populations that it serves, and the services that it covers.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Date: 11 / 2008
Format: PDF
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Medicare at a Glance
Provides an overview of the Medicare program, including how it is financed, who is eligible and what benefits are covered under the program. In addition, it describes supplemental health insurance, benefits provided by the new drug law and data on Medicare expenditures and financing.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 11 / 2008
Format: PDF
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Medicare Guide to Rural Health Services Information for Providers, Suppliers, and Physicians
Offers Medicare providers, suppliers, and physicians rural health information and resources including Ambulance Services, CAH's, FQHC's, HPSA, Home Health, Hospice, Medicare, Prescription Drug Plan, Quality Improvement, RHC's, Sole Community Hospital, Swing Bed, and Telehealth.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 04 / 2007
Format: PDF
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Medicare Physician Guide: A Resource for Residents, Practicing Physicians, and Other Health Care Professionals
Offers general information about certain aspects of the Medicare program including enrollment, reimbursement, payment policies, evaluation and management services, protecting the Medicare Trust Fund, and inquiries, overpayments and fee-for-service appeals.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: 10 / 2009
Format: PDF
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Medicare Y Usted 2006
Provides information on the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 2006
Format: PDF
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New Requirements for Citizenship Documentation in Medicaid
Provides information on the new federal requirement that all U.S. citizens and nationals applying for or renewing their Medicaid coverage provide documentation of their citizenship status and examines the implications for Medicaid beneficiaries and the states.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 03 / 2007
Format: PDF
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A Profile of African Americans, Latinos, and Whites with Medicare: Implications for Outreach Efforts for the New Drug Benefit
Provides a snapshot of how racial/ethnic groups differ in income, health, and current patterns of drug coverage. It examines patterns separately for Medicare beneficiaries under age 65 who qualify on the basis of a disability and elderly beneficiaries who are age 65 or older.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 11 / 2005
Format: PDF
Organizations
(Organismos)
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national health care programs that benefit about 75 million Americans. Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Medicare Rights Center
An independent source of health care information and assistance in the United States for people with Medicare. Information available in Spanish.
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Medicare y Medicaid, Centros de Servicios de
Los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid proporciona información sobre elegibilidad e inscripción en Medicare y Medicaid, los diferentes planes de Medicare y Medicaid, y el procedimiento para presentar una reclamación. Medicare es un programa de seguro para los ancianos y personas minusválidas. Medicaid es un programa de asistencia para las personas de baja ingresos.
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