Training Modules (PowerPoints)
Tools
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Medicare Plan Finder: Insulin Cost Sharing in 2023 Medicare Drug Plans
Gives tips for reviewing and comparing 2023 drug plans to people who help people who have Medicare and take insulin.
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Medicare Plan Finder: A Medicare Account Makes It Easier to Shop for Plans
Helps people with Medicare learn how to create an account and why it’s important.
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Medicare Plan Finder: Need Help Adding Pharmacies & Drugs to Your Medicare Account?
Gives step-by-step instructions for adding drugs and pharmacies while logged into Medicare Plan Finder.
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Medicare Plan Finder: Ready to choose a Medicare Plan?
Helps people with Medicare know what to consider when shopping for health and drug plans.
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Job Aid: 2023 Medicare Amounts
Summarizes the 2023 Medicare cost amounts for Part A (Hospital Insurance), Part B (Medical Insurance), and Part D (Prescription Drug Coverage).
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Job Aid: Medicare Part C and Part D Enforcement Actions
This information is intended to help State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) counselors and others who help people with Medicare explain plan enforcement actions while using the Medicare Plan Finder (MPF).
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Job Aid: 2023 Medicare Appeals Processes
Compares the 2023 appeals process for Medicare Part A and Part B (Fee-for-Service).
Language: English
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Drug Coverage under Different Parts of Medicare
Provides an overview of drug coverage under Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance), Medicare Advantage Plans with prescription drug coverage, and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans.
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Job Aid: Web Resources
Tips for resources that are found on CMS’s and other government websites.
Language: English
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Job Aid: Medicare Card
Shows a sample of the Medicare card.
Language: English
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Job Aid: 2022 Medicare Savings Program (MSP)
An overview of Medicare Savings Programs (MSP). Includes monthly income limits and the Medicare costs covered.
Language: English
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Job Aid: 2022/2023 Standard Drug Benefit
The 2022-2023 Medicare standard drug benefit amounts, including benefit parameters and Extra Help co-payments.
Language: English
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Learning Activity: Medicare Wuzzles
Includes a series of Medicare brainteaser puzzles that may be used during training.
Language: English
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Learning Activity: Medicare Alphabet Soup
An interactive activity that can be used during Medicare training. Participant sheet and answer sheet included.
Language: English
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Learning Activity: Medicare Board Game
An interactive game that can be used to review Medicare information during training. Leader guide, game board, and question cards available for download.
Language: English
Videos
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Easy to follow step-by-step instructions on how to use Medicare Plan Finder to find and compare plans in your area that meet your needs. Official Medicare video.
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The PDC will better serve stakeholders who access quality, price, and volume data sets like those currently found on data.Medicare.gov. This webinar shows the improved portal, which will be available on data.CMS.gov when it’s launched in late summer 2020.
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Explains Care Compare and shows you an improved redesign of the 8 existing compare tools into a single user-friendly interface with quality, price, volume, and other data, which will be available on Medicare.gov when we launch it in late summer 2020.
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This video shows you how to navigate the CMS National Training Program's (NTP) new website. It will show you how to locate program-related training sessions and resources on topics such as Medicare and Medicaid, and walks you through the steps of enrolling in and taking a course.
CMS & HHS Websites Visit other Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services & Health and Human Services Websites section
Tools Open list of various Medicare and Medicaid tools section
Helpful Links Open list to view helpful links for all Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services websites section
Resources Open list to view helpful links for all Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services websites section
Helpful Links Open list to view helpful links for all Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services websites section
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For Developers
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- Nondiscrimination/Accessibility
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Explains some of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS') current priorities, initiatives, and recent programmatic updates.
Language: English
Health Insurance Marketplace® Basics: Find Health Options that Meet Your Needs & Fit Your Budget,” explains the Marketplace and other health coverage options.
Marketplace to Medicare: What You Can Expect focuses on the Health Insurance Marketplace® (sometimes called the “Marketplace” or “Exchange”) and what people with Medicare need to know.
Este módulo de capacitación de Medigap analizan cómo funcionan las pólizas de Medigap con Medicare, qué cubren las pólizas de Medigap, cómo están estructuradas y cuándo se debe comprar una póliza de Medigap.
Language: Spanish
Explica las opciones del plan de salud de Medicare a diferencia de Medicare Original.
Language: Spanish
Explains tax-favored health programs and basic information about how those programs work with Medicare.
Language: English
Provides a basic overview of the Medicare Program—Part A, Part B, Medigap Policies, Part C, Part D, the Federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace, and Medicaid.
Language: English
Explains the rights and protections afforded to someone enrolled in Original Medicare, a Medicare Advantage Plan, another Medicare health plan, or a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
Language: English
Provides insight on how Medigap policies work with Medicare, what the policies cover and how they are structured, and when to buy a Medigap policy.
Language: English
Explains the rules that govern the payers‘ responsibility when people have Medicare and certain other types of health and/or prescription drug coverage.
Language: English
Este módulo, "Coordinación de beneficios (COB)", se explican las diferentes responsabilidades de pago para personas que tienen Medicare y otros tipos de cobertura médica o de medicamentos recetados.
Language: Spanish
Explains the Medicare Program for people with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), like eligibility and enrollment, coverage, and health plan options. Also provides additional sources of information.
Language: English & Spanish
Este módulo de capacitación explica la cobertura de Medicare para personas con enfermedad renal en etapa final (end-stage renal disease, ESRD).
Language: Spanish
Provides basic information about Medicare prescription drug coverage, benefits and costs, eligibility and enrollment, extra help, comparing and choosing plans, and coverage determinations and appeals.
Language: English
Explains Medicare and Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse prevention, detection, reporting, and recovery.
Language: English
Este Módulo explica la prevención de fraudes, derroches y abusos contra Medicare y Medicaid.
Language: Spanish
Provides a comprehensive overview of Medicare Advantage Plans. It also includes a detailed lesson on marketing guidelines and the ways health plans may or may not market their plans.
Language: English
Provides an overview of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program's (CHIP), eligibility, benefits, and administration. Also includes state help information for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees.
Language: English
Provides an overview of eligibility and enrollment for Social Security programs and Medicare; and summarizes and explains options for people with disabilities and/or limited income and resources.
Language: English
En este módulo de capacitación, se explican Medicare y otros programas para personas con incapacidades.
Language: Spanish