Training Modules (PowerPoints)
Tools
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Medicare Open Enrollment Toolkit—Getting Ready for 2021
This toolkit includes PowerPoint presentations and related materials to help those who assist people with Medicare make informed decisions about their 2021 health care coverage.
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Medicare Plan Finder
The Medicare Plan Finder on Medicare.gov helps people with Medicare compare and choose coverage options, including Medicare health and drug plans. This PowerPoint presentation walks through Plan Finder updates.
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Adding Drugs & Pharmacies in Medicare Plan Finder
Discusses adding drugs & pharmacies in Medicare Plan Finder. Medicare Plan Finder has made it easier to update your information so you can get helpful estimates to pick a plan that meets your needs.
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Create an Account for a Personalized Medicare Plan Finder Experience
Explains the benefits of creating a Plan Finder account. You’ll need to create an account to access personalized information and features.
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Things to Consider When Choosing a Medicare Plan
Discusses things to consider when you compare Medicare health or drug plans at Medicare.gov/plan-compare.
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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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Medicare and the Marketplace
This presentation focuses on the Health Insurance Marketplace® (sometimes called the “Marketplace” or “Exchange,”) and what people with Medicare need to know.
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Job Aid: 2020 Medicare Appeals Processes
Compares the 2020 appeals process for Medicare Parts A, B, C and D, including the levels of appeal with corresponding timeframes.
Language: English
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Job Aid: 2020 Medicare Appeals Processes (Spanish)
Compares the 2020 appeals process for Medicare Parts A, B, C and D, including the levels of appeal with corresponding timeframes.
Language: Spanish
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Job Aid: 2020 Medicare Amounts
Summarizes the 2020 Medicare cost amounts for Part A (Hospital Insurance), Part B (Medical Insurance), and Part D (Prescription Drug Coverage).
Language: English
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Job Aid: 2020 Medicare Amounts (in other languages)
Summarizes the 2020 Medicare cost amounts for Part A (Hospital Insurance), Part B (Medical Insurance), and Part D (Prescription Drug Coverage).
Language: Multiple
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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: 2020 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: 2019/2020 Standard Drug Benefit
The 2019-2020 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.
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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
Explica los aspectos básicos del programa de Medicare—Parte A, Parte B, Medigap, planes MA, Parte D, Mercado de Seguros Médicos®.
Language: Spanish
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 & Spanish
El módulo “Derechos y Protecciones de Medicare” explica los derechos, las protecciones y los procesos de apelaciones para personas inscriptas en Medicare.
Language: Spanish
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 & Spanish
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
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
Este módulo, “Cobertura de Medicare para Medicamentos Recetados”, explican la cobertura de medicamentos recetados de Medicare.
Language: Spanish
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
Explica las opciones del plan de salud de Medicare a diferencia de Medicare Original.
Language: Spanish
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
Este módulo explican Medicaid, CHIP y las consideraciones para quienes tienen tanto Medicare como Medicaid.
Language: Spanish
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