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Medicare Open Enrollment Period Bootcamp (Day 1)
Explains Medicare Plan Finder basics, updates and user tips; information about The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, including: 2023 insulin cost and vaccine coverage reminders, 2024 impacts to the Medicare drug coverage “Catastrophic phase,” and Extra Help expansion.
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Medicare Open Enrollment Period Bootcamp (Day 2)
Provides Medicare OEP overview and general program updates, 1-800-MEDICARE overview and activities, OEP media outreach campaigns, State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) overview and Virtual Counseling toolkit, Medicare account experience live demonstration, and fraud awareness and prevention.
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Need Help Adding Pharmacies & Drugs to Your Medicare Account?
This Medicare Plan Finder resource gives step-by-step instructions for adding drugs and pharmacies while logged into Medicare Plan Finder.
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Ready to choose a Medicare Plan?
This Medicare Plan Finder resource helps people with Medicare know what to consider when shopping for health and drug plans.
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A Medicare Account Makes It Easier to Shop for Plans
This Medicare Plan Finder resource helps people with Medicare learn how to create an account and why it’s important.
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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: 2023 Medicare Amounts (in other languages)
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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eMedicare: Improving Compare Tools
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. Recorded August 24, 2020.
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Provider Data Catalog (PDC) Webinar
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. Recorded August 10, 2020.
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2022 How to use Medicare Plan Finder, step-by-step
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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Medicaid y el Programa de Seguro Médico para Niños
Este módulo explican Medicaid, CHIP y las consideraciones para quienes tienen tanto Medicare como Medicaid.
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Cobertura de medicamentos usando Medicare (Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage)
Este módulo, “Cobertura de Medicare para Medicamentos Recetados”, explican la cobertura de medicamentos recetados de Medicare.
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Derechos y Protecciones de Medicare
El módulo “Derechos y Protecciones de Medicare” explica los derechos, las protecciones y los procesos de apelaciones para personas inscriptas en Medicare.
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Comenzando con Medicare
Explica los aspectos básicos del programa de Medicare—Parte A, Parte B, Medigap, planes MA, Parte D, Mercado de Seguros Médicos®.
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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).
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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 Savings Program (MSP)
An overview of Medicare Savings Programs (MSP). Includes monthly income limits and the Medicare costs covered.
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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.
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Job Aid: Web Resources
Tips for resources that are found on CMS’s and other government websites.
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Medicare & Tax-Favored Health Programs
Explains tax-favored health programs and basic information about how those programs work with Medicare.
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Getting Started with Medicare
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.
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Insulin Cost Sharing in 2023 Medicare Drug Plans
This Medicare Plan Finder resource gives tips for reviewing and comparing 2023 drug plans to people who help people who have Medicare and take insulin.
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Current Topics
Explains some of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS') current priorities, initiatives, and recent programmatic updates.
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Coordination of Benefits
Explains the rules that govern the payers‘ responsibility when people have Medicare and certain other types of health and/or prescription drug coverage.
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Coordinación de Beneficios
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.
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Medicare Advantage and Other Medicare Health Plans
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.
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Medicare Advantage y otros planes de salud de Medicare
Explica las opciones del plan de salud de Medicare a diferencia de Medicare Original.
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Medicare and Other Programs for People With Disabilities
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.
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Medicare y otros programas para personas con incapacidades
En este módulo de capacitación, se explican Medicare y otros programas para personas con incapacidades.
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Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Prevention
Explains Medicare and Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse prevention, detection, reporting, and recovery.
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Prevención de Fraudes, Derroches y Abusos contra Medicare y Medicaid
Este Módulo explica la prevención de fraudes, derroches y abusos contra Medicare y Medicaid.
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Drug Coverage When Using Medicare
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.
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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 for People with End-Stage Renal Disease
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.
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Medicare para personas con enfermedad renal en etapa final
Este módulo de capacitación explica la cobertura de Medicare para personas con enfermedad renal en etapa final (end-stage renal disease, ESRD).
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Medicare Supplemental Insurance (Medigap) Policies
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.
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Pólizas del Seguro Suplementario de Medicare
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.
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Medicare Rights and Protections
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.
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Medicaid & the Children’s Health Insurance Program
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.
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Health Insurance Marketplace® Basics
Health Insurance Marketplace® Basics: Find Health Options that Meet Your Needs & Fit Your Budget,” explains the Marketplace and other health coverage options.
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Marketplace to Medicare: What You Can Expect
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.