General News

• Alert Letter (August 2010)
• Alert Letter to Service Providers (August 2009)
• LSED awarded WNY Foundation Grants (August 2008)
• LSED awarded JPMorgan Chase grant (June 2008)

 

Medicare

• An Introduction to Medicare

 

• Medicare Eligible Health Insurance Choices.
  • Partnership Conference
  • Guide to Health Insurance (1.2MB PDF)

 

Medicare Deductibles and Co-Payments

• Medicare Deductibles and Co-Payments

 

 

2007 Changes: Phasing in the new Part B income-related premium

• 2007 Changes: Phasing in the new Part B income-related premium

 

 

Medicare (Part D)

• Medicare Part D - The Essentials

 

• The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - What will it do?
  • Overview
  • The Cost To You
  • The Deductible
  • The Benefit
  • Enrollment
  • Late Enrollment Penalty

 

• Medicare Savings Program: A Valuable, But Underruled, Resource.
  • Medicare Savings Application (Adobe PDF file)

 

• The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003

• Initial preventive physical exam for persons beginning Pt. B coverage on ...
• Cardiovascular screening tests, including cholesterol and other blood fat ...
• Diabetes screening test (a fasting plasma glucose test) for Medicare ...
• Diabetes Glucose monitors, test strips, and lancets for Medicare enrollees ...
• Diabetes Self-Management Training for Medicare enrollees who have ...

 

• What the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Means to You
  • Introduction
  • $600 credit towards prescription drugs
  • The Savings
  • Temporary
  • Voluntary limited enrollment
  • EPIC
  • A way for some Medicare enrollees to save money on prescription drugs
  • Medicaid and the drug discount card
  • Voluntary open enrollment
  • Choice of Pharmacy
  • Changes

 

• Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - Q & A
  • What if I already have prescription drug coverage from my employer or union?
  • What if I am enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan (Medicare managed care)?
  • What if I am enrolled in Medicaid?
  • What if I have EPIC?
  • What if I get my prescription drugs through the VA, PACE, Tricare or FEHB?
  • What if I am in a Medicare Savings Program (MSP, that is QMB, SLMB or QI-1)?
  • What if I am a low-income household, but not on Medicaid, SSI or a MSP?

 

Medicaid

• New York Medicaid for SSI-Related Persons - 2006
• New York Medicaid for SSI-Related Persons - 2005
• New York Medicaid for SSI-Related Persons - 2004

 

Other

• Know the Effects of Medicare Part D Enrollment. [13 September 2006]
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• First NORC Identified In Buffalo [9 September 2005]
• Tony's Top Ten Tips On Long Term Care

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