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Tuesday, November 10 at 10:00am - Live Webcast: New Tips to Prev...
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Thursday, October 15 at 1:30pm - Legislative Update on Bills Re...
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Wednesday, August 26 at 10:00am - National Health Reform - Where...
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Wednesday, June 24 at 10:00am - Update on California's State B...
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Wednesday, April 29 at 10:00am
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Review Medicare Changes for 2010
16 November 2009, 10:44 pm |
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New Prescription Drug Safety Net System for Uncovered Low-Income Beneficiaries New Prescription Drug Safety Net System for Uncovered Low-Income Beneficiaries
16 November 2009, 9:50 pm |
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How Does Health Reform Help Medicare? A Close Look at HR 3962
16 November 2009, 9:27 pm |
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FAQs on the New Standardized Medigap Policies Available June 2010
16 November 2009, 1:49 pm |
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Extensive MIPPA Provisions Become Effective January 2010
12 November 2009, 11:53 am |
California Health Advocates Listen to an audio report on how the Senate health care reform bill could dilute consumer protections by creating an interstate market for health plans. Report includes interviews with the director from Consumer Watchdog, a spokesperson for Jackie Speier, an associate director at UCLA's Center for Health Policy and Res...earch, and director of state affairs for the Council for Affordable Health Insurance.
www.californiahealthline.org
Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog, Nadereh Pourat of UCLA, J.P. Wieske of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance and Mike Larsen, a spokesperson for Rep. Jackie Speier, spoke with California Healthline about the proposal.
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President Obama is expected to sign an executive order within the week that will focus on eliminating government waste and fraud, particularly in Medicare and other benefit programs. In 2009, the government reported questionable Medicare payments of roughly $36 billion. See article below...http://www.ihealthbeat.org/ar...ticles/2009/11/18/obama-to-call-for-new-
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California Health Advocates We're now in Medicare's Annual Coordinated Election Period (Nov.15 - Dec.31) where beneficiaries have the option to switch, disenroll from or enroll into Medicare Advantage and/or Part D plans. If you or your clients have questions, visit our website for information on people's options. You can also call HICAP (the Hea...lth Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program) for free, individual counseling at 1-800-434-0222. CHA was cited in a L.A. Times article today for a resource on Medicare Part D information...
Come Medicare Part D time (which is now), don't feel daunted -- help is at hand | Booster Shots | Lo
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Already the clock is ticking down toward the end of the enrollment -- and re-enrollment -- period for Medicare Part D. It opened Sunday and will end Dec. 31. Need help figuring out what your drug needs are? We'll be...
California Health Advocates
CMS announced a new system to help beneficiaries who receive the Part D low-income
subsidy (LIS) have better access to their prescription drugs when they're not enrolled in a Part D plan. This replaces the current Point of Sale (POS) system as of January 1, 2010. The new system is called Limited Income Newly Eligible Tr...ansition (LI NET) program. CMS has a webpage with helpful fact sheets and ppt presentations on LI NET.
www.cms.hhs.gov
All uncovered, Full Benefit Dual Eligible and SSI-Only beneficiaries on a retroactive basis, up to 36 months in the past; and
California Health Advocates Learn what various California officials and advocates are saying about the newly passed House bill HR3962.
www.californiahealthline.org
Reps. Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa praised provisions of the House reform bill that would bring in extra funds for California. Gov. Schwarzenegger reiterated his support for reform but expressed concern about the costs of expanding Medi-Cal. The Hill's 'Blog Briefing Room' et al.
California Health Advocates
Late on Saturday night 11/7/09, the United States House of
Representatives passed their health care bill, HR 3962, with a vote of 220 to 215! Here's an article to see how your Congressional Representatives voted.
politics.nytimes.com
Keep track of congressional roll call votes and members' most recent positions on roll call votes.
California Health Advocates
The House will likely vote on their historic health care bill tomorrow. Now is the time to call your Representative in Washington and make sure they know you stand for quality, affordable health care for all.
Here's a NYTimes article with the latest updates
www.nytimes.com
Vote counters say they are confident they will have the numbers when the House floor vote begins Saturday.
California Health Advocates If you're feeling stressed, remember that laughter is really one of our best forms of medicine...and it's simple, free, fun, and everyone can do it! Here's a website with some good information on laughter and a form of yoga called Laughter Yoga.
www.laughteryoga.org
Laughter Yoga International - A life changing experience
California Health Advocates We just posted an updated 14-slide power point presentation on the Medicare marketing regulations for Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans. This presentation incorporates the changes last year due to MIPPA and recent changes made this year in 2009. It's the last item listed under Tools & Resources.
www.cahealthadvocates.org
We offer workshops addressing major topics in Medicare. These workshops are specifically designed for professionals who serve Medicare beneficiaries. Please use the Workshop Request Form and indicate your ...
California Health Advocates Here's an informative report on the some of the numerous challenges people who are non-native English speakers face in receiving quality health care and in many cases, even getting access to care.
www.californiahealthline.org
Mary Masland of UC-Berkeley, Rachel Mutrux of the Missouri Telehealth Network, Margaret O'Kane of NCQA and Gayle Tang of Kaiser Permanente discussed intercultural communication challenges with California Healthline.
California Health Advocates Here's an update on the health-care reform bill House Speaker Nancy Pelosion is presenting today. It includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, and is expected to cost about $900 billion over 10 years, down from the original estimate of $1.04 trillion. The bill will in part be funded b...y surcharges on wealthy tax payers and changes to Medicaid and Medicare.
www.washingtonpost.com
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil a health-care reform bill on Thursday that includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved.
California Health Advocates Here's also an article talking about Generations Online (GOL) -- reference in the post below.
www.shiptalk.org
According to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey, as the Internet becomes an increasingly important resource for informing decisions about health, only 21percent of seniors aged 65 years and older have gone online to look for health information. ...
California Health Advocates Generations Online (GOL) has created a tool to help assist elders use Medicare's online Prescription Drug Plan Finder tool. As only about 21% of people 65 and older have gone online to use such tools, this tool helps walk people who may otherwise feel intimidated on how to use Medicare's online tool. While their websit...e was created in 2005, info is still pertinent...
www.golmedicare.org
California Health Advocates
David Lipschutz, Staff Attorney with California Health Advocates, will provide an overview of the Part D and Medicare Advantage plan offerings in California for 2010, discuss the upcoming Annual Corrdinated Election Period (ACEP), and reference several additional changes in Medicare rules that will take effect in 2010.... There will also be updates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Social Security, Q & A and an open discussion.
Please RSVP to Jasmine Suo by November 9, 2009 at jsuo@cahealthadvocates.org.
California Medicare Coalition Statewide Teleconference
Time:10:00AM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:call-in
California Health Advocates Here’s a link to an article on stopping In Home Support Services (IHSS) cuts. The temporary restraining order is now a preliminary injunction.
www.californiahealthline.org
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting California's In-Home Supportive Services program from dropping participants or reducing services. Wilken also ordered ...
